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The prospects of face-to-face Club activities picking up early in the New Year are not looking too promising, so we’re kicking off the Virtual Slideshows again in January – A dose of Zoom to help lift the Gloom! We’ll be running fortnightly shows with the same format as last Spring: 7pm ‘Doors Open’ for 7:30 ‘Kick Off’ and approx. 40mins ‘Show’ followed by 20mins Q&A and optional ‘breakout pub chats’ at 8.30pm. Here are the dates and provisional topics: • 5 Jan – Bill Deakin & Dominic Oughton – The Diamond & The Black; Climbing in Colorado       • 19 Jan – John Beatty – Islands         • 2 Feb – Joe Fisher – Winter Cuillin Traverse         • 16 Feb – John Warburton – Gouffre Berger         • 2 March – Andy Tomlinson & Andy Llewellyn– Rolwaling, Nepal           • 16 March – Another once-a-year Weekend Adventure – Phil Smith, Mark Jenneson & Richard Clegg           The Zoom details for ALL OF THESE SHOWS are: https://zoom.us/j/91271240405 Meeting ID: 912 7124 0405 Passcode: The year of founding of The Rucksack Club[…]

We are sorry to hear the sad news  that Doug Scott’s battle with illness ended on Monday. He influenced many of our climbing careers and approach to high and remote places. David Nightingale, who has worked closely with Doug and his charity CAN, will make a personal relection of his friend later. Ed Douglas’s obituary in The Guardian may be found in this link … https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/07/doug-scott-obituary And the BMC’s tribute here … https://www.thebmc.co.uk/doug-scott-titan-of-british-mountaineering-dies Stephen Venables has written about Doug on UKC … https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/doug_scott_obituary_-_1941-2020-13229 Here is Dougal Haston’s photo of Doug Scott on the summit of Everest, in September 1975.  

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-the-olive-branch-el-chorro, got this off UKC im sure all of us who have climbed here in the past would like to help such a great place to stay active. JOHN WARBY

Check the link below for a feature on our 2021 Calendar and it’s link to Urban Uprising https://www.thebmc.co.uk/rucksack-club-and-urban-uprising-team-up-for-2021-calendar

In collaboration with the British Mountain Medicine Society (BMMS) and University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) the mountain medicine blog has announced the dates and speakers for their forthcoming Mountain Medicine Winter Webinar Series, with each webinar lasting for one hour. The lectures cover a wide and diverse series of topics, from speakers who are experts in their fields and will be of interest to anyone who enjoys adventures in the hills, not just those with a medical background.  The Mountain Medicine Winter Webinar Series is generously supported by  Alpkit. Places are FREE but must be reserved in advance. A certificate of attendance will be provided to those who complete the feedback questionnaire. Please follow the link below for more information on this great series of on-line lectures. https://deathzone.7thwave.io/blog/2349  

Just finished Al’s book. It’s very good. £15.95 plus p&p with any surplus going to MSF and Amnesty international.  Let me know if you want a copy. Don’t know how to attach pictures so check the Club Facebook page.

Just received the Club calendar. Many thanks to Dom, John, Mel and all contributors-excellent work. Rob Ferguson

Jake will describe the key moments of his journey from Singapore to Sheffield on a pushbike. He reflects on the incomparable highs of human-powered adventure travel and gives uncensored insight into the grizzly lows. From sleeping rough in Singapore to being under police escort in China, the talk will take the audience across a Eurasia that can only be seen from the saddle of a touring bike. Doors open from 7pm and the link is:  https://zoom.us/j/6780251764 Meeting ID: 678 025 1764 Requires a password (year of founding of The Rucksack Club)      

The 2021 Rucksack Club Calendar has just arrived, hot off the press! We’ve had a tremendous response with photo submissions featuring more than 50 Rucksack Club members (either in front of or behind the lens) – Many thanks to everyone who has contributed. It’s a great reminder of the vitality of The Club that most of the photos were taken in the last year, and we’ve managed to “Get Out There!” despite the circumstances. This year we are raising funds for Urban Uprising https://www.urbanuprising.org/about who support young people from diverse, disadvantaged backgrounds to discover climbing and use it to help improve their physical, social and emotional wellbeing. In their words: Elevating and Inspiring Young People Through Climbing As The Club won’t be publishing a Journal this year, the Committee has agreed to send a copy of the Calendar to every member instead – Keep an eye out for your posty in the next few days – I hope you enjoy it! It would be great if you would consider making a donation to Urban Uprising anyway (maybe a tenner or whatever you feel is appropriate) at: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/dominic-oughton The calendar illustrates the great good fortune we all enjoy in our appreciation[…]

Just to show I’m not idling my time away. So where’s this crag?