{"id":1635,"date":"2018-02-24T20:14:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T20:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gentianclub.org.uk\/blogs\/?p=1635"},"modified":"2020-04-15T18:05:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T17:05:13","slug":"trip-report-winter-skills-training-feb-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gentianclub.org.uk\/blogs\/2018\/02\/24\/trip-report-winter-skills-training-feb-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Mountaineering Feb 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few pics below (click &#8216;Read More) from the Feb 2018 Gentian Scottish Winter meet. First day was training event with Steven Fallon Mountain Guiding. Thanks to the guides, John King and David Buckett, for some excellent training in avalanche risk, ice-axe braking and crampon use. Skills learned or refreshed were put to&nbsp; good use for the rest of the week on the local peaks, mostly in good weather.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Photo credits: Mike W and Steven Fallon Mountain Guiding. More pics and a video on the Club\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gentianclub\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"facebook alignnone lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.gentianclub.org.uk\/pics\/facebook-like-logo.jpeg\" alt=\"Like us on Facebook\" width=\"55\" height=\"42\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 55px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 55\/42;\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><code id=\"envira_shortcode_id_1630\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-1630\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div data-row-height=\"150\" data-gallery-theme=\"normal\" id=\"envira-gallery-1630\" class=\"envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-justified-public envira-gallery-0-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"0\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-1631\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 5px; 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First day was training event with Steven Fallon Mountain Guiding. Thanks to the guides, John King and David Buckett, for some excellent training in avalanche risk, ice-axe braking and crampon use. Skills learned or refreshed were put to&nbsp; good use<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gentianclub.org.uk\/blogs\/2018\/02\/24\/trip-report-winter-skills-training-feb-2018\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-barnsleyboy","post-1635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-blogs"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"barnsleyboy","author_link":"https:\/\/www.gentianclub.org.uk\/blogs\/author\/barnsleyboy\/"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Winter Mountaineering Feb 2018 - The Gentian Mountain &amp; Hill Walking Club<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gentianclub.org.uk\/blogs\/2018\/02\/24\/trip-report-winter-skills-training-feb-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Winter Mountaineering Feb 2018 - The Gentian Mountain &amp; Hill Walking Club\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A few pics below (click &#8216;Read More) from the Feb 2018 Gentian Scottish Winter meet. 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