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Kilimanjaro Gear List

20 January 2010
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I am off to climb Kilimanjaro via the Machame Route on Saturday and faced with a mountain of kit and equipment I have prepared this comprehensive gear list for Kilimanjaro. Hopefully I haven’t forgotten anything! Having the correct clothing & personal equipment will make your Kilimanjaro climb more enjoyable and comfortable. I hope that you [...]

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Macs Adventure Success on Ben Nevis Climb

20 November 2009

Debbie booked our Ben Nevis private guiding service to celebrate her husband’s birthday. (I won’t tell you which one but it was an important one!). They tackled the Ben Last Saturday (14th November) with one of our experienced guides, Ian Stephenson. Despite really challenging conditions including plenty of snow and high winds they persevered and [...]

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Ben Nevis on a Slippery Slope

21 September 2009

I know it’s a topic I keep going on about but The Herald has a great story about the problem of litter on Ben Nevis, and particularly of banana skins. According to the John Muir Trust (JMT), the wild-land conservation charity which owns most of the mountain, some 55% of the litter removed from Ben [...]

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How much is Ben Nevis worth?

16 September 2009

Is it possible to put a value on Ben Nevis? Does the local community and council give the necessary protection and support to Ben Nevis? Just two questions which popped into my head while guiding a group on Ben Nevis on Saturday. It was a beautiful sunny day and as the previous weekend was the [...]

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Marie Keating Success on Ben Nevis

31 August 2009

Lucy, Miguel and I had the pleasure of running a fantastic Ben Nevis Charity Challenge for the Marie Keating Foundation and partners this weekend.I am pleased to announce that all 22 members of the group who travelled from Ireland successfully climbed Ben Nevis and more importantly got back down again safely. The three of us [...]

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Ben Nevis at its Best!

14 July 2009

As you can see from the pictures from my Ben Nevis Climb on Saturday Ben Nevis was at her most benign and beautiful on Saturday. It was something like my 130th time to the summit and probably the best weather and visibility that I have ever experienced on a summer Ben Nevis Climb. Lucy and [...]

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Great Weekend Ben Nevis Climb

21 May 2009

I managed to escape the office to do some guiding for the first time in a couple of months to run a Ben Nevis weekend last weekend. It’s great to be able to get away and enjoy the highlands for a couple of days and forget about the joys of marketing budgets and year end [...]

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