One Day on Everest
Friday, November 21st, 2008 Posted in Mountain Clients | No Comments »'One Day on Everest', was a gathering of climbers in America, mountain guides etc, the outcome of which, was the raising of funds for the deceased guide, Scott Ficshers family. Scott Ficsher along with several clients, lost his life on Everest in 1996. This noble ...
Quotations:
Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in Mountain Clients | No Comments »"No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her own way is without enemies." (Daisy Bates) "It is common to tie them (2 ropes) together with an overhand knot as this is less likely to jam ...
62 Year old climbs Eiger North Face (29 Mar 2007)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Mountain Clients | No Comments »Climbers were throwing their 'rattles out of their prams' at the news that apparently, a mountainclients took two BMG guides up the North face of the Eiger in March, 2007, in 3 days. It apparently mattered not, that the mountainclient had ...
2004 Year of Hard Knocks (27 Feb 2005)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Mountain Clients | No Comments »French mountain guides had a particularly bad year in 2004. According to: http://www.pistehors.com/comments/375_0_1_0_C/ they lost 9 guides along with 6 mountain clients, apparently, twice the annual average. I will leave you to therefore, work out how many clients have been ...
Mountain Clients ‘inexperienced’ Shock (10 Jun 2003)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Mountain Clients | No Comments »There was shock and outrage today after it was revealed that mountain clients are quite inexperienced. "We all thought that they were very experienced and competent in all aspects of mountain guide care..." Apparently, mountain clients have been enticing mountain ...
Threats to Sue Mountainclients (3 Jun 2003)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Mountain Clients | No Comments »Apparently, and I have yet to have it confirmed, having already wasted at least, £10,000 of BMC membership money in pursuing; threatening litigation against Rockfax the producer of excellent climbing guidebooks, apparently the vampire's thirst for control has been turned ...
Dead Guides (20 Mar 2003)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Mountain Clients | No Comments »An individual has posted on Rockfax, the British Mountaineering Council sponsored web-site today (Dead Guides), Monday the 17 of March asking (siting two supposed such incidents) how many mountain clients have caused the death of their famous guide. He has ...
Sports Climbers Bring Climbing into Disrepute (7 Nov 2005)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Mountain Clients | 1 Comment »E-mail from Anthony Morgan, Director of the TarmacWestern´s Operations: ´Dear Mr Morrod, You say in your opening statement that Tarmac have allowed climbers to access Pant Quarry and use bolts to facilitate their "sport". This could not be further from the ...
The Wearing of Helmets (21 Mar 2005)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Mountain Clients | No Comments »Whilst in Chamonix this summer it was interesting to note the increase in the wearing of helmets by the clients of UIAGM/IFMGA guides.In the last two years there hase been a sudden surge in the use of protective head gear ...
Unacceptable Behaviour
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Misc, Mountain Clients | Comments OffUnacceptable Behaviour Towards Mountain Clients. There comes a time, when the guy who pays for the 'damn thing' gets to say a few words - of his own: Ian, is a fine; honest, safe, upstanding and lets face it, a virile ...
