Exploring and learning while out on outdoor adventures.
An AAC(UK) scrambling day across Kinder Scout There are probably easier mornings to choose for taking a group scrambling on Kinder Scout. When I checked the mountain forecast the evening before, the message was fairly unequivocal: heavy rain through the morning, strong winds early on, low cloud over the higher moors and then, hopefully, a …
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There are probably easier ways to prepare for the second day of a data conference than setting an alarm for 5:35 in the morning. Especially when the previous evening has involved a Databricks social, followed by MotherDuck’s Duck In, Duck Out afterparty, and you’ve only arrived back at your hotel after 11pm. But this was Big Data …
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It all started back in June with a message from my friend Dan: A quick check revealed the event was being held in Manchester, an easy trip from Sheffield, so the answer was clear. Even if I couldn’t make the whole event, I could still get over to lead a run! So yes, I was …
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Some of the finest scrambles in the Peak District are hidden in plain sight. Nether Red Brook is one of them. It’s marked clearly on the 1:25k OS Explorer, yet oddly absent from the BMC’s mountain map. A small oversight, considering this delightful gully is among the best hands-on routes in the Dark Peak. It …
It was definitely a game of two halves. We met outside the Fairlight Guest House in Glenridding under a light drizzle, a great mix of Austrian Alpine Club members from different backgrounds and experience levels, meeting for the first time. Ahead lay one of my favourite outings in this corner of the Lake District: the …
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Saturday 17th May saw me leading another scramble for the UK section of the Austrian Alpine Club (AAC(UK)). A full group of members gathered in Edale for a classic Peak District adventure: a Grade 1 scramble up Crowden Clough, a wander across the Kinder plateau to pick up an Ethel and a descent via the …
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