Andy Kirkpatrick | Alpinist | International Speaker | Best selling author
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/Book//Cold War: The structure
— 28/01/10
As I’m setting off along the long road to book number 2 (Cold Wars) I thought I’d share some background to the book as it develops, starting with one of the most imporant factors in writing an exstended story; structure.
When I look back at writing Psychovertical I think it’s…
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/Movie//Promo for Stephen Venables tour
— 22/01/10
Been beavering away with Final Cut pro this week doing a short promo for Stephen Venables’ upcoming UK tour ‘In The footsteps of Shacklton’. Stephen’s a great writer and story teller so check the Speakers…
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/Gear//Trackstars with attitude
— 22/01/10
It took a long time for the rest of the world to cotton on - or maybe that should be ‘not cotton on’ - to stretch woven trousers, and for many years Mammut cornered the market in super tough mountain pants made from shoeller fabrics; a market…
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/Technique//Aiding across roofs
— 20/01/10
Hi Andy just wondering whether you would consider writing a short piece for your website about the technique for aid climbing on a roof or big overhang. We managed to completely fail up at Thor’s Cave yesterday (although admittedly the hangovers, ice, mud and fog may have had something…
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/Expression//The Sniper
— 06/03/09
Saw a post the other day on UKC were someone was slagging me off (which is fair enough - I slag off enough people here), saying I was a much better climber than a writer, his main point being that my book was crap. …
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/Gear//what to wear under a speed ascent
— 18/12/09
Hi Andy.
Just a quick question for you about the Speed Ascent. When you tested it in Scotland what did you layer it with and what was the weather like.Just trying to compare it with ME…
/Expression//Training Days
— 03/03/09
Lance Armstrong once said “motivation is nothing without the legs” and this was proved to me on the Eiger this year, where too much work and not anough climbing saw my grind myself to nothing. So this year I’ve tried to give more time to training and less to work, and so far…
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/Gear//Designing stupid
— 09/01/10
Many moons ago I was working in a climbing shop. One day a certain - rather rotund - hardware manufacturer’s sales rep came in with an idea he wanted to run past us. He explained how the company had been looking into designing a new alpine/winter harness, which was proving taxing,…
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/Expression//Polished words and shoes
— 26/03/09
Gave a talk yesterday in a school in St Albans to a group of lads who would soon be leaving. I could tell as soon as they started coming in that they - or should a say of few of them - would prove a hard crowd.
Right from the start I felt like I was trapped in an avalanche, struggling…
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Feb 12 | Fort William Film Festival | The Highland Mountain Culture Association Limited PO Box 7035, Fort William PH33 6WR
Mar 12 | Camp 4 Macclesfield | Venue: Macclesfield Rugby Union Football Club, Priory Park, Priory Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4AF
Mar 13 | Bristol Talk | The Climbing Academy Charlton Street Bristol BS5 0FD
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