CONTENTS #74 FEATURES
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Out there Three pages of summer inspiration
Alastair Humphreys Finding the adventure in every day
Pick and mix
Sarah-Jane Dobner is hungry for the perfect climbing partner
Mountain man Terry Abraham: does he have the best job in the world?
Rock master
Will Steve McClure take British climbing to a new level?
Made in Britain
Once we ruled the outdoor-gear world. What happened to British manufacturing?
Living the dream
On the road with James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini
Self portrait Will Copestake: adventurer
REGULARS
10 News 16
In gear: alpine trekking
18 Stuff: £500 of gear must be won
20 Off the shelf: readers’ offers 24 Art of climbing 64 Your BMC: essential BMC info 72 Walk skills: backpacker tips 74 Climb skills: micro wires
Cover: Caroline Ciavaldini cranks it out for summer: trying Hélix au pays des merveilles (F8c+), Pic Saint Loup, France. Read our revealing interview with her and James Pearson on page 56. f
Photo: Sam Bie.
This page: After a quick blast up Bristly Ridge this April, Nicholas Livesey caught last light on Castell y Gwynt (Castle of the Winds) with Snowdon and Glyder Fawr beyond.
Photo: Nicholas Livesey. 8 | 70TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR | FOR BRITISH CLIMBING AND WALKING SINCE 1944
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