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Rhoscolyn; The Wild Rover, Rhoscolyn; Right Wall E5, Dinas Cromlech; Vector E2, Tremadog; The Light Spantastic F7a, Gt Orme; Social Loafer F7a+, Gt Orme To date the team consists of: Nick Tarmey, doctor by trade. Nick is also the producer of 'Cutting Loose' and ‘Living For The Weekend’, two suc­ cessful climbing films shown at the Kendal Mountain film festival. An accomplished all round climber and moun­ taineer, has solo’d E5.
Kev Page, REME. Kev has climbed all over the world and is a member of the Army climbing team. An accom­
plished all rounder, has led E5.
Mark Hedge, APTC. Mark specialises in short bold routes and has led E7. Over 60 first ascents featured In guidebooks, UK and abroad.
Will Woodhead, RLC. Last year Woody jumped from F6b+ to F7a+ and is now making the same progress through the traditional grades. Equally as comfort­ able on ice and In the Alpine environment.
lain Scott, APTC. Scotty is finding himself steady at E2/3 having consolidated these grades this year. Hoping to progress further still and grab some hard headpoints in Tasmania.
Rob Lawrence, Para. The Inter Service Under 25’s climbing champ. Progressing very steadily through the grades deep-water solo'd Electric Blue this year.
Tania Noakes, TA. Tania has climbed extensively all over the world both on crag and the bigger hills. Leads up to E2, has a passion for off width cracks.
Haydn Gaukroger, Para. Also deep-water solo’d the same E4 as Rob this year. Has a
good CV of climbs under his belt with leads up to E4. Also handy in the bigger hills.
Now, a bit about Tasmania.: A small Island to the south east of Australia. Hobart is the capital and looks to be a buzzing little city; this is where we will land either by ferry or plane.
Hire vehicles are the order of the day; the Island is of a size that every area could be visited during our stay. On collection of the transport off we go to find our beds. Two base camps for the trip, north
and south of the Island the split coming halfway through our tour. Accommodation will take the form of self-catering lodges allowing the team to prepare thoroughly in the pursuit of excellence.
The weather whilst in Tasmania should be the equivalent to a good British summer with the temperature likely to be in the mid 20’s. With good high-pressure systems we will take the opportunity to tackle some of the famous sea stacks and sea cliffs many of which start on the sparkling, white, sandy beaches.
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