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SUMMER 2020
CONTENTS
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FOREWORDS........................................................................ 5 MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS...................................................... 6 DIARY 2020.......................................................................... 7 BMC FUNDAMENTALS 1&2 .................................................. 8 STANDARD LEARNING CREDITS FOR MOUNTAINEERS....... 10
GUEST WRITER
AN INTERVIEW WITH BRONCO LANE ................................. 12 SNOWDONIA PEACE........................................................... 16 REFLECTIONS FROM A MOUNTAIN RESCUER .................... 18
EXPEDITION NEWS
EX 900 ............................................................................... 20 EX COSTA CLIMBER 2020 .................................................. 24 EX DRAGON LUNDY............................................................ 27 EX TIGER AMA RJUKAN 2020 ............................................ 31
MISC ARTICLES
BOULDERING ..................................................................... 34 CYPRUS ROCKS ................................................................. 36 WHAT TO DO?..................................................................... 40 PERFORMANCE TRAINING AT HOME .................................. 42 IS IT JUST ME... OR IS IT COIRE AN LOCHAIN ................. 44 WINTER MOUNTAIN LEADER THOUGHTS............................ 47
PHOTO COMPETITION..................................50 BOOK REVIEWS.................................................... 52 SPORT CLIMBING...............................................54
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