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Publications

Over the years, I have written and contributed to a selection of guidebooks, articles, reports, and reviews that cover a wide range of related topics.

North Wales – Welsh Winter Climbing Guidebook

I am the co-author of the most recent North Wales winter climbs guidebook. ( Ground up Productions 2010 )

North Wales winter climbing blog

http://wwwbaggy.blogspot.com

I was the author of the first blog which focused soley on Winter Climbing in North Wales.

Climbers Club -Llanberis Rock Climbing Guide

I researched the climbs and re wrote the text for the section on Crib y Ddysgl for the Ninth Series of the Climber Club Guide to the Llanberis Pass ( Main Author Iwan Arfon Jones )

Plas Y Brenin Guidance Articles

  • Taking a friend climbing-Top Tips
  • Climbing Sea Stacks
  • Retreating off a route
  • Packing a daysack
  • Using walking poles

Climber Magazine

  • Account of an ascent of Concrete Chimney HVS 5A Gogarth – Wen Zawn

British Mountaineering Council – Summit Magazine (BMC)

  • Alpine Speed:  http://www.thebmc.co.uk/Feature.aspx?id=2109
  • Winter Climbing Tools Q and A Expert: http://www.thebmc.co.uk/Feature.aspx?id=1749

Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI) Magazine

  • Sea Level Training Workshop
  • Trainee Workshops from a Trainers Perspective
  • Big Walling in Zion National Park
  • Swiss Avalanche Transceiver Training – A summary of 3 days with the European leading expert Manuel Genswei

Equipment reviews

  • Mountain Equipment Astron Hooded Jacket
  • Mountain Equipment Randonnée Glove            

Book reviews

  • Scottish Rock Volume 2 North by Gary Latter
  • Snowdonia Society by Rob Collister
  • The Llyn Peninsula Coastal Path
  • Lake District Winter Climbs

News articles for DMM

  • Personal Account – A winter  ascent of Central Ice Fall Direct – Llanberis Pass
  • Winter Fever 2010
  • Welsh winter VII-7’s

Jagged Globe

  • Blog posts  for their Scottish Winter Climbing Courses

Ground Up News

  • Welsh Winter round up 2008-2009

UKC Climbing

  • Welsh Winter round up 2010 – http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=1524

Sustainable Use of Snowdonia (SUS)

  • Member of working group
  • Good practice guide for the use of Afon Ddu Gorge- Contributor

Snowdonia Active

  • Assisted on the good practice guide for gorge walking and canyoning in North Wales ( 2020 )

Wales Outdoor Alliance

  • Part of the working group which wrote the Covid 19 good practice guide for gorge walking and canyoning in North Wales on behalf of the Welsh Assembly ( 2020 )

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