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Alpine Orientation Weekend

Your Guide on Mont Blanc, 88 kb

Your Guide on Mont Blanc

31 May 2008
28 June 2008 (Extra date in Snowdonia - please contact us for details)
This familiarisation day is for you if you have never been to the Alps before, to make sure you know what to expect. The weekend is based in Tideswell, the 'capital' of the Peak District and is open to participants in Jagged Globe Alpine Courses. If you have questions about any aspect of climbing in the Alps, you are welcome to come along. Adele Pennington and Roger Mear (see below) will run the day and attendance is free of charge, but you need to book accommodation separately and pay for your lunch in Tideswell. For registration and details of the venue, travel and accommodation ar, please contact the Jagged Globe office.

Programme

Saturday
09.00 - 09.30Registration. Tea and coffee whilst the group assembles.
09.30 - 10.15A general synopsis of Alpine Climbing
10.15 - 11.00Alpine climbing areas and Jagged Globe course venues. Grades and Ethics.
11.00 - 11.15Break. Tea and coffee.
11.15 - 12.00Equipment and Mountain Huts.
12.00 - 12.30How fit do I have to be?
12.30 - 13.00Travel to the Alps and Insurance issues.
13.00 - 14.00Lunch.
14.00 - 16.00Outside session. Ropework.
16.00 - 16.30Questions. Tea and coffee.
Sunday
09.30 - 16.00Walk or scramble in the Peak District for those who would like to join.

Your hosts

Alpine Orientation weekend - Tideswell Church, 83 kb

Alpine Orientation weekend - Tideswell Church

The weekend will be hosted by Jagged Globe Head of Operations, Adele Pennington, and IFMGA British Mountain Guide, Roger Mear. Adele is no stranger to the Alps, having climbed 47 or the 64 peaks over 4,000m. Her mountaineering further afield includes ascents of Cho Oyu in Tibet, Denali in Alaska, Vinson in Antarctica, and first ascents in Bolivia. Roger Mear is one of the UK's most highly respected mountaineers, guides and polar travellers. Roger has been climbing for nearly forty years, been a Guide since 1986 and has been involved with Jagged Globe Alpine Courses since their inception. His impressive Alpine CV includes British First Ascents of routes such as the American Direct on the Dru, and a winter ascent of the North Face of the Eiger. In the Greater Ranges, Roger put these skills to good use in the '80s and '90s with an impressive number of climbs, including the first British ascent of Nanga Parbat and ascents of Cho Oyu and Everest, as a leader of Jagged Globe teams.