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WINTER 2020
CONTENTS
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FOREWORDS........................................................................ 5 MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS...................................................... 6 DIARY 2020/21..................................................................... 7 KEEPING ADVENTUROUS TRAINING COVID SECURE............8 PHILIP HORNIBLOW OBITUARY............................................ 9
GUEST WRITER
MOUNTAIN MAN.................................................................10 THE LINK-UP PIONEERS.................................................... 14 TRAINING FOR CLIMBING ON OPERATIONS ....................... 17
EXPEDITION NEWS
EXPEDITION HIMALAYAN ENDEAVOUR...............................20
A SHORT COVID-19 ISOLATION READ................................ 27 OFF PISTE IN NORTH YORKSHIRE...................................... 32 LAST MEN ON THE MOUNTAIN ........................................... 35 THE ROCK CLIMBING DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTOR........... 39 CIMA GRANDE.................................................................... 40
BOOK REVIEWS.................................................... 46 CLIMBING MEETS............................................... 50 PHOTO COMPETITION.......................................52 SPORT CLIMBING...............................................54
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SPORT CLIMBING 32 UPDATE
AN ALPINE ODYESSY
MISC ARTICLES
AN UNEXPECTED NIGHT WITH
THE AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI ................................................ 22 AN ALPINE ODYESSY ......................................................... 23
EX HIMALAYAN ENDEAVOUR
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THE LINK UP PIONEERS
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OFF-PISTE IN NORTH YORKSHIRE
ON THE COVER: NIMS DAI IN FULL ATTACK MODE
JUST BELOW THE SUMMIT OF MANASLU, 8,163M. THE PENULTIMATE MOUNTAIN IN HIS RECORD BREAKING PROJECT POSSIBLE: ALL 14 8,000M PEAKS IN 6 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS. SANDRO GROMEN-HAYES
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