Fire & Ice - Mountaineering Group

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Scotland 2010
From	20/02/2010
To	27/02/2010
Locality	Glen Coe/Ben Nevis
Area	Fort William
Country	Scotland

Night Navigation Exercise
From	25/03/2010
To	25/03/2010
Locality	Hay Tor
Area	Dartmoor
Country	England

Swanage, Dorset
From	21/05/2010
To	24/05/2010
Locality	Various
Area	Dorset
Country	England

Families Rock Climbing Day
From	21/08/2010
To	21/08/2010
Locality	Sheepstor
Area	Dartmoor
Country	England

Alpine Rope Skills Day
From	26/08/2010
To	26/08/2010
Locality	Leather Tor
Area	Dartmoor
Country	England

Alps 2010
From	07/09/2010
To	16/09/2010
Locality	Various
Area	Monte Rosa
Country	Italy/France/Switzerland

Pyrenees
From	10/09/2010
To	17/09/2010
Locality	Benasque
Area	Pyrenees
Country	Spain

North Wales
From	21/10/2010
To	24/10/2010
Locality	Betws-y-Coed
Area	Snowdonia
Country	Wales

Welcome to Fire and Ice

‘If like us you have a passion for our outdoor environment, or you are interested in finding out what it has to offer, we hope that you will enjoy browsing our site and find it a useful source of inspiration and information. The site is intended to provide a forum for members of Fire and Ice Mountaineering Club to access and share information and experiences. It is designed for the club to post reports, reviews and images of completed trips, and share details of planned trips so that members of the club can access details from the organiser. Although this is very much a site for club participation, we also hope that it will provide club members and visitors alike with the inspiration to go out and experience something special with like-minded friends.’

RECENTLY COMPLETED TRIPS
WITHIN UK		REST OF EUROPE		INTERNATIONAL
Sennen Cove 2009		Via Ferrata 2009		Kilimanjaro 2007

Date	26/06/2009	Date	07/09/2009	Date	10/08/2007
Locality	Sennen Cove	Locality	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Locality	Kilimanjaro National Park
Area	Cornwall	Area	Dolomites	Area	Tanzania
Country	UK	Country	Italy	Country	Africa


Chief of DSFRS Takes on Arctic Challenge
Early next year, Chief Fire Officer Lee Howell (and president of Fire and Ice) will be joining other explorers in an attempt to reach the Arctic Pole (Northern Pole of Inaccessibility). This will mean, skiing approx 200 miles, pulling over 100kg by pulk (sledge) at temperatures down to minus 40 degree Celsius, and hopefully avoiding the polar bears on the way. He is doing this as part of a personal leadership challenge, whilst hopefully raising a significant sum of money for the Fire Fighters Charity. This Pole has never been reached, and represents the last true “World First” polar expedition. Explorer Jim McNeill will lead four teams as they face nearly 800 miles of treacherous Arctic Ocean. At the same time, the teams will be gathering crucial sets of data for the scientific community. This will be an incredible journey, made even more extraordinary as it will be undertaken by ordinary people from all walks of life with no previous experience. For more information, and to make a donation please follow this link: www.leadingfromthetop.co.uk


ACFO Pete Smith Opens New Climbing Wall
The new climbing wall at SHQ is now completed and has been officially opened by ACFO Pete Smith. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service funded the building of the wall as a training aid for the four specialist rescue teams, and for use in community youth projects. The wall is also open for use by Fire and Ice members, and all other employees of DSFRS. Pete didn’t bat an eyelid when he saw that the ribbon he needed to cut was at the top of the wall, and showed no fear as he scaled its heights to do his speech and declare the wall open!


Friend of Fire and Ice Offers Trekking Holidays in Spain
Long time friend of Fire and Ice (and team member of our Mongolia 2006 exped), Mark Ainsworth, has turned his back on the trudge of working a high-pressure 9 to 5 job and has embarked on a new career as an International Mountain Leader. He has set up an exciting new company, and is now offering a range of well put together and well organised trekking holiday’s in Spain’s Sierra Nevada, most of which he is leading himself. If you would like to know more, please visit the Sierra Trekking website at .www.sierratrekking.co.uk

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