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Grants for ski mountaineering
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Personal Best For Dame Kelly Holmes
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Peru - First Descent Succes For PYB Paddling Coaches
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Manchester Signs New Deal
 
Plas y Brenin Launches It's Own Real Ale.
Plas y Brenin Launches It's Own Real Ale.
 
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  Last Chance to Join The Paddlesport Expedition Symposium
Expedition Symposium
 
It's back in February. And this info-packed bargain weekend is already well on its way to a sell-out
 

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  Snowdonia Uncorked
Wine Tasting
 
Our latest offers include a return for this walking and wine tasting weekend this April
 

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

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  Scottish Winter Diary
Scottish winter climbing
 
Find out what's going on up in Scotland in our new Plas y Brenin Scottish Winter Diary.
 

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  Discounted Courses For BMC Members
BMC discounts
 
HIllwalking, Navigation GPS and even Scrambling. The BMC have arranged a series of BMC member special courses at Plas y Brenin
 

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  UKClimbing Alpine Festival
Alpine Skills Weekend
 
We have teamed up with UKClimbing to bring you a weekend of information-rich Alpine workshops.
 

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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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  Learn how to protect yourself
snow and ice climbing technique
 
Read Martin Chester's top tips on protecting winter climbs
 

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  Find out how to choose and use a throwbag.
using a canoe/kayak safety throwbag
 
Kayak Coach Spike Green shares the first of his two part top tips on throwbags.
 

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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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  Throwbag Tips - Part Two
Using a Kayak or Canoe Throwbag
 
Spike Green lets you into a few throwbag trade secrets in his latest set of top tips
 

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  Trekking / Walking Poles
trekking or hillwalking poles
 
Should you be using them? Are you using yours correctly? Discover the answer in Baggy Richard's latest feature.
 

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