Page 6 - 1995 Mountaineering Club Bulletin

Date
26 Feb -1 Mar 10 - 14 Mar
22 Mar - 6 Apr 3 - 6 May-
24 - 27 May 24 - 27 May 14 - 16 Jun 12- 14 Jul
27 Jul - 9 Aug 22 - 26 Aug
Meet
Balmacara
Ben Nevis (CIC Hut)
Ski Mountaineering
Peak District
Swanage JS Meet
Scotland JS Meet - Note 1 North Wales
Gower Peninsula
JSAM (Chamonix)
Lundy - Note 2
AGM North
Wales - Note 3
Contact
Lt Cdr Dick Tough Lt Cdr Neil Hicking Cdr James Grant
Lt Dave Mackie
Lt Dave Barrett
Sqn Ldr J C I Smith Lt Mick Cooke
Lt Tim Reynolds
Lt Cdr Neil Hicking AB Kevin Amaira Lt Cdr David Gray
Phone No.
93 255 3395
Northwood 8554/8128
93 80 27511
01793 785548 or 10705 830314 Daedalus 4615
Lyneham 7513
Daedalus 4615
BRNC7163
Northwood 8554
01489 790821
93 781 7666
4 - 6 Oct Note 1.
Note 2.
Note 3.
The RAFMA JSM will be based in Newtonmore at Craigellachie Lodge; Main Street; Newtonmore; Inverness-shire; PH20 IDA - Grid Reference NN 713990. Details can be obtained from Sqn Ldr Jim Smith; OC Catering Sqn; RAF Lyneham; Chippenham; Wiltshire. It is recognised that this meet clashes with our JSM, but the geographical separation will give Club Members the alternative of attending either.
By ferry from Ilfracombe at 1200 Thursday 22 Aug, and returning at 1900 Monday 26 Aug.For those unable to make the 22 Aug sailing, the alternative is to catch the 1230 sailing from Ilfracombe onSaturday 24 Aug.All bookings should be made by Kev Amaira. Cost £35 for the ferry; £5 per night for the campsite.
The AGM will be held at 1930 at the Tvn-y-Coed on Saturday 5 October.
Expedition Secretary's Report
Introduction
Since the last Review, Club members have been involved in trekking and climbing expeditions to various destinations including California, Iceland, France, Bolivia, Spain, Nepal,
Switzerland, Alaska, Ecuador and, of course, not forgetting Jersey. This is a healthy state of affairs and can only be good for recruitment and retention both into the Club and the Service. I am only too happy to help people to turn their ideas for an expe­ dition into reality, so if you have an idea but are not sure where to start then please do not hesitate to ring me either at work or home (but not too late as I go to bed early) for advice. After all that is why we have an Expedition Secretary. The one thing to remember is that you are principally constrained only by your own lack of imagination.
DNPTS might say that he sees things differently as some qualifica­ tions are required to lead expeditions abroad. However, for most of you these are not difficult to come by and I would advise any active climber to read JSP 419 (there should be a copy in every' Gym) and take advantage of the excellent courses at the various Joint Service Mountain Training Centres in Scotland and Wales. Not only are these free, and you should see how much it costs civilians to do these courses, but you get to climb with some good climbers and the instructors include great blokes like Pete Johnson, Ady Cole, Dave Pearce and Daz Morgan; to name but a few.
1996 sees the latest in the major Joint Service expeditions to the Himalayas, the British Services Gasherbrum I Expedition. Myself and five other Club members are privileged to be mem­ bers of the expedition. We leave UK in May and return at the beginning of August and I hope that the major event at the next AGM will be slides of one of our Club members on the top of an 8000m peak for the first time.
Anyone thinking about a location for a trip in 1997 could do worse than consider Australia. In 1997 the British High Commission in Canberra is running a year long initiative to cel­ ebrate and highlight the modern evolving relationship with Australia and to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the British Council’s activity in Australia. The Defence and Naval Adviser in Canberra (Commodore B J Adams RN) has stated that this is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the close ties which exist between the British and Australian Armed Forces and how bet­ ter to do this than through sporting activities.
Safe climbing in 96.
Expedition Update
Yosemite. Sep / Oct 94
Dave Pearce. Climbed the Nose on “El Cap” plus many other very high quality routes. 6 RN&RMMC personnel. Hugely suc­ cessful, excellent article by Ady Cole in the 1995 Review. Slides were shown at AGM which kept the audience captivated.
ANNUAL BULLETIN
RN & RMMC Club M eets 1996
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