Hello from the Yorkshire Dales!!!

PointMan · Post by **PointMan** » Wed 29 Dec, 2004 5:10 pm

Recently joined, so still finding my feet, but reading through some of the other introductions' replies, it looks like this is a great corner of the internet in which to hang out and learn new stuff.

Currently living and working in the midst of the Yorkshire Dales and enjoying the mountains and countryside a lot!

I am not ex-forces, unfortunately, though I always wanted to be, and am still looking for ways to become either TA - my age excludes me from the regular army (29yo!!!

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I abandoned my office job in London about six months ago to go after a career in the outdoors. I was just plain sick of being sat at a desk for 40+ hours a week and only enjoying fresh-air on weekend getaways.

I started training as a Mountain Leader (a civilian shadow of the RM course of the same name) in May, and am now going after this full tilt...and loving it. Doing a bit of work on the side as a personal trainer in the meantime.

The outdoors are the dog's nuts as far as I'm concerned, and no matter what the weather, doing something active is the best thing going.

The military, and those who serve and support, command a great deal of my respect - so, I'm here to learn!

PointMan · Post by **PointMan** » Wed 29 Dec, 2004 5:20 pm

A fiver a year? That's ok...if I can resist two pints, I have it justified

harry hackedoff · Post by **harry hackedoff** » Wed 29 Dec, 2004 5:24 pm

Welcome aboard Pointy, you`ll find Eric Longmuir`s "Mountaincraft And Leadership" an invaluable source.
Good luck with your course

I`ll check out your `blog.

PointMan · Post by **PointMan** » Thu 30 Dec, 2004 11:57 am

Ah yes, every Mountain Leader's bible. Read it cover to cover, and it's now bristling with post-it notes and bits of beer mat!

Sticky Blue · Post by **Sticky Blue** » Thu 30 Dec, 2004 10:42 pm

You'd have made a great clerk

PointMan wrote: post-it notes and bits of beer mat!

Same filing system as me...
It's over there on my desk, should be s few inches down!

It might not be everyone's system, but it works and it is a system

PointMan · Post by **PointMan** » Fri 31 Dec, 2004 12:32 am

Hey don't knock it, all my best work has been done on the back of beer-mats

Everything from world domination, computer systems coded up and escape routes planned! More of the latter these days, admittedly.

I read a really good book a while back, called Food for Free -all about edible leaves, nuts and berries you can pick up growing wild in the British Isles organised by season; this has more than its fair share of post-its dangling from pages

goldie ex rmp · Post by **goldie ex rmp** » Fri 31 Dec, 2004 6:13 am

Welcome Pointman, just had a look at your blog mate and was wondering if we had ever competed against each other in Adventure Racing, see

www.aceraces.co.uk
if you have never done this before i think you would enjoy it. Good luck with the great outdoors mate.

PointMan · Post by **PointMan** » Fri 31 Dec, 2004 1:18 pm

goldie ex rmp wrote:Welcome Pointman, just had a look at your blog mate and was wondering if we had ever competed against each other in Adventure Racing, see

www.aceraces.co.uk
if you have never done this before i think you would enjoy it. Good luck with the great outdoors mate.

I saw some guys doing this at the Outdoors show at the NEC 2004 and it looked amazing! It's something I'm really keen to get into as it takes in fitness at virtually every level by the looks of things: endurance, strength and skill.

Looking at it, I have most of the components in place for Adventure Racing - it's the putting the pieces all together that I need to train hard for next, before going for it. How often do you compete?

goldie ex rmp · Post by **goldie ex rmp** » Sat 01 Jan, 2005 6:38 am

none this year as i have a knee problem and concentrated on running london marathon and some halfs, normally though at least 3 times a year with my mate who is the map reader.........everyone knows RMP are crap with maps. Its a fantastic sport to get into and is the fastest growing sport in the UK.

PointMan · Post by **PointMan** » Sat 01 Jan, 2005 4:47 pm

Knee injuries suck; I keep getting a touch of tendinitis there which is a source of constant irritation when all I want to do is get out and run!

Anyway, going to have a stab at triathlon this year, Dorney Lake (nr Windsor). It's quite short, 800m/20k/5k I think, but it'll be a good indication of how fit I'm getting.

Definitely Adventure Racing after that

Happy New Year too! :drinking:

harry hackedoff · Post by **harry hackedoff** » Sat 01 Jan, 2005 5:11 pm

Triathlons?
Kin triathlons

Pish and tosh, pish and tosh,:x

Triathlon is a woman`s sport.

Real men do this,

www.extremeironing.co.uk

Stamina , endurance, cardio-vascular,mental agility, determination, neatness of crease, you can`t beat it

PointMan · Post by **PointMan** » Sat 01 Jan, 2005 5:37 pm

By some weird twist of Fate, the Extreme Ironing book (seen here at http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/18 ... ZZZZZZ.jpg) is written by my namesake, Phil Shaw.

I doubt there's enough room in the sport for two of us

PointMan · Post by **PointMan** » Wed 16 Mar, 2005 8:28 pm

Oops!

I seem to have disappeared for a while!

Back online now, thankfully - what did I miss?

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