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Welcome to James Thacker Mountaineering skills articles and downloads. In this section you will find a brief collection of skills related articles for hillwalking, scrambling, rock climbing and winter climbing/mountaineering..

These articles will be added to over time to create additional useful content. If there is anything that you would like to see in this section then please feel free to get in touch.

>The Scottish Winter Experience by James Edwards: A personal account of James' favourate part of the climbing year - the Scottish Winter. Also published in Climb Magazine.

>Scottish Winter Tactics: Interpreting forecasts and adopting tactics to get the most from Scottish winter conditions.

>Winter Footwear: Advice on choosing suitable mountaineering boots and crampons for Scottish Winter use.

>Haglofs Spitz Advertorial: A Climb Magazine advertorial on Haglofs Spitz Jacket and Guard Pants, an excellent clothing combination that I used in Nepal in November 2008.

>Classic Eiger: An account of an ascent of the North Face of The Eiger with Nick Wallis. This appeared in Mountain Rescue Magazine in October 2008.

JTM Downloads

All are in pdf format http://www.adobe.com

BMC Summit Magazine, Climb Skills Article: Self Rescue (pdf) A recently published article on self rescue for climbers for the British Mountaineering Council.

BMC Summit Magazine, Essential Skills Article: Technical Tools (pdf) An article on the selection of technical ice climbing tools for the British Mountaineering Council.

Mountain Navigation Grids: Suitable for anybody who needs to navigate in the Mountains in bad visibility and those doing the Mountain Leader Award Training or Assessment Courses. Navigation Grid(pdf). Navigation Grid (word).

Peak District Mountain Rescue Organisation Call Out Advice: A small downloadable Aide Memoir for requesting a Mountain Rescue Team in the Peak District. MR Call Out Advice (pdf).