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Posted: 18.12.25
Cutting Through the Noise: Why Hannah Ritchie’s ‘Clearing the Air’ Offers the Hope We Need
A Data-Driven Antidote to Climate Despair For anyone paying attention to the news, climate change often feels like an overwhelming cascade of crisis. We are constantly confronted with images of devastating storms, prolonged droughts, raging forest fires, and the irreversible retreat of glaciers. While these events are real and demand action, the constant deluge of […]
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Posted: 01.10.25
Beyond Despair: Finding Our Power in the Climate Crisis
The news is stark, yet increasingly familiar: Swiss glaciers have lost a staggering 24% of their volume in the last decade. It’s another grim statistic in a constant deluge of reports about climate disasters—raging wildfires, unprecedented floods and landslides, and scorching heatwaves. While these stories are crucial for understanding the urgency of the climate […]
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Posted: 12.03.25
Protecting Our Glaciers: Effective Climate Action for the International Year of Glaciers 2025
For those of us who climb, ski, and guide in the Alps, the impacts of climate change are undeniable. Glaciers are retreating at an alarming rate, permafrost is thawing, and routes once considered stable are becoming unstable or disappearing altogether. These changes are not only reshaping the landscape we hold dear, but they are also […]
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Posted: 27.06.19
Arc’teryx Alpine Academy 2019, July 4-7
“4 days, 70+ guided clinics, 30+ athletes and tons of exceptional experiences. The 8th edition of the Arc’teryx Alpine Academy will unite the global alpine community in Chamonix, France. 450+ alpine enthusiasts from 30 countries will come together to advance their mountain skills and share alpine knowledge.” Unbelievably, it’s almost that time of year again, […]
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Posted: 30.06.16
Jack Geldard talks about the BMG Physical Performance & Coaching Course
After a superb but mixed-weather ‘Rock 1’ training week in the picturesque Lake District, all the trainees were keen to get to the more rugged mountains of Snowdonia for the BMG Physical Performance and Coaching Course, fondly known simply as “Rock 2”. With an emphasis on teaching and coaching the idea of this second training […]
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Posted: 03.05.16
Summer Rock Training – Guy Steven and Max Cole give a trainees perspective…
Guy Steven and Max Cole give the low down from a Trainee Guides perspective on the first substantive training course of the British Mountain Guides Scheme, ‘Summer Rock One’. This year this course operated on two separate weeks, with conflicting weather conditions. Full details of the stages involved in the BMG Training Scheme can be […]
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