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Club News and EventsKilimanjaro Trio
Colin Cushnie, Jim Davies and Neil Redpath went off to climb Kilimanjaro and they all successfully reached the summit on 23rd October 2011. Congratulations to them. Neil says: "It was a trip of a lifetime. We found it tough going on the summit night, with the affects of high altitude, but we had some great experiences with a wonderful crew, which all of our group of seven had "maximum respect" for." George and Dave Compleat
The latest club members to "compleat" their munros are George Walkingshaw and Dave Lawson. George and Dave's last munro was Ben More on Mull. They climbed this with 6 other members of the club, who were all attending the Mull Club Weekend, on the 23rd July 2011.
Janice Duncan (Club Chairperson) presenting Dave and George with their quaich's. The Great Outdoors Challenge
Janice Thomson and Virginia Kearse completed the Coast to coast backpacking trek in 13 days
arriving at Stonehaven on 26th May 2011.
Virginia & Janice at Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven. The finishing point of their trek. Skye Compleatists3 members of Glenrothes Hillwalkers Club compleated all 12 of their Skye munros at the recent Club Weekend on the island. Over the duration of the weekend, in June 2011, members of the club ascended every munro on Skye.
Julie, Andy and Sandra in the bunkhouse after compleating their Skye munros Photo Gallery
The Photo Gallery was hosted on an external site called Fotopic.net. On the 9th of March 2011 the entire Fotopic site went down without any warning. We can only assume that Fotopic has gone out of business as its site has never reappeared.
The End Of An EraThe Glenrothes Hillwalkers AGM on 1st March 2011 marked the end of an era. David McCracken and Janice Thomson stepped down from the committee after many years service to the club. David had served on the committee for 15 years and had held various offices (Secretary, Treasurer, Membership Secretary). Janice had served for more years than she will admit to and had also held various offices (Chairperson, Vice Chair, Training & Safety).
David and Janice
Other committee members standing down are: Kate Thomson (Chairperson), Charlie Hughes (Information & Club Equipment), Bob Barlow (Walks).
Ceilidh
On Friday 18th February 2011 we had our annual ceilidh at the Markinch Bowling Club.
Many thanks to Julie Garland, Harry Dryburgh, John and Morag Telfer for all their hard work in organising this years ceilidh. Janice and Louise Summit Mera Peak
Congratulations to club members Janice Duncan and Louise who have successfully summited Mera Peak (6476m) in the Himalayas, Nepal. They summited Mera Peak on the 30th October 2010 after a 1am start.
Janice and Louise at the summit of Mera Peak with Everest in the background. Forum LaunchedThe Glenrothes Hillwalkers Club Forum is now up and running. The Forum can only be viewed and posted in by club members who have been given a username and password.
Another Compleatist
The latest club member to "compleat" the Munros is Janice Duncan who topped out on Ben Avon in the Cairngorms on 20th September 2010.
Kate Thomson (Club Chairperson) presenting Janice with her quaich. Autumn 2010 NewsletterThe latest newsletter of Glenrothes Hillwalkers Club can now be downloaded by clicking on the following link. Autumn 2010 Newsletter. Donation to Dundonnell Mountain Rescue
During the club weekend at Sail Mhor Croft at Dundonnell, we presented a cheque for £628 to Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team.
Dave Neville of Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team receiving the cheque from Janice and other club members. |
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