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New Book - Scrambles In The Dark Peak
By Jon on 09/05/2012 16:47:29
New Cicerone guide with over 40 summer and winter routes in the northern bit of the Peak District
Traditionally scrambling guides reads as if they've been written by Victorian gentleman climbers. I once spent a whole week amused by the word 'craglet', which it rapidly became apparent means 'a small, broken outcrop of rock, which you'd normally
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Go Scrambling With Leo Houlding!
By Jon on 05/03/2010 14:01:54
... then watching him lecture on the Asgard Project at the Keswick Mountain Festival in May.
This year's 2010 KeswickMountain Festival in May is giving visitors theopportunity to tackle aclassic Lake District scramble with top climber Leo Houlding.Leo,a Cumbrian lad himself and something of a local hero, is going to becoming to the festival
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More New Routes!
By Jon on 30/01/2009 13:56:10
New scramble and walking routes added to the OUTDOORSmagic routes system.
Yet more new routeson the OUTDOORSmagicroutes system, both from members and OM routes editor,Dave Mycroft, this time a cracking Snowdonian scramble and a Lakesclassic.All OUTDOORSmagic routes, whether site routes or user
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More OUTDOORSmagic Routes Added
By Jon on 11/02/2009 13:51:30
Cracking new scrambling and walking routes added to the OM Routes Section.
Yet more new routeson the OUTDOORSmagicroutes system, both from members and OMroutes editor,Dave Mycroft, this week, Dow Crag features in both walking andscramblng routes, there's also a cracking Grade 3 scramble on HarrisonStickle and two
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Three Great New OM Routes
By Jon on 09/12/2008 12:36:20
Two all time classic scrambles and an ace Lakeland walk newly added to the OM Routes System
Description:A circular route taking in Lingmell, Great Gable and Kirk Fell. Whilstthese three are overshadowed by loftier neighbours... Tower Ridge (scramble) Scotland Distance:6.9 kilometres, Approxtime: 3 hrs 55 mins
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New Routes On OM!
By Jon on 20/01/2009 16:11:33
Three great Lake District scrambles added, plus lots more and win Berghaus prizes too.
near Langdale which links together a series of outcropswith minimal walking, but with the option of an escape route whereneeded. A great little grade-2 scramble for a summer's day.Pikeof Stickle, Main Face is another Langdale routeand takes a visually
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New Routes And Prizes!
By Jon on 06/01/2009 11:25:30
Check out the latest OUTDOORSmagic walks and scrambles and add your own to win Berghaus kit.
for anyonebased at Sykeside for a weekend.It's not just walkingthough, the system also has 21 of the best scrambles in the UK withmore being added regularly. The latest additions in the classic LedgeRoute on Ben Nevis, a brilliant butstraightforward route
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BMC Hill Walking Lectures Announced
By Susan on 30/11/2006 09:33:40
The BMC's next lecture tour takes in scrambling, navigation, route finding, weather, and other summer hill walking essentials, in January and February next year ...
attracted 1300 people this year. Topics covered will include navigation, weather, route finding, scrambling, use of GPS, and an overview of different walking areas. Oh yes, and plenty of anecdotes:-)The speakers are Helen Barnard, from the Mountain
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Adrenalin Rush Takes Curved Ridge
By Jon on 02/08/2001 15:55:00
Europe's toughest adventure race takes on the classic Glencoe scramble
A quick reminder that the Adrenalin Adventure race is still goingon with live coverage on the 9feet.com, who must be feeling rathersmug that their own sponsored team are still leading the event.At one stage they were apparently some three hours ahead, but oneof their team suffere...
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Man Dies In Jack's Rake Fall
By Jon on 17/07/2008 10:16:56
A man has died after falling from the popular grade one scramble in Langdale.
Sad news from the Lake District where the BBC is reporting that awalker died after falling from the popular Jack's Rakescramble on Pavey Ark in Langdale on Wednesday morning.The BBC says that the man, who hasn't been named was with threecompanions
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