Glenmore lodge

Glenmore Lodge – 21^st November

Round 4 – Glenmore Lodge, Aviemore

What a turn out! What nearly great weather! What a great final display by Steve Johnstone! What an inspiring lecture by Andy Turner! All in all a great day was had by all.

Mark Chadwick and Scott Webster set the problems. They managed to really stretch the top climbers while allowing the new comers to get some points on the board and enjoy the challenge. The final was a traverse followed by a steep and technical overhang onto a hanging log. They thought they had over cooked it as all the other finalists failed to get past the ¾ point. Then the last to come out of isolation was Steve Johnson who managed to almost make it look easy and the crowd let him know it as they cheered and chanted him onto the last move.

Andy Turner ran beginner workshops and a master class and then presented a totally awesome lecture on his past year of activities which included Nepal, the Alps and Scotland. The images and chat really captured the audience and left them chomping at the bit for winter conditions. A wee dram of Balvenie from one of the event sponsors also helped people to round off a great Scottish climbing day - sun, rain and then a dram. Perfect.

Results online here!

TOOLING COMPETITION

Registration at 09.00. Briefing at 9.30

There will be 3 competition slots lasting 1.5 hours each with up to 10 problems and a maximum of 20 competitors per session. You will be given a partner on the day that has booked into the same slot. As a pair, you will exchange belaying and climbing. You will have one and a half hours to complete as many of the climbs as you can. The points system will be explained on the day.

COMPETITION TIMETABLE

09:45 – 11:15 Group A

11:45 – 13:15 Group B

13:30 – 15:00 Group C

YOU MUST REGISTER 1 HOUR BEFORE YOUR TIME SLOT

BRIEFING WILL BE 15 MINS BEFORE TIME SLOT STARTS

Dry Tooling Competition Outline -

The competition will take place outside on our granite towers, which will be specially adapted to stretch the experienced and welcome the novice.
Unlike similar competitions in the UK, you will need to wear crampons
There will be a limited supply of crampons/axes available from our stores, better to bring your own if possible.
There will be approximately 10 problems from the very easy and going to very hard.
Your belay/climbing partner will be somebody in your time group.
To sign up call 01479 861256 and book in advance as we are limited to 20 people per time slot.

Prizes in the lecture theatre after a lecture from Andy Turner.

Music will be played outside all day.

TOOLING WORKSHOPS

We will be running 2 x 1.5 hour beginner workshops with Andy Turner on our indoor tooling wall at 9am and 11am. Andy will also be running a tooling master class. Limited spaces available. Cost £10 adults /£5 youth
Tooling Workshops – Beginner: 9am -10:30am / 11am – 12:30

•    For those of you who want to know how to place an axe when there is no snow. Give it a go.
•    We can provide all the kit you need including helmets, harnesses, axes etc.
•    It will take place on our indoor training wall complete with a real tree trunk
•    After the workshop, go and enter the competition…surprise yourself.
•    To sign up in advance, call Glenmore Lodge. Places are limited to 6 per workshop.

Tooling Workshop – Master Class: 1pm – 2:30pm

Andy Turner will coach 6 people on our indoor tooling wall. If you really want to get some tops tips from one of our leading tooling experts book early as there are only 6 places.
If you do this workshop but want to enter the competition, you need to be in one of the first two time slots.

TIME	EVENT	PLACES AVAILABLE	COST
09:00 - 10:30	Tooling Workshop -Beginners	6 places	Adult £15 Youth £10
09:45 – 11:15	Tooling Competition Group A	20 places	Adult £15 Youth £10
11:00 - 12:30	Tooling Workshop Beginners	6 places	Adult £15 Youth £10
11:45 – 13:15	Tooling Competition Group B	20 places	Adult £15 Youth £10
13:00 – 14:30	Tooling Workshop – Masterclass		Adult £10 Youth £5
13:30 - 15:00	Tooling Competition Group C	20 places	Adult £15 Youth £10
15:30	Event Final
To follow final	Lecture by Andy Turner	EVERYONE WELCOME	FREE
To follow lecture	Prize Giving in the lecture theatre at Glenmore Lodge.	EVERYONE WELCOME	FREE