SUMMER 2008 Everest special: PMC member makes it to Kindly sponsored the top (and down again) by Also in this issue: Dramatic rescue in Scotland Choosing your sleeping bag Peterborough “mountain” biking... Peterborouugh Moountaineering Club Contents Summer 2008 Page 24 p19 p8 34 – Cottage News: p6-11 5-7 - Club News Birthday 9 – Climbing Wall Weekend Court Case 10 – Seven Summits Expedition Challenge 19 – Everest Profile Mountaineering 12 – PMC Chairman, Will Kimberley. 24 – Nick Livesey gets rescued in p43 Features Scotland 14 – Best Bit of 38 – Via Kit Ferrata in the 15 – Tips & Tricks Italian Dolomites p38 – Sleeping Bags 42 – Climate Change P36 MTBing 43 – Photo 36 – Bike route Gallery around Peterborough Climbing p29 18 – Get Your Dad Out Climbing! Dates for 29 – Wales Novice’s your diary: Hut Meet p44 31 – Yorkshire Dales Cover photo: Lee Meet Farmer on the summit of Everest. Take In! – The Peterborough Mountaineering Club Magazine Summer 2008 3 NEWS PMC contacts We need President: Clive Osborne YOU! Tel: 01733 560303
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