Andy Kirkpatrick | Alpinist | International Speaker | Best selling author
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/Movie//Rhodes, Ullrich and Earle reap the wind!
— 28/02/10
Great little film by a group of young Brits experiencing what makes Patagonia the ‘eater of men’.
/Technique//Winter advice
— 26/02/10
Hi andrew sorry to trouble I am going to ben Nevis this weekend and want to do no 3 or no 4 gully or gardyloo only done grade 2 up to now on Dow crag easy gully in winter can you offer any safety advice due to the weather or just general advice going with my mate who has done mont blanc in the…
>Read full story/Movie//Cutting edge exped film making by renan ozturk
— 25/02/10
Came accross this remarkable series of films by film maker and climber renan ozturk and I thought I’d post them in order for anyone who’s missed them. I’ve also fired off an email to Renan for an interview.
Hope you enjoy them….
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/Review//Petzl AZTAREX
— 23/02/10
I must admit that I’ve never been a real fan of the Petzl AZTAR, finding them a bit old fashioned, which means you can’t use them leashless, a major drawback for any tool. Instead I was a big time Quark user, finding that although they look top end, they worked well on all types…
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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//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//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//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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/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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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
Mar 14 | nottingham climbing wall | The Nottingham Climbing Centre Rowley Drive, Kelham Drive Off Hucknall Road Nottingham
Apr 14 | Belfast lecture | David Kerr Building, Stranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5AG Room LG111
Apr 15 | Dublin talk | TCD - MacNeil Theatre (Hamilton Building)
Apr 16 | Cork lecture | UCC - Boole 1 Lecture Theatre
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