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“Without thinking, I headed towards the wall. I was absolutely focussed on that move. I started to climb, without clipping in.” ⚠️ .
Experienced climber Sam, recently took a fall from an auto belay after not clipping in at @tca_thepropstore. The Climbing Academy are bringing this worrying trend to the fore by sharing with us Sam’s story:
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Sam, who started climbing 15 years ago, had been climbing constantly on auto belay for around an hour the day of her accident. As she started to feel tired and prepared to leave, she saw another climber complete a move that had previously alluded her. .
Having successfully made the move, she slipped on another hold around 15-20 feet off the ground and landed on her back, winded and shaken. She counts herself lucky not to have made it to the top. Similar accidents like these have sometimes ended with fatalities.
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It could happen to anyone. Sam was not a new climber, she was not an irresponsible person “I am always the one taking care of people, always checking people…so that was a shock. For the people that I have introduced to climbing, they were shocked. If you can do it, it can happen to anyone”.
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“If you’re with someone, always check each other. Always, always check. You are never silly to check. You can’t be too careful. There’s no such thing". .
Stay vigilant and stay safe!

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This #CharityTuesday we're giving away Rucksack Club 2020 calendars to anyone who donates £15 or more to ACT 🙌
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All proceeds go to supporting access to cliffs, mountains and open countryside as well as climate change conservation projects across the UK.
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Think of it as making a £15 donation to a great cause and getting a wonderful free calendar as a bonus! 🌎
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Donation link in bio!
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#ACT #theclimateproject #therucksackclub
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📸 Paul Taylor on Garbh Bheinn Ardgour

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How can you fuel well to perform well and be healthy? Earlier this year, Mina Leslie-Wujastyk spoke out about her personal struggles with Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) and her article on @ukclimbing sparked a much-needed conversation around health in climbing.
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Repost @minaclimbing:
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"I’ve received a lot of compassion, kindness and support which has been amazing but I have also had many climbers reach out having or having had similar problems. There have been lots of questions on how to understand the problem and manage recovery as well how to avoid this issue in the first place. I see a lot of concern in our community for the long term health of climbers and a growing interest in understanding our physiology and our fuelling needs in the context of climbing and training performance.
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I’ve teamed up with the BMC to organise a non-profit event that aims to raise awareness, provide practical information and generate discussion around the risks and health implications of RED-S in climbing. .
The event will be held from 4-6pm at @awesomewalls_sheffield on the 18th January and will feature guest experts Renee McGregor (@r_mcgregor Specialist Sports and Eating Disorder Dietitian) and Dr Nicky Keay (@nickykfitness Sports Endocrinologist specialising in RED-S) as well as panel and audience discussion with opportunity for Q&As. The dialogue will be centred around climbing but we welcome people from any sport."
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↖️ Link to the en:spire event in our story.
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📸@alexmessengerphoto
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#redsrecovery #climbing #lowenergyavailability #redrivergorge #sheffield #events @gb_climbing @ollietorr @latticetraining

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"For me the hardest part was staying chilled and finishing it off." @bustermartin becomes the 2nd Brit to climb a confirmed 9a+ by clipping the chains of First Ley in Margalef, Catalonia, a Chris Sharma route 👊
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We find out more about him and what's next in the article in our story!
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📸 @henrykinman

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Who'd be up for climbing here? 🙋‍♀️ Who'd be up for the 50km jungle trek to get there? 😮 Or climbing a new free route on an overhanging cliff twice the size of the Eiffel Tower, guarded by bird-eating spiders and venomous snakes? 😨
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Well @leo_houlding @anna_taylor_98
@waldo_etherington and @wilstone8 are all in, and are already half-way through their month-long expedition attempt to reach the summit. It all sounds pretty epic.
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If you want to follow the adventure team on their progress through their real-time jungle podcasts head to 🎧@theadventurepodcast
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Did you know ❔ The Prow of Mount Roraima was first climbed with extensive aid in 1973 by a team of British legends: Hamish MacInnes, Don Whillans and Joe Brown!
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📸@theadventurepodcast @coldhouse_ @berghausofficial #mountroraima

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Summit has dropped. Winter has dropped. Get ready to read an issue packed with epic features from the big names and giant locations:
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@alexandermegos shares his thoughts on his new movie #rotpunkt 🔴 and his road to #tokyo2020 .
@emmatwyford gives us a run down on her big tick ✔ of The Big Bang 9a .
@sarah_stirling shares the beautiful highlights of her bike 🚲 tour through Patagonia .
Explorer @rezapakravan treks 👣 across the width of Africa
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@tom__livingstone reflects on the effects of awards in mountaineering ⛏
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PLUS theres gear to win 🎁 from @mountainhardwear @julbo_eyewear @petzl_official @expedint @ultimate_performance_uk .
📸@jethro_kiernan
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#bmc75 #mountaineering #climbing #hiking

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"Luck was the only reason I was able to walk away that day."
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Sharpening up your crampons ready for winter? Read this icy near-miss report to see how a simple error of judgement during a solo ridge scramble almost ended in tragedy: .
⛰️ https://tinyurl.com/uluwzor (link also in story)
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Our #MakeWinterCount lectures are touring the country and there are still tickets available this week in London, Plymouth and Cardiff! .
📝 Follow all incident and near-miss reports submitted to us live at: www.thebmc.co.uk/modules/incident-reporting
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📷 @kasiaosipowicz

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🎬 Feeling inspired to film outside by @kendalmountainfestival and the Brit Rock Film Tour, but not sure where to start? Award-winning outdoor filmmakers Alastair Lee and Natasha Brooks offer their top tips on how to make a outdoor film:
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🎙@alastair__lee: "Most people are terrible at acting themselves. Typically if you ask, "Could you say that again?" and turn the camera on, it’ll be so far off that you can’t even believe it. Strive to capture more magic first time than doing repeats. Time and experience will tell you when to film, or sometimes it’s obvious — a blind man doing a super sketchy walk to the base of the Old Man of Hoy: film the whole thing!"
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🔭 @natasha_brooks_: "In life we learn from our mistakes and this is true with filmmaking. Keep a playful, inquisitive mind and get experimental. Use your camera to see the world from a new perspective. If you end up lying belly-down in some mud while clutching your camera wondering what the heck you're doing then you're probably on the right track!"
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Read Part 1 of our two-part series on our website ↖️link in our story! The tips will come in especially handy if you're planning on entering our Women in Adventure Film Competition. Deadline: January 13 2020.
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📸 Al Lee filming blind climber @jessedufton on the Old Man of Hoy

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