'Up mountain - down beer'

BRASS 2007

Austria

Gadget man and the Sailing section of BRASS went off to Austria.  We have another BRASS member as  Gadget man took his daughter with him to Austria for 4 days.  Don't forget to send me photos for website (especially of beer).  Don't be like those naughty boys last year (Steve, Alec and Simon) who didn't send me any photos.

Argentiére

The second trip was at Easter when went off to our old favourite Argentiere.  Mr Thunderbay (Rob) showed us how to avoid trees along with recently exiled Bere Regis resident and mountaineer Phil.  I  also like Gadget man took my siblings Alice and Matt (plus a PSP and Laptop to keep them quiet in the evenings).

We arrived in Argentiére to find very little snow in the village and valley.  There was skiing on the higher slopes.  Starting off as ice then by late morning it was execellent but after lunch it all turned to slush.  So we learnt how to water skii. Matt started the week well by damaging his knee but he struggled  on with some vin chaud
	Alice soon followed suit by spraining her wrist .  Her scarf came in handy as a sling. The sun shone and we could of skied in short sleeve T-shirts.
We ventured through the Mont Blanc tunnel and skied in  Italy.  Well eventually we skied after being lost in Italy.  One tip when you come out the Mont Blanc tunnel take the next tunnel on the right.  If you take the left one you will not find a turn off for 30 kms. Italian slopes were fun and the new boarders (Alice and Matt) enjoyed them.  Alice came across her first hole in the floor loo!

The Evans family holiday was cut short when international events demand that he returned to the UK.  Buy me a beer and I will tell you all.  Already looking forward to 2008.

Altitude with attitude

Club Rules and Membership

Our club has very simple rules and membership criteria.

BRASS is a collection of Alpinist based in Bere Regis.  One can join BRASS by buying a member of BRASS a beer or two at an altitude of at least 2,000 metres.
	Members are Pip Evans, Rob Harper, Phil Nash, Alec Lillie and Simon Scott.  The photo to the left is of  two founder members enjoying a beer during the 2005 skiing expedition to Argentiére.
Argentiére is near Chamonix,  France.
Here are some more members: Richard Carter  - Alpine sailing section
Nigel Clark  -gadget man and silly hats.
Dave Barns - Dorset church roof specialist
Application to join can be sent to info at Bere Regis	Contact Us