On 2nd May 1999 the 1999 Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition  found the remains of George Mallory, lost on Mount Everest on June 8th, 1924.
The remains were conclusively identified and the surrounding area investigated by the team. After the search, which

I have just had news that madcap HMC member Humpty Dumpty, who attempted to solo Great Wall (E4 6a) last month, unfortunately slipped off the crux move and had a great fall. He is currently being put back together again at Ystyty Gynedd. Luckily Humpty's girfriend Eggweener, who was photographing the attempt was able to raise the alarm and thanks must go to all the kings horses and all the kings men who airlifted Humpty within an hour. Humpty is expected to be in the pub next Tuesday.

Dear Rupert,

Can you give me any tips on route finding, especially on multi-pitch routes. I recently had a bad experience in Wales where I went off route onto something which must have been at least E8 or E9 and ended in breaking both my legs.

Anon  of Berkhamsted .

Dear Anon ,

This is a common and often hazardous problem which can only really be overcome with practice and learning to pick out the features described in the guidebook. This can be difficult though when they bear no relation to the rockface. the best way to solve this problem wuold be to train so hard that you can climb anything and thus will never fall off - for hints see my previous article on training

R.