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SCOTLAND (Onich) ~ March 2008

 

NEW YEAR'S DAY 2008 : Brecon Beacons        Read trip report

 

 

 

 

Pembrokeshire May 2007

A good turn-out (8 members +1 friend)

 

Cornwall April 2007

Another excellent turn-out (17 members)

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AND WALKING

THE SHROPSHIRE HILLS

4th Feb 2007

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NEW YEAR'S DAY 2007

An excellent turn-out for walkies over the steep and muddy mini-Alps known as Parkhouse and Chrome Hills (Derbyshire)

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August 2006

MORE GRIT 

AND DETERMINATION

(courtesy of Simon)

 

North Devon - Baggy Point - July'06  Read trip report

 

THE JOYS OF ESOTERIC GRITSTONE

SHINING CLOUGH

July '06

 

 

 

. . . and something a bit different but no less fun . . . canoeing the River Wye - June'06

 

The Club camping at Treen in Cornwall and getting to grips with some beautiful sea-cliff granite . . . April'06

 

 

Al's Black Mountains Gourmet expedition . . . . Feb'06

 

. . . and a selection of Garry's photos from Peak District, Lake District & North Wales

 

CHEDDAR GORGE

8/9th October 2005

courtesy of Simon

 

ACTIVITY AND INACTIVITY IN THE ALPS - JULY 2005 (Zermatt & Chamonix) courtesy of Nick & Cristina

 

CLOGWYN D'UR ARDDU - July 2005

 

ROACHES - June 2005

 

MALLORCA - March 2005

 

"Ready, steady, go . . . "

from Steve, Nick & Andy's recent value-for-money adventure on 'Deep Cut Chimney' on Hell's Lum in the Cairngorms

Preparing for the crux

Steve on 'Cascade du Bourget' 

(given II/4)

Cervieres, French Alps - Jan 2005

The ice-man's playground

Cervieres

French Alps

January 2005

 

 

Summer 2004 - The Italian Dolomites

 

 

 

 

now for something completely different . . .

 

White Water Wonderland

Seven intrepid members try something new at Canolfen Trywerwyn. Who says mountaineers are boring!

 

Caption Competition

Lost at sea?  (Sue)

WMC don't OFTEN lose their members . . . .  (Sue)

I'm sure I started with a second  (Paul)

"Guess Andy didn't really enjoy Suicide Wall! . . . . " (Chas)

"I'm sure there were two of us to start with!"  (Nick)

"I guess he preferred 'Nemo Route' after all . . ."  (Andy)

"So THAT's why he carries a penknife!."  (Sue)

"The Cornish Constrictor Snake is prone to bouts of anorexia" (A.N.Other)

"Viagra puts more lead in your lead!'  (Chas)

"Hmmmm....maybe the 'figure of four' knot doesn't work after all!"  (Nick)

"This is the end my friend!"   (Chas) (but originally The Doors)

"It was you who said 'TIGHT' . . . " (Sue)

"It looks dead, think I've killed it now"  (Pete)

"The bastard was carrying my Penguins!"  (Nick)

"Poxy rope!" (A.N.Other)

 

 

Welsh Crisis

Steve P. Forgot to pack his loo roll!

 

Cornish Crisis 

Andy drops one of his pork pies...

 

photos (and captions) by . . . guess who?

 

French Ice

February'04

Here we have Mike, Andy and Steve on "Tahiti Douche" and all only a few minutes walk from the chalet!

by Nick (again)

Doesn't anyone else have a camera?

 

Nick U on Cascade ( VI,6) Stag Rocks, Loch Avon Basin, Cairn Gorm

(by Steve)

 

Steve leading out the final pitch of Lilly 'Savage Slit' (V,6) Corrie An Lochain, the Gorms

(by Nick)

Steve admiring Frodo's ice climbing technique

(of course he had the Ring on at the time!)

 

Club 30th Anniversary Dinner - November 2003

 

Portland- Autumn 2003

The nearest you'll get to Spanish rock in the UK?

 

 

Alps - Summer 2003

Club members on top of the Jungfrau (13,600ft)

in the Grindelwald area of the Swiss Alps

 

 

Club members towards the end of the annual 'Gritstone Gallop' in 2003

(12 miles and 12 climbs in one day on the gritstone edges of Derbyshire)

Rumour has it that "Pritchard's Crack", an unpleasant off-width, had become rather overgrown in recent years.

 

Island Peak (Nepal) - Autumn 2002

 

Lundy Island in 2001