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Activity for Andrew‭

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Answer A: What is the best mountaineering quote that you have ever read?
Notwithstanding Mallory's classic, there is Sir Edmund Hillary's response when it was suggested Mallory may have reached the summit: I&#x2019;m rather inclined to think, personally, that maybe it&#x2019;s quite important, the getting down. Or more fully: If you climb a mountain for the ...
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about 10 years ago
Answer A: What is the best mountaineering quote that you have ever read?
In my opinion, there is only one! When asked &#x201C;Why did you want to climb Mount Everest?&#x201D; George Mallory replied: Because it's there... Or more fully: Because it's there... Everest is the highest mountain in the world, and no man has reached its summit. Its existence is a cha...
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about 10 years ago
Answer A: Are PLBs banned or otherwise useless anywhere?
According to this article on Walk Highlands, from December 2011: Hillwalkers and climbers will be able to legally carry Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) from 12 January following a change in UK regulations. Previously the devices, which send out a distress signal identifying the user&#x2019;...
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almost 12 years ago
Answer A: What are the advantages of learning to ski on a trip? (as opposed to beforehand)
The first time I went skiing, I found the camaraderie of Absolute Beginners Ski School to be brilliant - and formed the nucleus of a great apres ski. I've also tried the dry ski slope back home, and it doesn't come close. And hurts more when you fall over (as you will!)
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about 12 years ago
Answer A: Are fires in natural caves/overhangs safe?
At first, I was going to down-vote the question, because "I have heard..." struck me as relying on urban myth. But I realized I didn't have the Rep yet on this site to do so... Then coincidentally, I came across this sad story from 2009: A 16-year-old boy was crushed to death by falling stones ...
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about 12 years ago