UKC

Andy Cave has over twenty years of alpine climbing experience.

He is a qualified UIAGM mountain guide and author of two books; Learning to Breathe and the sequel Thin White Line that was published in early 2008.

In this article and interview Andy shares some thoughts on safety, gear and the alpine philosophy.


Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=2075

In reply to UKC Articles:

... and waste no time whatsoever practising climbing upwards.

Get fit and fast by all means, but

...spend a large amount of your practise time on rapid, prolonged, descents on steep loose ground.

Y

In reply to UKC Articles:

great stuff but unfortunately no london dates - or am i missing something?

In reply to Morgan Woods:

You're not.

http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=370143

In reply to UKC Articles:

Fantastic Article!

In reply to UKC Articles:

what a gre at article, andy cave, clearly a hero! i love that everything he says seems to make perfect sense it direct and to the point!

Epsom is nearly London, its the one i'll be going to from South London anyway, fantastic article, a real inspiration as always.

In reply to UKC Articles: decent article,, well worth a read.

In reply to Morgan Woods: Andy is giving two talks at the RGS this autumn (not organised by us) are for RGS members plus guest I think, so if you know anyone who's a member give them a shout.

In reply to UKC Articles:

Thats got me psyched to go and do something big. Now to save...