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Richard Bale (Rusty)
Jun 9, 20171 min read
RAF MR Climbing Course
At the start of June I was fortunate enough to be working with my former employer, the Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service, alongside...
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
May 8, 20172 min read
Advanced Scrambling Weekend
Advanced scrambling skills - ropes and climbing gear.
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
May 1, 20171 min read
Single to Multi Pitch Climbing
Multi pitch rock climbing in Snowdonia
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
Apr 24, 20172 min read
Mountain Skills Weekend
2 day Mountain Skills course covering the skills required to get about the UK mountains
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
Apr 12, 20175 min read
Emergencies in the Mountains
What to do in an emergency on the mountains with useful links
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
Mar 9, 20171 min read
Winter Mountains with the RAF
Last week i joined the Royal Air Force Mountaineering Association up in Scotland. I was teamed up with the RAF Regiment team who are...
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
Feb 19, 20172 min read
Ice Climbing in Rjukan, Norway
Spent another great week ice climbing in the Rjukan area of Norway, working for Rob Johnson. The industrial town, set in a deep mountain...
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
Dec 15, 20162 min read
Autumn Scrambling
Scrambling in Snowdonia - Tryfan and Cneifion Arete
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
Nov 5, 20161 min read
Super Week in the Mountains
Week in the Snowdonia mountains
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
Oct 26, 20162 min read
Mountain Skills Weekend
Last weekend I was running a Mountain Training Mountain Skills course, a 2 day course covering all the basics to get you out enjoying more c
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R Bale
Oct 10, 20161 min read
Advanced Scrambling in Ogwen
Advanced scrambling weekend with Bremex Mountaineering Club
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
Aug 24, 20161 min read
Classic Rock Climbing day in Cwm Idwal
Sun was shining for my day out with Mike, working for Seren Ventures. He wanted to have a go at multi pitch climbing and no better venue...
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
Aug 22, 20161 min read
Wet Day on Crib Goch
I was out with fellow Munro Compleater (all the Scottish mountains over 3000 feet) Humphrey today for a traverse of the classic grade 1...
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Richard Bale
Aug 11, 20161 min read
Hill Skills course
This week I have been running a Mountain Training Hill Skills course for Graham and his daughter Rebecca. The course is an introduction...
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Rusty bale
Jul 26, 20163 min read
Starter Scrambles in Ogwen
The last few weeks I've been fortunate enough to introduce a few people to scrambling and no better place to give it a go for the first...
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
May 29, 20162 min read
North Wales at it's best
Last week I had the pleasure of 4 days rock climbing with Sharna. We started last Sunday - in the rain so we opted for some 'big boot'...
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
May 20, 20162 min read
Wet Adventure on Snowdon
Back out with Rebecca and Chris yesterday, week 3 of their Tim Harrop Mountain Activities Mountain Month. We were after some climbing and...
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
May 18, 20161 min read
Scrambling for Hillwalkers Weekend
Last weekend Tarquin was out with novice scramblers Piotr and Magdalena for 2 days of scrambling skills. They went up the excellent grade...
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
May 17, 20161 min read
Llanberis Pass Classic Rock
I was working for Tim Harrop Mountain Activities last Thursday, with 2 of his 'Mountain Month' students. Rock climbing was the order of...
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Richard Bale (Rusty)
May 16, 20162 min read
Skye and Glencoe
Summer seemed to roar in out of nowhere last week - coinciding nicely with my 3 day trip to Scotland with Dafydd. He wanted to climb the...
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