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Foreword 3 Membership Benefits 4 Letters to the Editor 6 How it all started 8 EXERCISE AMA60 10 Diary 17/18 13 Hole In The Ground 68 14 The Army Festival of Climbing 2017 16 The Lattice Training Programme 18 Inspiration 21 Army Sport Climbing 22 Dragon Venturer Yosemite Rock 24 How to win the AMA Photo Competition! 26 Photo Competition 28 Climbing Meets 30 Location Review 32 Army Sport Climbing Championships 2017 35 Ex Dragon Toubkal 2017 36 Ex DRAGON CANADIAN ALPINE 38 Trekking in Dolpa, Nepal 41 Book Reviews 42 Kit on trial 44 An AMA Reflection 47
Cover photo: Looking out on Putha Hiunchuli for the AMA 60 expedition
CONTENTS CONTENTS
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How it all started
Festival of Climbing
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Ex Dragon Toubkal
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Malta 32
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