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WINTER 2019
CONTENTS
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MOUNTAINEER
AMA HQ
FOREWORDS........................................................................ 5 MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS...................................................... 6 DIARY 2020.......................................................................... 7 ADVENTUROUS TRAINING AND LEADERSHIP....................... 8
GUEST WRITER ................................................... 12
EXPEDITION NEWS
EX ARCTIC MOUNTAINEER ................................................. 16 EX DRAGON MONGOLIAN ODYSSEY................................... 18 EX ALPINE TORCH..............................................................20 EX TIGER ARRC .................................................................. 23 EX NORTHERN LION 3 ........................................................ 26 EX TIGER MERA.................................................................. 29
CLIMBING MEETS
AMA AUTUMN MEET & AGM .............................................. 32 AMA TREMADOG MEET ...................................................... 34 LAKE DISTRICT MEET......................................................... 36
PHOTO COMPETITION..................................37 SPORT CLIMBING...............................................40
REVIEWS
DOWN VS SYNTHETIC ........................................................ 41 AMA BOOK REVIEWS ......................................................... 44
MISC ARTICLES
ONE OF THOSE DAYS.......................................................... 46 WAKE UP MATE, YOU’RE ON STAG ..................................... 48 FANCY ANOTHER COSTA?................................................... 50 THE STORY OF A CALL OUT................................................53
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PROJECT ALPINE SPIRIT
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EX TIGER MERA
37 PHOTO COMPETITION
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42 SYNTHETIC VS DOWN
EX ARCTIC MOUNTAINEER
ON THE COVER: AN ALPINE START ENSURES A SUCCESSFUL SUMMIT OF THE EIGER FOR AMA MEMBER, STUART MCDONALD.
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