UKClimbing.com ads.ukclimbing.com
 HomeForumsLogbooksNews PhotosArticlesGearClassifiedsSearch 
UKC Weekly Newsletter for 4th February Search:
In April 2010 Plas y Brenin are set to host the first ever UKClimbing.com Alpine Festival.

Two nights accommodation, all your meals and two days of world class alpine skills workshops, all in the company of like-minded climbers. You won't believe how much for!

Full details at UKClimbing.com Alpine Festival 2010 at Plas y Brenin.
Feature: Just Like My Nan's Biscuits
[Dave Birkett and Scale Force, 3 kb]Dave Birkett isn't a big fan of skiing, and as bad luck would have it that's what he was doing in France as the big snow and freeze hit the UK. On his return he thought it would be back to work as a stonemason in the Lakes.

His luck changed however and as well as lots of winter climbing he was lucky enough to sample some light, buttery, thick shortbread from the Harrisons' at Brotherilkeld farm in Eskdale.

This is Dave's story of the best winter climbing spell he's ever had in the Lake District.

* read more...
Photo of the Week
Self-portrait with Am Basteir, Skye, 52 kb
"Self-portrait with Am Basteir, Skye" © wee jamie
Glenmore Lodge Competition, 41 kb

WIN WIN WIN!

Glenmore Lodge and their sponsors and partners have teamed up to give you the opportunity to win FANTASTIC prizes:

Scarpa - winter Mont Blanc Boots
Alpine Bikes - Trek Fuel X9 Bike
MC of S - Glenmore Lodge course

Read the notes below to see how you can enter.

SCARPA & GLENMORE LODGE

Take the opportunity to win a pair of Scarpa Mont Blanc Mountain Boots just by coming to Glenmore Lodge.

Scarpa have decided to promote our strong partnership by offering a competition to anybody who is on a course or visits Glenmore Lodge this winter. You simply ask for an application form from the front desk and post your entry in the box on the Scarpa boot stand here at Glenmore Lodge.

The winner will be drawn in April

We look forward to seeing you!

ALPINE BIKES & GLENMORE LODGE

Alpine Bikes are offering you the opportunity to win a Trek Fuel EX9 bike over the winter. We know it is good as it is the bike one of our instructors has used on courses this year.

All you have to do is visit the Lodge on a course, as a guest or day tripper and ask for an application form from behind the desk. You can enter by posting the form in the comptetiion box on the bike board here at Glenmore Lodge. The winner will be announced in April 2010

MC of S & GLENMORE LODGE

MCofS and Glenmore Lodge have got together to offer MCofS members who introduce a new member to the MCofS the chance to win one of four FREE introductory mountaineering skills courses worth up to £270. The courses are all based at Glenmore Lodge and include accommodation and meals.

The lucky winner will chose from six different courses - Winter Navigation Skills, Summer Navigation Skills, Winter Skills, Rock Climbing, Scrambling and Winter Mountaineering. How to win? The competition is open to members of the MCofS and members of MCofS Clubs who are registered with MCofS. Commencing with the February issue, the next four issues of Scottish Mountaineer will contain an entry form on the reverse of the large address label.

To enter simply recruit a new member for the MCofS, and get them to complete and return the entry form to the MCofS office by the date shown on the form. The winner will then be drawn from the entries received for that issue on the stated due date. New members must join MCofS direct – the competition does not apply to new members joining an MCofS club.

More at: www.glenmorelodge.org.uk

Sponsoring the UKC Newsletter - contact us
Forums
The most popular Climbing Forums in the world, with 13,000 new messages last week. Talk about the routes you're going to do, ethical debates, foreign trips, winter routes and conditions or expeditions. Some of the busiest of the 1400+ topics this week included:
*  UKC Matchmaker?
*  Ben Nevis in Winter
*  The history of (UK) climbing in 10 routes
*  Welsh Winter Conditions
*  Yosemite Free Routes.
*  1 death a week - an acceptable risk?
*  Scottish grade 8 ?
*  Lakes conditions
*  Do you, or would you rather climb with
*  I fell 30 feet and hit the ground, this is...
The No.1 poster in our Top 40 Posters this week was Richard Carter.
BMC International Meet Poster, 81 kb

BMC International Sea Cliff Climbing Meet 2010 Lands End 9 – 16th May 2010 - Climbing Hosts Needed

In an exciting new initiative we're holding the 2010 summer international meet at the Count House (hut), in conjunction with the Climbers' Club. The Meet is set to be a great event with international guests from 26 countries attending including: Japan, Belgium, USA, Cameroon, France, Slovenia, Croatia and Kyrghyz Republic.

We're looking for 30 hosts (of all grades – this is not an elitist event) to climb with our international guests. Please apply if you're keen, and have experience of climbing in the West Penwith area. Deadline to apply by is 19 February 2010.

Click for: Host information
Click for: Host application form

Sponsoring the UKC Newsletter - contact us
Latest News
All the Latest News from the UK and around the world. No more waiting for next month's magazine:
Photos
[On the crux mixed section of the Vogler, 2 kb]
Gallery of the Week
Our Photo Gallery contains a unique collection of over 96,300 images from UKClimbing users, with 516 new photos added this week.

As a registered user you can upload your photos into your personal gallery, as well as voting on any photo on the site. This week we had 2,393 votes, and the top voter was dj_brigham05.

Congratulations to Jon Griffith, our Gallery of the Week as voted by UKC users.

Events Diary
All the dates you need in our Events Diary for Competitions, lectures and even club meets:
Latest Articles
Read our Latest Articles for inspirational rock destinations, interviews, gear reviews, competitions and much more:

A Guide to Mountain Climbing Photography: The blessing of mountain climbing photography is also its curse. Because it is so difficult to get there in the first place, because the climbing itself takes up so much...
UKClimbing.com Alpine Festival 2010 at Plas y Brenin: In April 2010 Plas y Brenin are set to host the first ever UKClimbing.com Alpine Festival. This unique weekend is made up of a series of opt-in workshops covering...
UKClimbing.com content in January 2010: A summary of all the latest content on UKClimbing.com from the past month, including: 10 new articles, 31 product announcements and 6 independent gear reviews from the UKC...
Life Insurance for Climbers: When someone starts talking about life insurance is your reaction a yawn? Do you ignore them and hope that they will shut up and go away? In this short article David Hallam, director of...
Newsletter Options
To unsubscribe from this email list, make sure you are logged in as a registered user, and use the User Options & Logout page to change your newsletter options. You can also change your subscribed email address and your password from the same page.

You can alternatively get an alert each week when the newsletter comes out using an RSS feed [XML]


Advertising on UKClimbing - About UKClimbing - Terms & Conditions - Privacy Policy - Contact Us
Copyright © UKClimbing.com Ltd