Chicks Unleashed

23/01/2011

Okay ladies, for those of you who are drawn to snow, icicles & tinkling about on them and can get away from your work - we have ONE PLACE available HALF PRICE on our Norway Ice Fest, 2-9th of February. The ice is fat (yup, that's a good thing!) and the forecast is looking good.The £550 covers 6 days instruction & guiding, car hire and great accommodation. All you need to do is pack your bag & book a flight to Oslo. Please contact Rosie directly ([email protected]) as soon as possible if you're interested.

05/01/2011

If you've nowt planned for the weekend come and join us for our Social Meet at Badaguish Lodges just beneath the Northern Coires of the Cairngorms. It's looking to be a great weekend and now nearly full, but there's always room for another & we'll be doing some slide show type stuff in the evenings if you just want to join for that.

20/12/2010

Good old forum chat about single s*x courses and all that. Some really good comments, lots of banter, and quite a different feel to Outdoors Magic than the UKC forums.

We've got a Social Meet organised, and it's now not far away on the calander: the 7-10th of January. It does what it says on the tin - no excuse needed for a big, social weekend, but if you need one then we've got some 'clinics' laid on - winter navigation, understanding snow, how to use axe & cramp

17/12/2010

We've realised that you might like to learn some skills too, so we're laying on 2 clinics: Intro to axes & crampons & avalanche forecasts and Winter navigation & avalanche forecasts. Each clinic is one day long and £45! If you'd like to take part, just include this on your email to us. If you’d l

17/12/2010

Our anual Winter Social Meet is happening in January, the 7th ot the 10th, to be precise! Come and join us - get skilled & pal'ed up for the coming (coming? really? i think it's well & truly here...) season. Visit our site for more details of the event.

17/12/2010

A nice little 30 minute radio piece on some visually impaired people who love their mountains. I liked the variety of voices and perspectives. I worked on this with the lovely Lindsay Cannon a few months ago. It's only available until the 20th of December.

What is it like to go out into Scotland's hills with little or no sight?

30/11/2010

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18/11/2010

Our blog is up & running at: http://chicks-unleashed.blogspot.com/, and the new Gallery will soon be available...

18/11/2010

19/07/2010

Almost dried out after the West Highland Way, and now packing for the Alps. It's a tough life!

18/07/2010

Last week I walked with a girl from Paris & her friend along the West Highland Way for Alan Kimber. We covered the 95 miles over 5 days. It rained a lot, but it was a really beautiful and fun week.