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WINTER 2018
CONTENTS
ARMY
MOUNTAINEER
AMA HQ
FOREWORDS........................................................................ 5 MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS...................................................... 6 DIARY 18/19......................................................................... 7 STANDARD LEARNING CREDITS FOR MOUNTAINEERS......... 8 THE AMA AGM & MEET ........................................................ 9
GUEST WRITER: TOM LIVINGSTONE.....10
EXPEDITION NEWS
EXPEDITION SAMJHANA .....................................................16 HEAVY BREATHING IN CHAMONIX.......................................20 PATROUILLE DES GLACIERS ...............................................26 EX NORTHERN CUILLIN ASSAULT .......................................29 SKI TOURING IN THE ITALIAN DOLOMITES..........................32 EX DRAGON’S TROLL 18 .....................................................34 HOT ROCK HOTTER ROCK - CLIMBING IN JORDAN.............37 EX CLASSIC ROCK ..............................................................38 EX CADET ALPS 2018 .........................................................40
CLIMBING MEETS
AMA LAKE DISTRICT MEET .................................................42 AMA DARTMOOR MEET .......................................................44
PHOTO COMPETITION ..................................48
REVIEWS
SIMOND ALPINISM 33 ........................................................50 APPROACH SHOES..............................................................52
SPORT CLIMBING
FIRST TIME COMPETITOR....................................................53 SPORT CLIMBING UPDATE ..................................................54
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FINAL THOUGHTS
BE PREPARED FOR WINTER............................................... 56 IS THERE ANYWHERE LEFT TO EXPLORE?..........................58
ON THE COVER: JAMES GORDON ON THE AIGUILLE D’ENTRÉVES TRAVERSE’ - EX CHAMONIX CLIMBER
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