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POSTED: 24th May 2010 BY: Dan
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Staff @ Play
Top ride with James, Ant, Liz, Soupie, and Sally.
From Torver over to the Duddon, round the back of Caw and down to the New Field for a pint of orrange before back over the Walner Scar road to then jumped into Coniston Water.
Tea and Cake and home for a BBQ.
POSTED: 23rd May 2010 BY: Dan
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Staff @ Play
After a coffee and a good old yarn Helen Dudley and I finally got to the Goats water only to end up in it after a rather warm walk!Sally and Ant found us drying off, they climbed Eliminate A then went for tea and cakes.
We did Catacomb E1, 5a, 5a, 5b then Pink Panther E2 5c.
Pink Panther is a route I have been avoiding since I saw Jon Adams on it back in 1997 when I was...
POSTED: 22nd May 2010 BY: Dan
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Staff @ Play
Praying Mantis was our route of choice today, another Hard Rock tick.
We replaced the Ab Tat with new rope and a ring then headed to Quayfoot Buttress and climbed Mandrake with Hazel HVS 5a.
POSTED: 21st May 2010 BY: Dan
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Staff @ Play
Great little evening on the crag. Claudia was on her way to do a weeks work in Scotland and popped to the Lakes on her way past.
Explore
POSTED: 20th May 2010 BY: Dan
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Technical Committee, Technical Courses
Today I headed over to inspect a Zip Line before we use it with one of our larger courses this year.I was pleased to see that they had removed a suspect tree from the system…Last year we did not use it due to concerns I had, its great to see recommendations taken forward and acted upon.
ExplorePOSTED: 19th May 2010 BY: Dan
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Gear Reviews
After seeing a slide show by John Beatty at the Kendal Mountain Film Festival I was hooked on his work.
He had 4 slide projectors glowing and merging onto one screen to produce a mix of images that where just outstanding.
Have a look at this video...
POSTED: 19th May 2010 BY: Dan
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Technical Committee
Current Completed Work
Thanks to 2 weekends then followup work there are now a number of lines completely re bolted at St Bees Head and Mill Side with also a new Abseil Station at Sargentman Crag Slabs.
Equipment
The Cumbria Bolt fund now owns 3 complete sets of kit to go out bolting. Once the oder comes through from Lyon Equipment (some of the kit they are even giving...
POSTED: 18th May 2010 BY: Dan
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Technical Committee
BMC Technical Committee Report for AMI By Dan Robinson
For the BMC’s Summit magazine the technical committee produce the Tech Skills section. this is about researching the technical aspects of equipment that aid us in what we do. The research informs the readers as to the strength, construction, choice when considering a purchase and more, Dan Middleton is the guru from...
POSTED: 18th May 2010 BY: Dan
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Young People
Every other year year we take the tinny ones from Langdale school over to Coniston Water and paddle out to Peal Island, the famous Wild Cat Island that stared in Swallows and Amazons.
I picked the team up from the school and we headed over in the Real Adventure minibus with the canoes on the trailer behind.
Its impressive how a team of eleven 5, 6 & 7 year olds can...
POSTED: 12th May 2010 BY: Dan
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Technical Committee
I stand as the AMI representative on the Mountain Leader Training England Board.
Today was the AGM and General Board meeting held at the BMC offices in Manchester.
