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Andy Turner Climbing: Merry Christmas and a MASSIVE THANK YOU
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Sunday, 22 December 2013. Merry Christmas and a MASSIVE THANK YOU. Christmas is finally up on us us once more and I’d like to take the chance to thank my sponsors who’ve supported me and kept me alive over the last year. (That’s Lyon Equipment with Petzl, Beal, La Sportiva and Julbo and Marmot clothing a recent exciting transfer - so a thank you to Mountain Equipment too for their support over the last few years). In no particular order they are. Rebecca Dent, when I first started seeing Becca a few year...
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Andy Turner Climbing: DryICE Tools
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Sunday, 17 November 2013. My latest blog is actually as a guest on the DryICE website blog. These guys make some brilliant training tools - you know the kind with ice-axe style handles and loops of rubber to hook over holds a the wall. They are also one of my new sponsors - so I'd like to say a big thank you to them for their support and go check out my blog about the Ice Factor comp and my profile on their page. Http:/ www.dryicetools.com/news-blog/. Enjoy and I'll be back soon with more tales.
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Andy Turner Climbing: Saas Fee…….a few thoughts.
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Tuesday, 11 February 2014. Saas Fee…….a few thoughts. Saas Fee is always a massive round of the World Cup circuit - the entries are huge and it's always well attended by spectators. The venue inside the atrium of the multi-storey car park is really cool, but also feels quite intense. My first experience of World Cup climbing back in 2008 was at Saas Fee and I suspect that's why I didn't try it again until 2013! On a positive note it was amazing to have such big team for Team GB at Saas Fee, there were 6 ...
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Andy Turner Climbing: November 2013
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Monday, 25 November 2013. On Powerdab - photo Andy Rutherford. This was right before the winter came good so I gave up on the extension choosing to wait for sunnier days whilst Greg managed to squeeze in a few sessions on Powerdab before he too concentrated on icer things. Next came the Bolting scandal that saw most of the works stripped, with all except my extension and Guardian being vandalised. Must have been too hard for the perpetrators to get to? Sunday, 17 November 2013. My latest blog is actually...
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Andy Turner Climbing: December 2012
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Monday, 24 December 2012. It's looking pretty miserable out there at the moment, lets hope it perks up for a frosty christmas.I'm not hopeful! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE and WISHING YOU ALL AN AMAZING 2013! Let's hope 2013 brings us amazing winter climbing. Doing my best Rudolph impression! I'm getting super excited because I'm off to Norway on the 30th - heading to Setesdal for some primo ice-climbing. Conditions are looking good at the moment. Friday, 21 December 2012. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Andy Turner Climbing: February 2013
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Wednesday, 13 February 2013. Retiring Legend Markus Bendler. The last few months has been quite an eye opener, I've become increasingly focused on competition climbing. A bit of a departure from my usual Scottish winter fare, but in some ways quite a welcome one. So far the coughing has gone on for nearly 4 weeks, I'm on my second set of antibiotics (stronger ones this time apparently! And the training regime has gone to pot! So on the shopping list is also some better binoculars to get a better view....
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Andy Turner Climbing: World Cup's so far...
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Sunday, 26 January 2014. World Cup's so far. Half way through the world cup whirlwind now and I'm not finding it any easier! Opening ceremony - amazing! The structure - not too steep but still tricky! Ice sledding - AKA a way to break the climbers! Some interesting food choices in Korea but tasty. We even managed a bit of training at a climbing gym in Seoul before we came home, so hopefully not de-training too much. Harry on what became Grandad. Enjoying watching the finals. Good post. I just wanted ...
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Andy Turner Climbing: December 2013
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Sunday, 22 December 2013. Merry Christmas and a MASSIVE THANK YOU. Christmas is finally up on us us once more and I’d like to take the chance to thank my sponsors who’ve supported me and kept me alive over the last year. (That’s Lyon Equipment with Petzl, Beal, La Sportiva and Julbo and Marmot clothing a recent exciting transfer - so a thank you to Mountain Equipment too for their support over the last few years). In no particular order they are. Rebecca Dent, when I first started seeing Becca a few year...
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Becoming a gnarly alpinist | The Send Train
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Adventures of a climber who likes to take the train. Becoming a gnarly alpinist. Last Sunday I returned from my first foray into Alpine climbing and mountaineering. I had always assumed that I’d enter this world at some point, but had no particular intentions about when. Earlier in the year the opportunity came up, so I decided that my time had come. Time to (try to) be a gnarly alpinist! We hired James Thacker. In the run up to the trip I read Alpine Mountaineering. Unfortunately when I arrived it was r...
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