Web Links
Here are some links to other useful websites:
Travel
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office travel advice
- ATOL Air Travel Organisers' Licensing
- ABTOT Association of Bonded Travel Organisers Trust Limited
- Eurotunnel
- Eurostar
- Swiss Rail website
- Easyjet
- Ryanair
- Expedia
- Ebookers
- Opodo
- Climate Care carbon offsetting
Hotels
- Waterloo Hotel, Betws-y-coed Rock Climbing courses
- Ballachulish Hotel, Glencoe Scottish Winter Courses
- Chaumiere Mountain Lodge Chamonix
- Hotel du Glacier, Arolla Introductory Alpine Techniques - Level 1
- Hotel Roby, Saas Grund Saas 4,000ers
- Hotel Aristella, Zermatt Zermatt 4,000ers, Zermatt Climber, Matterhorn Summit
- Hotel Bel - Air Eden, Gridelwald Oberland 4,000ers
- Hotel Les Templiers, Luz St Sauveur Pyrenean Ice, Gavarnie
Weather
- Mountain Weather Information Service Updated at 4pm each day
- Metcheck.com
- SportScotland Avalanche Information Service
- The Met Office
- BBC weather
Organisations
- The British Mountain Guides (BMG)
- Association Of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI)
- American Mountain Guides Association
- Mountain Leader Training England (MLTE)
- The British Mountaineering Council (BMC)
- The Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS)
- UIAA
- The Alpine Ski Club
- Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA)
- The Royal Geographic Society (RGS)
Jagged Globe supports
- 737 Challenge - Richard Parks' website
- Danielle Childrens Fund - Children's charity based in Ecuador and Nepal
- Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project - NGO in Tanzania
- International Porter Protection Group (IPPG)
- Mount Everest Foundation (MEF)
- Ceinwen Faulkner Memorial Trust (Grants for young mountaineers joining the BMG scheme)
Climbing & Mountaineering Websites
- UKClimbing.com The UK's most popular climbing website and forums
- Alpinist.com On-line version of the magazine
- PlanetMountain.com Extensive site with mountain news, articles, topos
- Adventurestats.com Statistics on 8000m peaks, Seven Summits
- Climbers.net Website design & hosting
- gymjones.com Mark Twight's training site
- Climb Magazine
- Climbing Magazine
- Rock & Ice magazine
- Everest website with facts about British summiteers
- Alexandre Buisse.org - advice and guidance for mountain photography
Clubs
Books and Maps
- Cordee Mountaineering books and climbing guides
- Stanfords Maps
- Rockfax Climbing/bouldering guides and downloads
- Elstead Maps A wide selection of maps
- Harvey Maps
- Pinnacle Books Second hand mountaineering books
- Portraits of the Himalayas by John Lambert who joined Jagged Globe on a trek to Everest Base Camp in 2003
Gear suppliers
- Outdoor Research hats and gloves
- Arcteryx Clothing and equipment
- Scarpa Mountain boots
- Rab Down, pile and shell garments for extreme conditions
- Multimat Inflatable and foam sleeping mattresses
- Mountain Equipment Clothing and equipment
- Mountain Hardwear Clothing and equipment
- Patagonia Clothing and equipment
- Marmot Clothing and equipment
- Berghaus Clothing and equipment
- Osprey packs
- Crux packs
- Macpac packs
- Terra Nova and Extremities Tents, gaiters, hats, gloves, socks, etc
- La Sportiva Mountain boots
- Wild Country Climbing hardware
- DMM Climbing hardware, still made in Wales
- Black Diamond Equipment Hardware, packs and trekking poles
- Petzl Climbing hardware and ice tools
- Grivel Ice climbing equipment and packs
- Bolle Glacier glasses
- Julbo Glacier glasses
