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I have returned from my expedition to Morocco which was a great success and a wonderful experience. We managed to reach the summit of Mount Toubkal, (at 4167m) after a two day trek across the spectacular Atlas mountains. It was a great achievement and something I would consider doing again. During the expedition, we alsoContinue reading “2014 Mountaineering, Mt Toubkal, Morocco – Emma Brook”

Lagganlia is a training camp for second year M/W14s who were born in 2000 and for some M/W16s who were born in 1999 for this year. Lagganlia Centre for Outdoor Education is 9 miles from Aviemore. There were 6 junior coaches and a lot of senior coaches. Each training group of 3 or 4 juniorsContinue reading “2014 Orienteering – Lagganlia Junior training – Megan Harrison”

Thanks to the money from the Jack Bloor fund, which I used to buy a membership card so that I could use the facilities at Leeds Met Carnegie, I had a good solid block of training before heading out to the 2014 European Mountain Running Championships (up and down race) which were held in Gap,Continue reading “Jack Bloor funded Georgia Malir is the 2014 European Junior Mtn Running Champion!”

Please find below some pictures from my Mountain Leader Training programme in Llanberis in North Wales. I am very grateful for your contribution, and this qualification will allow me to take young people from all over the country into the mountains. The Mountain Leader Summer Qualification takes place over 6 days, and covers all aspectContinue reading “2014 Mountaineering – Mountain Leader Training – Sam Lee”

Click to read the article (pdf)   Fully Vertical KM Brad Traviss Unfortunately after my 6 th place finish at the world mountain running championships in Krynica-Zdorj Poland, my preparation and training for the vertical kilometre in Switzerland didn’t go quite to plan! After starting university, I first came down with the dreaded “Freshers Flu”Continue reading “2013 – Fell Running – Vertical KM Race – Brad Traviss”

Lagganlia 2013    Laura King   Lagganlia is an annual, weeklong orienteering training camp for up to twenty-four 2nd year M/W14s. It is based in the Cairngorms National Park at Lagganlia Centre for Outdoor Learning in Glen Feshie near Aviemore. I first found out I had been selected for Lagganlia by a letter through the post. ToContinue reading “2013 Orienteering – Scotland Training – Laura King”

Expedition to Climb Mt. Elbrus, July 2013 Michael Mason Brief summary of project: A mountaineering expedition traversing Mt. Elbrus (5642m), in the Western Caucuses, from north to south. July 2013. Brief description of activities: We flew into Moscow and transferred to Kislovodsk by train. A two hour off road drive took us to base campContinue reading “2013 Mountaineering – Mt Elbrus – Michael Mason”

The trip started with a 4am wakeup call and before I’d woken up fully the entire England team consisting of 40 athletes and 8 coaches were airborne and headed for Portugal. Two years ago I went to the World Schools in Trentino Italy; it was one of the best trips of my life, I couldn’tContinue reading “2013 World Schools Orienteering Championships – Joe Woodley”

World Schools Orienteering Championships-Portugal April 2013 After a qualifying event in November 2012 I was selected to run in the world schools orienteering championships along with 4 other girls my age, in a squad of 40 from England. There were 21 countries from all around the world, including New Zealand, China and Mozambique: with aContinue reading “World Schools Orienteering Championships-Portugal April 2013”

On 6-10 August 2012 I went on a performance climbing course partly funded by the Jack Bloor Fund. The course was held at the Plas y Brenin Centre in North Wales which is the national mountain centre. This centre is used by many people of all ages and abilities for numerous outside activities. On theContinue reading “Alex Hall – Plas y Brenin 2012”