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Mick Fowler Lecture
'Spirit of Adventure'
Tuesday 31st January 7pm
Blackett Lab, Imperial College
AC President Mick will be talking about a lifetime of exploratory climbing in locations ranging from the white cliffs of Dover, to sea stacks off the coast of Scotland to the Himalaya.
Tickets for non-students, £5, are available by emailing exploration@imperial.ac.uk with the subject line FOWLER.
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New Members
December 2011
Full: Jo Campbell, Rob Greenwood,
Gary Kinsey, Martin Macullum, Fulvio Scotto, Simon Verspeak, Ernout van Koten
Aspirant: Will Bryant, Susan Jensen,
Matt Traver
Associate: Catherine Moorhead,
Karen Stockham
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Expeditions
Report on this unfrequented
Andean mountain range
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supported expeditions ...
British Cordillera Carabara Expedition
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London Lecture
Tuesday 24th January
Dick Turnbull:
Sailing & Climbing in Arctic Norway
Sailing from Oban to Spitzbergen; up the stupendous northern Norwegian coastline, stopping for a route or two in the fabled Lofoten
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Northern Lecture
Wednesday 15th February
Henry Iddon:
Damavand and the Axis of Ski-ville
During the trip the team were stopped by the police, visited by a mysterious balaclava wearing member of the British security service...
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South West Lecture
Tuesday 28th Febraury
Local AC
Members:
Magic Moments
Six local AC members will give short presentations of some of their most memorable trips from around the world.

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