Monthly Archives: April 2015

Multi-activity day: abseiling & gorge scrambling

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Lakeland Ascents

Paddy was out today with a group of 5 friends who were up from Manchester for a multi-activity day of abseiling and gorge scrambling. They headed over to Hodge Close to tackle the steep slate abseils, before a short … Continue reading →

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Mountain Leader (Summer) Refresher: Borrowdale

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Lakeland Ascents

Today, Si was out in Borrowdale, running a 1-day Summer Mountain Leader (ML) Refresher for Andy who had come over to the Lakes from Edinburgh. During their 12 hour day on the hill, Si and Andy looked at pretty … Continue reading →

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Gorge scrambling: with the Misra family

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Lakeland Ascents

On Saturday, while Si was out running a long day of a Summer ML Refresher, Mark was in Stickle Ghyll gorge scrambling with the Misra family.

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Guided mountain walks (winter): The Ben

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Lakeland Ascents

We were on the mighty Ben Nevis today, with a group of clients from BOC Gas who were taking on the Three Peak Challenge for Cancer Research. The group hired us for the Ben as things are still pretty … Continue reading →

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Winter skills course: Stob Coire nan Lochan

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Lakeland Ascents

We’re up in Scotland at the moment enjoying the last of winter (although I suspect it’s going to be around for a while longer yet!). Today we were up in the Corries of Stob Coire nan Lochan running a … Continue reading →

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