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  Ben Nevis Avalanche - Wednesday, February 15, 2006



Five climbers from 2 separate parties all survived a 900ft avalanche on Ben Nevis yesterday. One group was a couple of metres from the top of number two gully when the cornice gave way. The resulting avalanche swept the two climbers down the mountain, eventually taking a second party as well. All climbers were battered and bruised but fortunately all they lost was equipment.

Here was yesterday's avalanache forecast from the SAIS:
LOCHABER
AVALANCHE HAZARD 1500 HRS TUE 14/2/06
Moderate South Westerly winds and occasional light showers,
some snow, have affected the area today. Isolated instabilities
are present in the snowpack on steep slopes with a North to East
aspect above 1000 metres and areas of unstable windslab have
accumulated in sheltered gullies and on scarp slopes with a
North-East to East aspect above 1100 metres. The avalanche
hazard is Considerable (Category 3).


It seems they got it right...

Full article (Scotsman)



  Field & Trek Sale - Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Just a quick note to say that Field & Trek are taking a further 15% off their sale items until 17th of February. You can get this discount by entering the following code when prompted at the checkout stage - SK61.

Many of the items already have 50% off. Combine this with the free delivery (if you spend upwards up £75) and you may just grab yourself a bargain.

A few items worth mentioning:

- Ladies Berghaus Paclite Jacket £139.99 down to £69.99 (roughly £57 with extra discount)
- Vaude Hogan £179.99 down to £139.99 (roughly £119)
- Scarpa Peak GTX (also Ladies version) £114.99 down to £54.99 (roughly £48)
- Raiche Fusion Mid £99.99 down to £49.99 (roughly £43)




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