Mountaineering News September 2011

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FRIDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER 2011
	AMGA partners with Adidas Eyewear
	The American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) is excited to announce that adidas Eyewear has joined the organization as its newest Diamond Partner.As a Diamond Partner, adidas Eyewear is committed to supporting the AMGA mission as well as making a direct impact on AMGA members through scholarships, program subsidies and development opportunities. Additionally, adidas Eyewear plans to support the Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER 2011
	Vixen Tor - Access Denied!
	Vixen Tor, formerly a popular beauty spot, was closed in 2003 when owner Mary Alford won an appeal to have the field containing the tor removed from CRoW Open Access Maps. She maintained there had never been an established right of way there. She claims to be concerned at possible liability issues should someone come a cropper on her land, though the many other landowners with a slice of Dartmoor Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER 2011
	Italian Climbing Legend, Walter Bonatti, Dies
	Walter Bonatti, one of the greatest mountaineers of the 20th century - and UIAA honorary member, passed away on September 13 in Rome. Walter Bonatti was born on 22nd June, 1930 in Bergamo, Italy. His first big ascent was the north face of the Grandes Jorasses , Pointe Walker in the Mount Blanc range. When he was only 19 he started training to become a mountain guide. In 1951 he did the first Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 20 SEPTEMBER 2011
	Pauline Sanderson - The World's Longest Climb
	Join Pauline Sanderson for an evening in association with Tiso where she talks about her latest book “The World’s Longest Climb. In 2006, five individuals, as diverse in age as they were in lifestyles, were the first ever to undertake the world’s longest climb. They cycled over 8,000km through 8 countries from the lowest point possible, the Dead Sea in Jordan, to Base Camp of Mt Everest where they Read Full Story
THURSDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2011
	Americans Summit World's 2nd Highest Virgin
	Mark Richey, Steve Swenson and Freddie Wilkinson have scored a major coup with their first ascent of Saser Kangri II (7,513m) in the Indian Karakoram. The three made a four-day alpine style ascent of the South Face to reach what was dubbed, according to certain criteria, the second highest, unclimbed independent mountain in the World. In September 2009 Richey and Swenson, with fellow Americ Read Full Story
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