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Due to a cancellation, Beudy is completely free from today until Friday and even then there will be plenty of room over the weekend.

I’ve been contacted by someone who has some climbing equipment (nuts on wire, ice screws, cams, etc) and guide books to give away. That’s it, FREE. The person lives in Frodsham and is not a Rucksack Club member, not anyone I know but somehow picked up my contact details from info about the Helsby-Frodsham Day Meet back in June. E-mail me if you want the contact info: dave.atkinson27@gmail.com Thanks

Huge thanks to Steve for organising another brilliant meet at Beudy – excellent catering and banter, as ever, accompanied by stunning weather (not always as guaranteed!). Also a great opportunity for a CAC / “Get Out There!” T-shirt photo-shoot – if you feel your wardrobe is lacking the essential garment for summer 2022 then get in touch with your size and colour preference – you don’t have to be a climber to wear a CAC T-shirt! Also great to explore a couple of new (to me and quite new to the world) crags. More pics to follow on www.rockaroundtheworld.co.uk

Neil Goldsmith, our journal editor, has reviewed Brian Hall’s book, due out at the start of next month, it sounds a cracker … BOOK REVIEW: High Risk, Climbing to Extinction. Brian Hall, Sandstone Press Hardback £24.99 publication date 01/09/2022 Available from the publisher’s website https://sandstonepress.com/books/high-risk I have no experience of being at the elite level in sport, or elite level of anything, for that matter. I often wondered, when I was at senior levels in management what differentiated the top tier from me and my peers, when they did not seem any brighter, any more competent than the rest. Indeed, some of the Government Ministers and Chief Executives with whom I have dealt, often appeared less able than myself and my peers. I came to the conclusion that they had an unbelievable desire to be there, a vaunting ambition that over shadowed everything else and often led to difficult personalities and awkwardness with personal relationships.  Sport is different, you can only get so far on ambition and drive, high ability is also a pre-requisite. In climbing this is certainly true, it is not ambition or drive which makes for a statement of ‘a genius, one of that rare breed of[…]

still a few places left for this weekends meet. the weather is looking good. if your thinking about coming down and joining us ill provide a meal on the saturday night, bring your own refreshments. ill be staying over until monday if anyone wants to make a long weekend. just give me a quick email.

Its a bit late, I know, but a selection of images from last year is now available to view. I’m no longer going to put out a monthly gallery. Instead, I will be curating a collection for ‘2022 – A YEAR IN PICTURES’ which will be published at the end of the year. Please send me any pictures you have taken so far that you would like to be included. I’ll put a reminder out towards the end of the year for any others.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the original booking for the whole hut from Tuesday 9th to Thursday 11th August has been cancelled. This means Beudy is available all next week. Please let me know if you intend going. Thanks

Here it is, the meet that reaches parts others do not! Once again I will, try to navigate the wastes of Upper Saddleworth to complete the 19-mile circuit of the 5 Trigs and find yet another route up Shiny Brook Clough from the Wessenden valley. The route is Greenfield – Alphin trig – Chew reservoir – Featherbed Moss trig – Laddow – Black Hill trig – Meltham road – West Nab trig – Shiny Brook Clough – Cotton Famine Road – Broadstone Hill trig – Pots and Pans – Greenfield. Perhaps this time it will be perfect and a new record will be set. It would be great to have your company so please get in touch if you want to come along – I will leave Greenfield at 9am that morning from a car parked behind the Robert Scott factory on Friezeland Lane where there is plenty of room at the weekend for more. Come along and catch the sighing breeze in the last of the heather and the cry of the grouse, along with big skies and grand views!!

Exclusive offer! Available to members of the Rucksack Club only. Located in the heart of Snowdonia, this traditional Welsh cottage, with ample parking and stupendous views, is conveniently placed for walking and climbing. Fully equipped kitchen, log fires and modern facilities, this superb property is available for just £6 per night to Members of the Club. Yes, just £6 per night! How do we do it! Ts & Cs apply. Other rates apply for non Members (see Handbook). Families welcome. Contact Bill Deakin (billdeakin@yahoo.com) to book. Hurry – this offer is only available 365 days a year!

Dozens of well-decked-out Rucksackers are now proudly wearing their Climbers Against Cancer / ‘Get Out There!’ T-shirts. Looking good and DOING GOOD (every T-shirt contributes £10 to Cancer Research)! If you haven’t got yours yet, then you’re in luck – I have a few left. Email me at dominic@oughton.uk.com with your size, colour preference and postal address (or plan to collect in person) and I’ll get you kitted out. Price £20 if you can collect or an extra £2 for P&P Available in Blue, Purple or Green (see images below) Available in Unisex T style – Sizes: Small (34-36), Medium (38), Large (40-42) and Extra large (44-46) Remember – these Ts aren’t just for climbers, they depict the full range of Rucksack Club activities from Mountaineering and Hill Walking to Running, Biking and Caving, and they’re for Everyone Against Cancer! Most importantly, every penny of the profit will go to helping fund cancer research – think of it as a £10 T-shirt with a tenner going to a great cause and it’s a bargain! Meanwhile, here are a few photos of the Ts in action – it’s the only thing to be seen in when you ‘Get Out There!’ Talking[…]