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Bear Proof Your Camp
 
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Top Tips on Lowering off a Bolted Route
 
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Top Tips - Retreating off a route
 
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Safety Tips For Novice Climbers
 
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Learn to stay upright in a kayak
 
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Chris Bonington Lecture
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It's Going To Be a Lush Summer
It's Going To Be a Lush Summer
 
Cameras Out
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Grants for ski mountaineering
Grants for ski mountaineering
 
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Expedition Symposium Sales Rocket
 
Personal Best For Dame Kelly Holmes
Personal Best For Dame Kelly Holmes
 
Peru - First Descent Succes For PYB Paddling Coaches
Peru - First Descent Succes For PYB Paddling Coaches
 
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Manchester Signs New Deal
 
 
 
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  15 Seat Minibus For Sale
 
We're selling off one of our old minibuses to make way for a shiny new one.
 

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  Mountain Marathon Training Weeknd
Mountain Marathon
 
the ideal way to boost your knowledge confidence and fitness before your first mountain marathon
 

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  Used Kayak Sale
 
Only one kayak remains in our used kayak sale. Only a few months old and all and good as new.
 

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  Snowdonia Uncorked
Wine Tasting
 
Our latest offers include a return for this walking and wine tasting two-day break 30 Sep -1 Oct
 

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  Jonathan Conville Memorial Trust Subsidised Scottish Winter Courses For Young People.
WInter Mountaineering
 
Dates out now. Fill in your application form and grab yourself a bargain.
 

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  Bear Proof Your Camp
How to protect yourself from bears on a canoeing trip in Canada
 
In her latest set of top tips Rosemary Powell offers a host of useful canoe expeditioning tips including how to bear proof your camp.
 

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  One Month Rapid Development Clinics
train to be an outdoor instructor
 
Our new one month Rapid Development Clinics could be just the thing you need to launch your progression as a climber, paddler or mountaineer. With no qualifications or examinations in sight this four week block is pure bottled experience.
 

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  Top Tips on Lowering off a Bolted Route
climbing technique article
 
Ben Lawes gives you his top tips on how to get down from the top of a bolted route.
 

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  Think you know your stuff?
Environmental Quizzes and Scottish Winter Quizzes
 
Find out how much you really know in our new interactive quiz area
 

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  Top Tips - Retreating off a route
Read Baggys top tips here
 
Baggy Richards shares some of his experience on our top tips page. This month, Senior Instructor Baggy provides some useful pointers on retreating off a crag.
 

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  Safety Tips For Novice Climbers
Safety Tips For Novice Rock Climbers
 
In our Top Tips section Instructor Louise Thomas highlights some vital safety considerations for novice climbers
 

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  Learn to stay upright in a kayak
kayak technique article
 
Ben Lawes continues his series of kayak technique articles with the support stroke
 

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