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WINTER 2023/24
CONTENTS
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CHAIRMAN’S FOREWORD ............................................ 5 EDITOR’S FOREWORD.................................................. 6 YOUR JOURNAL – PRINTED OR DIGITAL....................... 6 AMA DISCOUNTS & MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS .............. 7 HOT TOPICS ONLINE .................................................. 11
GUEST WRITER
FOURTEEN 8000M PEAKS, ONE 22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, ONE WORLD RECORD ................................... 8
EXPEDITION NEWS
EXERCISE NORTHERN LIGHTS ................................... 12 EXERCISEDRAGONSLIMGEYSER.............................16 EXERCISE BLUE EXPLORER ....................................... 17 EXERCISENORTHERNGAUNTLETHORN ..................18 EXERCISE KILI YATRA ................................................ 20 EXERCISE BEAR’S HARDANGER................................. 22
MISC ARTICLE
A TALE OF TWO EXPEDITIONS.................................... 24
CLIMBING MEETS
AMA SWISS ROCK & RIDGES 2023............................. 26 PEAK DISTRICT MEET................................................. 29
PHOTO COMPETITION............................. 30 REVIEWS ......................................................... 31
CADETS
EXERCISE CORTE CHALLENGER ................................ 32
SPORT CLIMBING
INTER-SERVICE SPORT CLIMBING CHAMPIONSHIPS....................................................... 34
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A TALE OF TWO EXPEDITIONS
2024 EVENTS
SPORTS CLIMBING 2024
17 Jan 24 26-29 Jan 24
14 Feb 24 15 Feb 24
9-10 Mar 24 16-17 Mar 24 17 Apr 24
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18-19 May 24 10-14 Jun 24
MEETS 2024
15-17 Mar 24 19-21 Apr 24 17-19 May 24 6-8 Jun 24 5-7 Jul 24 14-19 Jul 24 23-26 Aug 24
AFBL Round 5 Army Team Ranking Event
AFL Round 6 Climbing Works Armed Forces Championships (Inter-Service Bouldering Championships) Studio Bloc Masters, Germany
Climbing Works International Festival Army (North)
and (South)
Sport Climbing Championships Inter-Corps
Team & Army Individual Climbing Championships Army Team Ranking Event
European
Military Climbing Championships
North Wales
Lake District
North Wales
Lake District
Peak District (South) North Wales Pembrokeshire
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ADRIANA BROWNLEE
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SWISS ROCKS AND RIDGES
The THiNG Watch the video The world’s first and only sloper climbing training tool
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ON THE COVER:
CALLUM ROBERSON ON THE AIGUILLE D'ENTREVES,
FRENCH ALPS.
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