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Basic navigational skills badly missing by
Rodders
4 men who were found after a search in the Cairngorms had good equipment but
poor navigational skills were a few miles from where they thought they were.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4467894.stm
Roddy
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Suggestions for a charging framework by
[email protected]
Re charging for SAR and path maintenance, here are some suggestions of
how it might be structured.
· Annual recreational licence of £100 for walking/climbing on
ground not owned by government to contribute to Search and Rescue and
maintenance of paths, removal of rubbish etc.
· Short-term...
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Time to Pay! by
[email protected]
Time to Pay!
I am interested to see that there has been a suggeation that walkers
should pay for their use of the West Highlland Way but I would suggest
that £1 a day is well below the market value.
Walkers should accept that almost all other sports and pastimes have
to pay for the upkeep of...
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Pay for your rescue. by
[email protected]
A letter that might be of interest:
Dear Sir
Pay for Rescue
Now that Search and Rescue services are to be privatised perhaps it is
an opportune time to consider charging those who indulge in risk
taking recreational activities such as sailing and hill-walking for
the cost of their rescues. I...
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Canon EOS 300D by
Paul Saunders
I had a look and a feel of this camera in Jessops today, and I must say
that it's got a really good solid feel to it, but at the same time is
surprisingly light. I didn't weight it, but it seemed to be no heavier
(or bulkier) than my G3 with the wide angle converter (the converter
does add a lot...
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Walking Alone..... by
[email protected]
Most published safety literature on hiking frowns upon walking alone,
however the majority of my walks are undertaken uncompanied.
Is this stupidity?
How many others walk alone?
.....17 summits this year
17 (15 Marilyns, 2 Sweats, 2 Wainwrights)
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April 10th 05 12:06 AM
by Fran
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Sunsets by
AndyP
Is it possible to tell in advance when good sunsets or sunrises are going to
occur? Clouds were a nice tinge of pink last night but haven't seen any
really good ones for a while.
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October 3rd 04 09:42 PM
by ste©
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Looking forward to 2004 by
Dave Brown
May I wish all members of this group all the very best for Christmas & the
coming year.
Having taken "early retirement" and hopefully reaching the big 60 in February I
have been wondering what to fill some of my time with.
Having spent the best part of the last 40 years wandering about on the...
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[OT] Stranded Woman Saved By GPS by
Fran
Well OK, perhaps the heading's a little on the dramatic side,
and I must confess here and now that this isn't a walking-
related topic; however I have finally used my 'yellow peril'
eTrex as a means of escape from inhospitable wilderness. Sort
of. Our intrepid heroine (i.e. yours truly, but...
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April 5th 05 06:40 AM
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Expedition. by
Phil Cook
Right! We desperately need a cat herd!
A certain Martin Richardson mooted an expedition a while back and it
has got round to July again. If we don't pull our collective fingers
out nothing will happen. Martin's suggestion was:
14 - 16 July 2006 Crickhowell - SO 215184.
I can't make that weekend...
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Leonids 2004 by
Paul Saunders
The usual date for the Leonids is November 17th, however this year the
prediction is that the peak will be around 10pm on November the 19th,
which is a Friday.
Time of maximum expected (ZHR)
2004 Nov 19th 06:42 UTC (10)
2004 Nov 19th 21:49 UTC (~ 65)
Another site advises that any time...
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Corbett - Breabag TR by
Lindsay
Tuesday 18 July 2006
We parked at the Salmon Hatchery on the east side of the A837, 3.5
kilometres south of our overnight accommodation at Inchnadamph Outdoor
Centre. The midges, flies and clegs were upon us immediately we
alighted from the car and my client, Janice, was ready in record time
and...
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WALKING ON NEW OPEN ACCESS LAND by
Dick Gays
The following is rather long, I hope you will bear with me.
The new open access areas opened so recently that it is hardly
surprising that some walkers are finding minor problems, as I have
myself in the Peak District.
The new explorer maps clearly mark the areas and the boundaries of
access...
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Expedition 15 - Carneddau - Trip Reports by
Paul Saunders
DAY ONE - FRIDAY
Sunny day, puffy clouds. Until myself and Bill reached Snowdonia. Then
it rained. On Snowdonia.
Luckily it stopped as we reached the camp site, drove past, turned
around, and reached it again. We couldn't remember which tent belonged
to Jhimmy, so I made a guess. I turned...
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July 19th 04 08:44 PM
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December 18th 04 08:40 PM
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Best Place to Live in the UK? by
Paul Saunders
The Reid wrote:
I like to have a choice of pubs, restaurants and theatre etc
without driving.
I prefer to have a choice of hills, waterfalls,
coastline etc. within easy travelling distance.
I'd prefer both!
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Expedition 16? Do we have a plan? by
Judith
I must have forgotten to keep the 6th February 2005 urw thread "EX 16
Location & Date" but a quick Google suggests that we were tentatively
planning:
Whe Brotherswater, (English) Lake District
When: Weekend of 23rd/24th April 2005
Campsite:
Possibly this one (from Nick Pedley): "The Sykeside...
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3 climbers die by
aj
just breaking on sky news 3 British climbers die in snowstorms in Spains
sierra nevada mountains.
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Schoolgirls In Uniform In Cairngorms Blunder... by
Andrew Priest
From OUTDOORSmagic
http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/news/article/mps/UAN/2751/v/1/sp/606603318365602495688
A London girls school has apologised after mountain rescue teams were
called out to help a party of 39 inadequately equipped young girls in
the Cairngroms yesterday.
The leader of Cairngorm...
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F**king Ramblers. by
toad
We did a spot of Hewitt bagging this weekend, enjoying some superb
scenery on and around Bannau Sir Gaer, Fan Brycheiniog, Fan Gyhirych &
Fan Nedd.
However for myself and my companion Fan Brycheiniog was slightly
spoiled by a gang of geriatric walkers.
I think there's unwritten agreement that...
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May 12th 07 12:55 PM
by PeterC
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