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Top Tips Gets Technical as Carlo Forte advises on Handheld GPS
 
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Get that Canoe Moving!
 
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Get Fit For The Alps
 
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Top Tips - Retreating off a route
 
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Peru - First Descent Succes For PYB Paddling Coaches
Peru - First Descent Succes For PYB Paddling Coaches
 
Manchester Signs New Deal
Manchester Signs New Deal
 
Plas y Brenin Launches It's Own Real Ale.
Plas y Brenin Launches It's Own Real Ale.
 
Floating Ropes Tested
Floating Ropes Tested
 
Beat the credit crunch - don't buy a lift pass
Beat the credit crunch - don't buy a lift pass
 
A Successful Winter
A Successful Winter
 
New Sea Kayak Fleet Launched for 2009
New Sea Kayak Fleet Launched for 2009
 
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Doug Ammons Lecture Tour Hits Plas y Brenin
 
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Free Guidance Document On Supervision of Ropes Courses
 
 
 
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Environmental Quizzes and Scottish Winter Quizzes
 
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  Top Tips Gets Technical as Carlo Forte advises on Handheld GPS
Tips on how to use a GPS device
 
Senior Instructor Carlo Forte takes a good look at using a handheld GPS device in the mountains and offers his personal top tips for maximising the effectiveness of this modern technology.
 

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  Get that Canoe Moving!
Tips on Canoe Technique
 
Resident canoe guru Neil Dickinson shares his top tips on getting an open boat up and running.
 

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  Get Fit For The Alps
Alpine Climbing and Mountaineering
 
New Top Tips on Getting Fit For Alpine Climbing by Martin Chester
 

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  Have your say on the environment
Post a comment on our enviro diary
 
Now you can post your comments on our envirodairy. Add your facts, observations and advice on our all new envirodiary feature.
 

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  Bunkhouse Gets a Makeover
climbing instructor training
 
Moelwyn Bunkhouse has been refurbished and it looks great! You could be one of the first to take advantage of this superb on-site facility.
 

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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 - Retreating off a route
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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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  More Sea Cliff Tips!
tips on rock climbing on sea cliffs
 
Senior instructor and mountain guide Martin Chester delivers his second set of top tips on sea cliff climbing. Essential reading for climbers who are new to the coastal environment.
 

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  Escaping Sea Cliffs
tips on rock climbing on sea cliffs
 
In his latest set of top tips Instructor Mark Reeves tells you how to get yourself out if it all goes wrong at a committing sea cliff venue.
 

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  Climbing Top Tips
tips on rock climbing technique
 
This month Mike Raine brigs you top tips on helmets, chalk, the rack and rock shoes
 

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