Articles
An assortment of published articles on outdoor,
educational and other
activities
1971 - 2011
Click on the title to view the text of the article:
1) "Dent Sous La Pluie" - a description of a one day climb in the Swiss Alps in 1972, published in the Austrian Alpine Club Newsletter, 1976.
2) "Gardyloo" - a winter ascent of gardyloo Gully on Ben Nevis, Scotland, published in the St Andrews University Mountaineering Club Log, 1972.
3) "The Skye Scene - a Typical Day" - a summer ascent of White Slab route in the Black Cuillin, Isle of Skye, published in the St Andrews University Mountaineering Club Log, 1971.
4) "Alaskan Oddities" - a light hearted description of travel in Alaska, published in the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal, 1991.
5) "Teaching in the Wilderness" - a comparison of personalities encountered in wilderness trips and in math classrooms, published in the Academic Senate for California Community College's 'Forum', 1992.
6) "Ellesmere - Land of Desert and Ice" - a 1993 backpacking trip to Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic, published in the Austrian Alpine Club Newsletter, 1995.
7) "The Maids Have All Gone from
Glen
Brittle" - a nostalic trip to the
Black Cuillin of Skye, published
in the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal, 1997.
8) "The Stories Students Tell "
- a descriptionof Math G students in
their own words, published in the
Academic Senate for California Community
College's 'Forum', 1998.
9) "Kayak the Glaciers" - an article about the 1971 StAUMC
Greenland Expedition written by Ian for Sea Kayaker Magazine in
1985.
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pdf file of the published article:
1) "Long Wait in Nanortalik" - an article by expedition leader Phil
Gribbon about the 1971 StAUMC Greenland Expedition, published in
Expedition Magazine, Volume
IV, No 3, Summer 1974.
B&W Photos by Ian.