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SUMMER 2018
CONTENTS
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MOUNTAINEER
AMA HQ
PRESIDENT’S FOREWORD.....................................................5 EDITOR’S FOREWORD ...........................................................6 AMA DISCOUNTS ..................................................................7 DIARY....................................................................................8 VIEWRANGER SMART PHONE NAVIGATION APP ...................9 TRANSFER OF MEMBERSHIP DATABASE ............................10
GUEST WRITER: NICK BULLOCK.............12
EXPEDITION NEWS
EXERCISE COSTA CLIMBER.................................................18 EXERCISE SELVA BACKSTOP 2017......................................20 EXERCISE NORTHERN BULGARIAN LION ............................22 CCAT: WINTER WONDERLAND.............................................26 EXERCISE DRAGON ECQUADORIAN ODYSSEY.....................28 EXERCISE COLD COMMAND & COLD CRAFTSMAN .............30
CLIMBING MEETS
WHY THE WYE?...................................................................32 AMA WINTER MEET 2018....................................................34 NORTH WALES MEET ..........................................................36 MEETS UPDATE ...................................................................37
PHOTO COMPETITION ..................................40
REVIEWS
TERRA NOVA EQUIPMENT ...................................................42 PARAMO FABRICS...............................................................44 WILD COUNTRY BLIZZARD 2 ..............................................48 TERRA NOVA SOUTHERN CROSS 2......................................50 ONE ROPE TO RULE THEM ALL.........................................52 BOOK REVIEW.....................................................................54
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SPORT CLIMBING
BOULDERMANIA ....................................................... 56 THE ARMED FORCES BOULDERING LEAGUE.............58
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ON THE COVER: HIGH ON SEA EAGLE. EXERCISE SELVA BACKSTOP 2017
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