What a difference a day makes. Yesterday morning we cursed the London traffic as we tried to escape the city and start the long journey North. This morning we savoured the cold but welcome Highland sun as we walked into a fantastic wintery Creag Meagaidh.
Jenny and I enojoyed 8 shortish pitches on the well iced South Pipe Direct (IV,4) with a particularly entertaining cave belay and fi... more>
British Mountain Guides Open Day - Saturday 22nd May 2010
The British Association of Mountain Guides, BMG, is to hold an Open Day at Plas y Brenin, Capel Curig, North Wales on Saturday 22 May 2010.
The BMG first ran this event in 2006 with 25 participants attending the day which was aimed at promoting Guiding as a career and explaining the BMG training scheme; it is open... more>
Unseasonaly cold temperatures in the UK and warm conditions in Antarctica meant the difference between summer at the South Pole and winter in the Scottish Highlands was only a few degrees. However we found reports of how warm it was at the South Pole overated! Slight fog 10-15 knots of wind and -27C felt pretty bracing to us!
It was another superb guiding season down on the ice, worki... more>
Whilst winter has just arrived in the Scottish Highlands the Austral summer is well underway down South.
Numerous teams are already on the ice and have begun their long sledge pulling journeys to the South Pole. Check out the Female Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition website for the latest news from their tri... more>
From the BMC Website...
This excellent series of BMC lectures on winter skills will navigate its way around the UK this November....
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It's here. You can now view the short film about the 2009 British / Indian expedition to climb Nanda Devi East & Changuch in the Indian Himalaya, Link below.
Nanda Devi East / Changuch Expedition film
If you have any comments, it would be great to see them in the thread on the more>
Thanks to Jerry Ostrowski and the Metropolitan Police Mountaineering Club for hosting an excellent evening at New Scotland Yard last night.
I had been invited to give a talk covering a 'Year in the Mountains', for an International Mountain Guide. The lecture was a mixture of the far flung and exotic (including Mount Vinson in Antarctica and the first ascent of 'Changuch' in the India... more>
The High Mountain Guides short film of the Martin Moran Mountaineering expedition to Nanda Devi East and Changuch in the Indian Himalaya will get it's world premier at New Scotland Yard next week. Due to the nature of the venue it's not an open invite so stay tuned to watch the film shorty afterwards back her... more>
Bookings are now being taken for the forthcoming Scottish Winter Season. Rob will be working on Mount Vinson in Antarctica again so the period of availability is mid February through to mid March. Check out our winter course details and prices an... more>
The Alpine Ski Club is offering a number of grants for folk who want to get more involved in ski mountaineering. There are grants for both training courses and ski mountaineering expeditions. This could include a grant towards paying for the cost of hiring a Guide to provide ski training in the Alps. For more details check out:
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