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| 24/09/2012 | Members Mike Zeidan and Julie Finn have completed the first ever Ironman grade Triathlon event to be held in Snowdonia.Julie was the first Lady to finish and 8th overall. Mike the 5th Man | Mike Zeidan and Julie Finn have completed the first ever Ironman grade Triathlon event to be held in Snowdonia. The ominously named brutal event involves a 2.5 mile swim in Lynn Padern then 100 mile cycle round Snowdon and 26 mile run finishing with an ascent of Snowdon. Julie was the first Lady to finish and 8th overall. Mike the 5th Man. A fantastic effort on a very tough course. Support provide by Jackie and Mark Hatton, Helen and Rae Pritchard. |
| 24/09/2012 | Member Helen Prichard completes the 112km circuit of the TDS (Sur les Traces des Ducs de Savoie) including 7100m of ascent in one of the fastest times for a non-sponsored runner | Helen Pritchard has successfully completed a circuit of the TDS (Sur les Traces des Ducs de Savoie) one the races run in conjunction with the UTMB. The race is 112Km (75miles) long starting in Courmayuer and finishing in Chamonix and involves 7100 meters (23300 feet) of ascent. The conditions were very tough snowing on high ground of the 1430 starters only 650 finished but the full circuit was allowed to run. (The UTMB was reduced by almost half because of the conditions). Helen was the 11th lady back one of the fastest non-sponsored runners. |
| 19/11/2012 | Christmas Lecture: Doug Allen - Freeze Frame | The Rucksack Club is delighted to announce that our Christmas guest speaker is the world renowned BBC Wildlife film cameraman, Doug Allan. An evening of adventures, encounters and insights from the film cameraman whose TV credits include Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Life, Human Planet, Ocean Giants and Frozen Planet. Doug is an award winning film maker as well as a stills photographer. He takes his audience to the two frozen polar worlds - the Arctic and the Antarctic. Tues 4th December 7:30pm. Venue: Heaton Moor Sports Club, Green Lane, Stockport SK4 2NF. |
| 29/12/2012 | New - Event Calendar added to the blog site. This gives a quick way of seeing all the varied club activities in date order. | This gives a quick way of seeing all the varied club activities in date order – outdoor meets, indoor meets, meetings (AGM etc), Wednesday climbers/walkers etc etc. You can also add your own ad-hoc meets. |
| 26/02/2013 | Winter Lecture: Leo Houlding If modern British adventure has a face, it looks a lot like Leo Houlding. Based in the Lake District, UK, at 30 he is one of Britain’s top climbers and among the best in the world. He is a veteran of a score of epic ascents including Everest but specialises in free climbing the most technical peaks and biggest walls in the world. | If modern British adventure has a face, it looks a lot like Leo Houlding. Based in the Lake District, UK, at 30 he is one of Britain’s top climbers and among the best in the world. He is a veteran of a score of epic ascents including Everest but specialises in free climbing the most technical peaks and biggest walls in the world. An experienced base jumper he is at the forefront of Para-Alpinism (climbing up then flying down). Leo pushes the limits of exploratory adventure by taking the ultimate in extreme sports to the most extreme environments. Tuesday 26th Feb 7:30pm. Venue: Heaton Moor Sports Club, Green Lane, Stockport SK4 2NF. |
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