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Several weekend University trips to Lake District,
often scrambling routes and including a Park Rangers course
on ice axe use which involved dressing us in fertilizer sacks and
throwing us down slopes!
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A weekend trip to the Rhinogs in Wales.
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An Easter trip with Sally and Maureen using the
cheap train tickets to Strathcarron and hiking over to Torridon. Our
walking was unfortunately confined to the valleys, but stunning scenery.
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I competed in the Capricorn 40km two day orienteering
event in the Galloway hills, coming in 10th in class.
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The Harvester orienteering relays were in Pembrey
forest and I ran the 10km night leg.
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Walked with Mike near his parent's home in Edale.
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Met Sally in Plymouth after her sail training voyage.
We hired a tandem and took it onto Dartmoor camping, but we managed
to clean it up before we returned it.
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Worked at BT in Ipswich during the summer on a
trial text markup language project which seemed pointless at the time.
I guess it was a forerunner of what is now known as HTML.
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Went backpacking in Jotunheimen, Norway with two
other BT students for 10 days and learnt how to choose routes on glaciers
and to pull people out of bergshrunds.
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Decided it was time to get some formal mountain
training and did my Mountainwalking leader training (summer) in the
Lakes.
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Manned a control on the Karrimor in Snowdonia with
an overnight mountain rescue callout to evacuate an injured competitor
(Luckily I was now trained...)
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Competed in the Rodings Rally a 10 mile overnight
treasure hunt/orienteering event in Epping Forest.
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Went Caving in Long Churn and Alum pot with Ipswich
Mountaineering club.
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Ran the Cleveland Navigator again on North York
Moors. 4th place.
