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Hi Everyone Following on from Gerry and Neil ‘Hitting The Heights’ with last week’s Hindu Kush story (now available for catch-up at:  https://vimeo.com/532558373), here’s a reminder for the last couple of shows in this season’s Virtual Meets: 13 April 7:30pm: The Life and Times of Doug Scott, David Nightingale 27 April 7:30pm: Life begins at the edge of your comfort zone, Brian Cunningham The Zoom details for both are the same: https://zoom.us/j/91271240405 Meeting ID: 912 7124 0405 Passcode: The year of founding of The Rucksack Club I can also pass on that The Alpine Club’s ‘ClubCast’ season is coming to a close with their final ‘episode’ being this coming Tuesday (when we have a gap in our schedule) – They’ve invited us along to join the show: Alpine ClubCast 25 – Deatils and YouTube LiveStream link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFHI6ycRrRo Tuesday 6 April at 19:30 Nepal: The Wild West – Henry Edmundson, Becky Coles and Paul Ramsden The West of Nepal is one of the least explored areas in the Himalaya with hosts of unclimbed mountains over 6000 metres on the Tibetan frontier. Tonight we trace the origins in the 1960s of the trekking boom in Nepal, which came full circle for Henry Edmundson[…]

It is sad to report that Dave Briggs aged 89. He was Hut Warden at Beudy Mawr in 1958 and on the Club’s Committee 1962-3. Carole Smithie writes: David Briggs died on 29th March after a long illness. He was elected in 1953 and was the Father of the Club. The funeral will take place in Carlisle on Friday 9th April. Numbers are limited of course by CV19 rules, but at the request of the family, Rob Ferguson & Carole Smithies will attend to represent the Club.

I always aim to publish on the last day of the month but with only five pictures submitted (two of them by me!), it hardly seems worth it. I’m happy to extend the deadline for a couple of days in the hope that some people will want to share their safe and local exploits and travels over the last 4 weeks. There again, there might not be any! Just email them as an attachment and rename the picture so I know what it is, rather than a jumble of letters and numbers. Thanks.

Don’t forget the next Episode of the Lockdown Slideshows tomorrow (Tuesday evening 30th) – We’ll be hearing about Long Climb in the Hindu Kush: Tirich Mir, from Gerry & Neil Goldsmith. Tuesday 30 March (doors open at 7pm with the show starting at 7:30) Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/91271240405?pwd=c0ZCNWkyNjI3WjVUM0pzcnRocXZJQT09   Meeting ID: 912 7124 0405 Passcode: year of foundation of the Rucksack Club   …and a reminder that if you’d like to catch up on previous episodes of the Virtual Lockdown Slidshows, they’re all available here: https://test.rucksackclub.org/virtual-meet-gallery/ – Truly binge-worthy Box Set viewing!   Meanwhile, looking forward to hopefully catching up with you all in real life sometime soon (either in an ad-hoc 6, or a group of up to 20 on an official meet, or maybe at the vaccination centre!)   Cheers, Dom

I’m putting out a separate ‘March’ gallery for your pictures, to save having to go through all the earlier shots (although you can always do that by going into the ‘2021 – Year in pictures’ gallery). The plan will be to make a ‘Best of …’ gallery from the individual monthly galleries at the end of the year. ‘This time last year’ will operate as usual. So – send me your snaps! Please attach them as jpegs to an email – don’t embed them or use any fancy photographic app. My darkroom skills are stretched as it is! Thanks Bill

Just read the lates copy of Summit – shows how out of touch the BMC can be. A short section about Dovestones ends with ” the ideal location for a walk without another person in sight. ” This comes at the time when all the stakeholders are putting together a strategy to manage the massive influx of visitors to this popular area. Happy to buy anyone a pint if they can ever get a photo of Dovestones with no one in sight!

Don’t forget the next Episode of the Lockdown Slideshows next Tuesday evening (16th) – We’ll be hearing about 25 Years of Ice Climbing from Phil Smith, Mark Jenneson and Richard Clegg. Tuesday 16 March (doors open at 7pm with the show starting at 7:30) Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/91271240405 Meeting ID: 912 7124 0405 Passcode: Year of founding of The Rucksack Club …and a reminder that if you’d like to catch up on previous episodes of the Virtual Lockdown Slidshows, they’re all available here: https://test.rucksackclub.org/virtual-meet-gallery/ – Truly binge-worthy Box Set viewing! Cheers, Dom

With the publication of ‘The Roadmap’ we’ve had a rethink about Gogarth 2021 and moved it back a couple of weeks to 3 & 4 July, by which time it is hoped that most restrictions will be lifted, including the cap on 30 people meeting. Obviously, this is very much dependent on a whole bunch of things (not least of which will be England’s ‘data not dates’ and Wales’ decision whether or not to allow entry for the invading hoards!) The good news is that the tides are perfect (that much at least we can predict with confidence!) Anyway, not withstanding all of the caveats, put it on your calendar: …and start dusting off your bucket & spade (or rope and rack if you insist!) If nothing else, it’s a glimmer of hope to look forward to as we persevere through the next few months. Fingers crossed we’ll see you all there, and meanwhile here are a couple of piccies from previous Gogarth Meets to remind us all of what we missed out on last year! Cheers, Dom & Helen

Don’t forget Episode 5 of Season 2 of the Lockdown Slideshows tomorrow (Tuesday) evening – Andy Llewellyn and Andy Tomlinson are taking us on a Himalayan adventure, with a tale of two trips to Dhaulagiri VII and the Rolwaling Himal. Tuesday 2 March (doors open at 7pm with the show starting at 7:30) Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/91271240405 Meeting ID: 912 7124 0405 Passcode: Year of founding of The Rucksack Club …and a reminder that if you’d like to catch up on previous episodes of the Virtual Lockdown Slidshows, they’re all available here: https://test.rucksackclub.org/virtual-meet-gallery/ – Truly binge-worthy Box Set viewing! Cheers, Dom