In reply to CharlieMack:
Cheers for the info for picking up another rebel. But I don't understand people's issue with military uses?!?! Its not as though every British soldiers is getting trained and equipped to scale grade V.
Its surely just for special forces.
Given the current issues over oil reserves in the Arctic, is it impossible that there will be no military action up that way.
Im sure there are loads of times where its been militarily advantageous to get troops up to high ground in mountain environments. Look at the Indian/ Pakistan border for example.
Its a good job we don't teach soldiers to ski too for that matter. Its not like there's ever been occupied heavy water plants in the mountains where the ability to ski or ice climb for tactical insertion would be of the slightest help.
Christ. You lot don't seem to have much imagination! Or indeed look at history, or even look at current affairs.
Go out and climb something, or read a paper or stop hijacking threads with uninformed drivel.