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Young people from Old Hutton Primary spent the first day of their residential finding their way to camp on a self led walk, followed by cooking on trangiers and setting up tents in the evening. Based at Low Gillerthwaite for the rest of the four days the 24 pupils went mountain walking, ghyll scrambling, canoeing, participated in team building initiatives and were supplied with lovely food by our chef Mark.
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Crosthwaite Primary
Picked up from school, students from Crosthwaite Primary were whisked away to the Holly How YHA at Coniston for a fantastic three days of real adventure. Ghyll scrambling, canoe sailing, mountain walking, abseiling and mountain scrambling were all on the menu for the Real Adventure residential enjoyed by twenty four pupils.
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Lakes winter conditions
The lakes is looking good, snow down to 650m
There is more on the east and more forecast for later in the week with continued cold weather.
Bring on another great winter.
Stay tuned for more lakes winter conditions and reports.
Shelters Removed
The shelters located on Carn Dearg (Ref: NN 158 718) and in Coire Leis (Ref: NN 174 714) have been removed.
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Its cold outside….
The fire is lit as winter has arrived in the Lakes. Snow down to 300m at the weekend, high winds and a little chilly. I have a feeling its going to be another great winter. Skis at the ready! It might also be time to start thinking about winter skills courses too.
Zip Line Inspection
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…
Old zip line anchor tree
Last year we did not use it due to concerns I had, its great to see recommendations taken forward and acted upon.
John Beatty
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…
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MLTE Board Meeting
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.
South Barking Ghyll – Barbondale
During the November Floods a large boulder in a ghyll we regularly use with groups moved after a considerable amount of water washed away the smaller rocks and river bed that was pinning it in place. This boulder was then on the blink of moving down the ghyll and it was feared that if it moved it would crush anyone in the its path.
Attempts had been made to stabilise it but not to a sufficient extent that would satisfy us to be happy to stand underneath it whilst spotting our groups as they climb over it.
2 weeks ago Tom Redfern and I headed over there to move it but ran out of time, just as we where leaving the boulder decided to move with out us touching it and confirmed our concerns as to its stability.
Today I went back to South Barking Ghyll with Ingleborough Hall to complete the removal of the dangerous boulder. After a couple of taps with a large hammer the boulder split as predicted and fell down the ghyll and cracked into a further 2 pieces. This section of the ghyll is now safe for groups to climb past and minimal damage has been done.
Whilst I was there I popped up to the Key Hole in the upper part of the ghyll and removed a selection boulder that where blocking the smaller key hole, now you climb through both.
A good days work.
BMC Technical Committee Meeting
I stand on the BMC’s Technical Committee representing the Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI).
This is a group of highly knowledgeable people ranging from metallurgists, engineers, manufactures, textile experts who are all climbers. The Aim of the group is to issue safety advice and investigate incidents of failed equipment.
Biannually the committee holds a conference at Plas y Brennin this year the theme is friction. There will be practical sessions in the morning and lectures + theory session in the afternoon with a speaker in the evening. Sportiva will be there demonstrating the friction of boots and Vibram rubber. Jim Titt from Bolt Products will be running a workshop on belay devices and rope friction through them and I have been invited to run a workshop on gip ‘a’ bility.
We all meet in Manchester at the BMC’s offices around 5 time per year.
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