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Rare sighting on Grit!

Saturday, 10th July 2010 by Paul
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Driven south by monsoon conditions in their natural habitat of the Lakes, a pair of Rock Sterlings were spotted on Stanage...

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Black Sunday

Saturday, 12th June 2010 by Paul
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A six am start, traffic free roads saw me arrive at Fisherground campsite 3 hrs later to find the AMC team with no plan of action...

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Canberra

Monday, 21st December 2009 by Paul
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DSCF0469Having arrived in Canberra to temperatures hovering around 30 °C, after a few days we set off to the Snowy Mountains with an ascent of Mt Kosciuszco [2228m] in mind...

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Evening Grit

Tuesday, 18th August 2009 by Paul
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dsc_0106Tuesday evening is normally climbing time but work and weather seem to have colluded to prevent any activity until now...

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Summat Fresh!

Sunday, 19th July 2009 by Paul
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dsc02360Having spent Saturday on a very quiet [only 8 climbers ] Shepherds Crag we decided to look for a different venue for Sunday's sport...

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Peak Ice

Saturday, 7th February 2009 by Paul
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dscf0152-scaledBack in the 1970s when we were just starting to climb ice, snowy weekends were spent scouring the Peak District for frozen streams and waterfalls to practice our skills...

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Blown Away [well almost] !

Sunday, 18th January 2009 by Paul
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dsc02178-scaledThe annual AMC [Arete Mountaineering Club] Keswick B&B meet started at 9.30am Saturday morning with a bacon buttie and tea in a Keswick car park...

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New Year on the Costa Blanca

Sunday, 11th January 2009 by Paul
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dscf0052New Year on the Costa Blanca proved to be much warmer than the UK...

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