In praise of mis-spent youth
“You a hustler, boy?” Dan was showing a suspiciously deep knowledge of the rules of pool, about which he only demurred: “I’ve just...
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Akaash
Jul 5, 20151 min read
Anti-Atlas – Morocco Rock Climbing
A winter sun rock climbing trip in January 2015 with a few AMCr’s to visit the superlative Anti-Atlas region of Morocco to sample the...
Akaash
Jun 21, 20153 min read
South Pembroke Trip
With a good weather forecast for the weekend around 20 AMC members headed to Bosherston in South Pembroke for a weekends climbing,...
Akaash
May 4, 20153 min read
Sun and Sand at St Buryan. AMC Cornwall Trip 2015
Again the AMC undertook their annual Easter trip to Cornwall. This year Di arranged fantastic weather as promised for all who ventured...
Akaash
Mar 16, 20152 min read
Ski Trip February 2015
During the first week of February the club visited the picturesque resort of Canezei in the Dolomites for a week of skiing where 10...
Akaash
Mar 13, 20157 min read
Late Feb Scotland Trip
A friend recently asked me if I had emigrated to Scotland, as I have just been fortunate enough to spend another 10 days up there which...
Akaash
Mar 13, 20152 min read
February Snowdonia Trip
The St Valentines weekend saw the club head to Snowdonia for a hopefully fun filled weekend. The mid-February trip can often be...
Akaash
Mar 5, 20151 min read
Barre des Ecrins
A short HD video on the majestic Barre des Ecrins 4102m in the French Alps featuring butterflies, performing marmots, overhanging seracs...
Akaash
Jan 30, 20152 min read
Ski Touring in the Cairngorms
At the weekend while the club descended on the Lake District, Nick Russell and I decided to head up to Scotland to make the most of a...
Akaash
Dec 22, 20141 min read
The Devil’s Slide – Lundy
A short HD film about a trip to the magical mystery island of Lundy in September 2014 featuring sika deer, barrel jellyfish, grey seals...
Akaash
Nov 25, 20142 min read
Glan Dwr – North Wales Trip
Last weekend the Avon Mountaineering Club descended on Capel Curig for its annual trip to Snowdonia. “Glan Dwr” (the name of the lodge in...
Akaash
Nov 20, 20141 min read
Church Rock Sea Stack – Pembroke
An esoteric but most excellent adventure to the alluring Church Rock sea stack near Bosherston in Pembroke using an incongruous armada of...
Akaash
Nov 7, 20143 min read
The Golden Ice Axe Project
Introduction Around the start of September I spotted a wooden axe for sale on ukclimbing. It appeared to be in reasonable condition, and...
Akaash
Oct 15, 20145 min read
The End of the World is Nice
After my finals, my Uni club went to Cornwall for a week. From Newcastle. What were we thinking? It rained every day. In fact, it rained...
Akaash
Aug 27, 20142 min read
Alps trip 2014
The first 2 weeks of August saw the AMC return to the lovely Saas Valley in Switzerland. Unusually, this year there was no mass entry to...
Akaash
Aug 18, 20141 min read
Aiguille Dibona
A long held ambition to climb the classic “Face Sud Classique” aka “Voie Berthet/Boell/Stofer” on the mighty Aiguille Dibona 3131m. First...
Akaash
Jul 22, 20146 min read
The Staffordshire Nose
A blood sacrifice at the altar of Brown and Whillans Every climber has heard of The Nose. Perhaps the most iconic route there is, often...
Akaash
Jul 22, 20141 min read
South Pembrokeshire Trip
The trip went very well and the Met Office forecast of rain was completely wrong, the only problem we had was dealing with sunburn. Any a...
Akaash
Jul 22, 20141 min read
Dewerstone video
A delightful day out at one of Dartmoor’s finest venues, namely The Dewerstone in South West Devon, on one of the crag classics called...
Akaash
Jun 13, 20141 min read
Sacre Coeur
A grand day out on the amazing sea stack formation of Blackchurch Rock on the Culm Coast near Hartland in North Devon. There are a number...
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