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Winter walking and the perils of cornices

Winter walking and the perils of cornices


Postby Alteknacker » Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:13 pm

This "near miss" on Beinn a'Chairoainn highlights a well-known, but, when the weather's fine at the start, easily forgotten risk.

[url]http://www.ukhillwalking.com/articles/page.php?id=6047[url]

Should be a salutary lesson!

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Re: Winter walking and the perils of cornices

Postby tenohfive » Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:27 pm

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Re: Winter walking and the perils of cornices

Postby Alteknacker » Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:42 pm



Yes, indeed I did. Not very good at this pesky IT stuff...

Thanks for making it accessible.
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