Articles

An assortment of published articles on outdoor, educational  and other activities
1971 - 2011

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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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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.