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On the 22nd August it will be the AMC summer BBQ. This is the main social event of the year, and there will be fireworks and EVERYTHING!! So come along.
Posted on: 12-Aug-09 22:18
I've finally got round to updating the calendar, so it has the next few months trips on it. If anyone would like to add an event to it, please email web@avon-mc.org.uk
Posted on: 29-Jan-09 09:03
All AMC memberships expired at the end of the 2008. Please contact Neil McEwan to renew your membership. A membership form can be downloaded here
Posted on: 10-Jan-09 22:47
Unfortunately Tim Emmett who booked as the speaker for the AMC Annual Dinner has had to pull out. We have a replacement - Steve Berry, the managing directory of Mountain Kingdoms.
Posted on: 02-Dec-08 23:25
Unfortunately all the T-Shirts have sold out. If you missed out I'm afraid you will need to wait until another batch is done in 2009
Posted on: 02-Dec-08 23:19
Tim Emmett (see www.timemmett.com) is booked as the after dinner speaker at the AMC Christmas Lunch.
Posted on: 17-Sep-08 12:10
Posted on: 23-Jan-08 11:46
UKClimbing
Pirmin Bertle has escaped the summer temps and headed into the mountains. To Rawyl in the Swiss Valais Alps to be exact. Must be great to live in a country where you can do that. There, he repeated Cabane au Canada for its 2nd ascent and his second 9a.
Here's the lowdown straight from the horse's mouth:
We started the work on our photography book about the 20 most beautiful climbing spots in Europe, and first stop was Rawyl. Really nice area with lots of potential for hard...
The final round of the Bouldering World Cup is set to start in Munich on Friday the 29th of July.
Currently in the lead in the men's competition is Kilian Fishcuber, the very talented Austrian team member.
The only competitor with a chance of snatching the title from Killian is Adam Ondra...
Alizée Dufraisse, who now seems to have decided climbing, as opposed to pole vaulting, is her number one sport, has made the first post broken hold repeat of Sylvain Millét's l'Arcadémicien at Céüse. The very technical and fingery route, is now considerably harder than before and Alizée suggests "hard 8c", which would make it the hardest route climbed by a woman at Céüse.
Source: Kairn
13-14 November, The BMC in co-operation with Dr Volker Schöffl (authour of the book "One move too many") is organizing One move too many? a "weekend devoted to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of climbing-specific injuries (acute & overuse) with international experts".
More information at the BMC website
Last week we published a short report on Dan Varian repeating the Nick Dixon route Lupino Lane - a weird and wonderful E2 7b.
The report prompted some interesting forum discussion and Al Williams has sent in some superb images from the 'Stag Do' that is discussed in the thread...
The BMC
The latest map in the British Mountain Map series covers the southern half of the Snowdonia National Park.
Despite a barrage of criticism from medical experts over the last couple of years, doctors on Aconcagua still continue to take blood pressure measurements from all climbers on the mountain - sometimes leading to treatment or climbers being banned. Jeremy Windor thinks it's high time this changed.
Want to be involved in the first ascent of an untouched summit in Central Asia with Ines Papert? The GORE-TEX® Experience Tour is looking for talented youngsters dreaming of participating in a first ascent expedition. The successful candidate will be invited to accompany world champion ice climber Ines Papert and her team to Central Asia and write a blog.
If you're interest in history and archaeology then check out the series of self-guided walks being developed by the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust.
Reports have surfaced this week of some or all of the lower-off bolts being partially chopped at the area of Chudleigh known as the North Face.

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