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SUMMER 2019
CONTENTS
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FOREWORDS........................................................................ 5 MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS...................................................... 6 DIARY 19/20......................................................................... 7 I NEVER GET TO HEAR ABOUT THESE MEETS... ................. 8 TONY STREATHER: 1926-2018 .......................................... 10 LYNGEN ALPS IN 2018, SORT OF... .................................... 12
GUEST WRITERS
HAZEL FINDLAY.................................................................. 14 MIKE RAINE ....................................................................... 30
EXPEDITION NEWS
EX TIGER AMA RJUKAN19 ..................................................18 EXERCISE NORTHERN ACONCAGUA....................................20 EX COSTA CLIMBER 2019 ...................................................22 EX TIGER DOLOMITE ...........................................................26
CLIMBING MEETS
AMA WINTER MEET.............................................................34 WYE VALLEY MEET ............................................................ 36 AMA MEETS UPDATE .......................................................... 37
PHOTO COMPETITION ..................................40
REVIEWS
AMA BOOK REVIEWS ......................................................... 33 WINDPROOF REVIEW......................................................... 42 1-MAN TENTS.................................................................... 43
MISC ARTICLES
EXEMPTION VS TRAINING...................................................46 LIFE OF MRT PROBATIONER................................................48
SPORT CLIMBING
INAUGURAL IFSC-STYLE BOULDERING COMPETITION.......50
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ON THE COVER: ETS OFFICERS ON THE WAY UP TO SOUTH ANNAPURNA BASE CAMP, NEPAL IN THE WAKE OF SUPPORTING GURKHA SELECTION JANUARY 19
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