IFMGA Mountain Guide & WMCI | Off Piste Performance @Off_Piste_Perf | Mountain Assurance @MtnAssurance Own views here: cryosphere and rock enthusiast…
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James Thacker retweeted
23 Sep 2025
‘Mountain CRM - Human Factors for Instructors’ coming up in autumn 2025. A deeper dive into HF and Non-technical Skills in the mountains… 27/28 November, Newtonmore. mountainassurance.co.uk/moun… @the_AMI
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14 Jul 2025
Bit of a mystery. Can anybody identify these marks in Stromness Flagstone on #westray Orkney? Devonian age tetrapod tracks? Lightening strikes or shot holes?
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11 Jul 2025
The Small Mount pictured from the summit of Morven. Scaraben Quartzite Formation of only 1000 million years old!
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2 Jul 2025
In search of CPD for membership renewal for the Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI) or British Mountain Guides (BMG)? Have a look at Mountain CRM for #crm and #humanfactors in avalanche terrain. @Brit_Mt_Guides @the_AMI mountain-assurance.teachable…
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1 Jul 2025
Tromsø-base med ny teknologi: Nå kan redningshelikoptre finne savnede raskere - Hovedredningssentralen. Tromsø based SAR Helicopters equipped with Lifeseeker… hovedredningssentralen.no/tr…
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James Thacker retweeted
9 Apr 2025
I remember SAIS stopped reporting in the end of January for a period because there was no snow left in the entire country…… No surprise to hear it was the leanest season.
There were still avalanche-related mountain-rescue incidents. We still need to watch out always.
9 Apr 2025
Fewest avalanches recorded in almost 40 years bbc.com/news/articles/c62jxw…
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26 Mar 2025
Tributes paid to mountain rescue 'legend' David Whalley. Seems fitting to share this via Twitter where he frequently commented on many people’s adventures. RIP Heavy. bbc.com/news/articles/c93nzq…
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James Thacker retweeted
24 Mar 2025
Looking forward to this weather and this view 🥰
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22 Mar 2025
Well played by @SAS 😂
21 Mar 2025
We get it, @SkyNews and The Guardian - same initials, both wear uniforms, operate internationally, and move fast. But only one SAS was affected by the Heathrow power outage. Spoiler: it was the one with the free coffee onboard, not the one with parachutes.
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20 Mar 2025
Abisko: Helikopterolycka – stor räddningsinsats. A helicopter that was used to fly skiers up for heliskiing has been swept away in an avalanche in Riksgränsen. aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/93V…
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18 Mar 2025
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James Thacker retweeted
7 Mar 2025
Avalanche! – Advanced is a practical three day avalanche education course for future VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) winters. Geared towards the rapidly changing snowpack experienced in the Scottish winter. Limited places for Feb 2026 mountainassurance.co.uk/aval…
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James Thacker retweeted
7 Mar 2025
‘Mountain CRM - Human Factors for Instructors’ coming up in autumn 2025. A deeper dive into HF and Non-technical Skills in the mountains… 27/28 November, Newtonmore. mountainassurance.co.uk/moun… @the_AMI
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James Thacker retweeted
7 Mar 2025
Norway 2025 // There is still time to join us, but we have just three places left on Arnøya and Kvaløya. Details offpiste.org.uk/courses-and-… #offpisteperformance
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James Thacker retweeted
3 Mar 2025
Threat Managers: Rethinking Risk. Giving this one a bump prior to publishing a follow up on ‘Latent Threats’.
11 Oct 2024
Threat Managers: Rethinking Risk mountainassurance.co.uk/2024… @Brit_Mt_Guides @the_AMI @MtnTrngScotland
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James Thacker retweeted
3 Mar 2025
Oh joy, the sun is finally out on Rockall Island! Solar panel output at a whopping 49%, and the batteries are soaking up all that precious power. Only 47 hours left until...well, who knows what'll happen next.
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James Thacker retweeted
3 Mar 2025
What happens to the human body when an avalanche buries it? Environmental variables and the Triple H Syndrome. eurac.edu/en/magazine/what-h…
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James Thacker retweeted
2 Mar 2025
On Friday a small airplane crashed on Mer de Glace accumulation area (Géant Glacier) in the Gros Rognon sector (~3500 m).
Two people were slightly injured.
Two days later it became a freestyle spot! 🙃🤩🏂
Let's hope it doesn't stay there 🚮
🎥 Gaspard Ravanel / IG
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