James Thacker
LocationKingussie and Les Houches
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Alpine and scottish winter routes and associated banter.
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- Latent Threats: When training bites back 26-Aug-25
- Threat Managers: Rethinking risk 11-Oct-24
- Slow is smooth, smooth EQUALS FAST 05-Sep-24
- Safety by PowerPoint… 21-Jun-24
- Exotic Behaviour: Cultural norms and the wild west 17-Jun-24
- Avalanche: Does the Accident Route Matrix have a place? 11-Nov-23
- Learning from incidents, and going beyond story telling? 01-Sep-23
- Super Puma G-WNSB 23-Aug-23
- Human Factors – Change the person or the context? 16-Aug-23
- Swipe Right! – Decision Making in avalanche terrain… 09-Sep-22
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Traversing the snow patch on the North Face of Piz Badile
© Neil Stevenson
North Face of the Eiger
© Nick Wallis
Nick Wallis climbing towards the Hinterstoisser traverse, Eiger North Face
© James Thacker
The Fear..
© Andy Turner
Gareth Hobson abseiling from the Old Man of Hoy
© James Thacker
Dave Evans on Route One, Ben Nevis
© James Thacker
Alison Thacker on 'The Bug'.
© James Thacker
Andy Turner enjoying the Scottish winter experience on Salmon Leap, Liathach.
© James Thacker
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