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On the weekend of 19 and 20 September a group of 19 EDM lawyers from the London office will be walking in the Sierra Nevada range to raise money for the Shooting Star Children's Hospice.

The hospice has given invaluable support to Nick and Katie Hayday and to their son Joshua over the last few months and to many other families in similar circumstances. EDM aims to raise at least £10,000 to help the hospice continue with its work.

The Highest (Mountain): this year's gruelling challenge w… Continue

Hi there!

We had a wonderful time in the Sierra Nevada! It really is a beautiful piece of rock.
Almost immediately after you dropped us off we encountered mountain goats. The whole route was full of them!

We took the first day very easy, heading just for the caballo lake. I made it harder for myself by dropping my rucksack from a cliff, and had to retrieve it from a couple of hundreds meters down. A minor sitback with no further consequences.

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Just found this satellite image of the Sierra Nevada taken from space on 18th November 2008. The image was supplied by Chelys who were established in 2002. Its core business focuses on software development and supplying services in the Earth Observation sector as a provider of processing stations for Earth observation satellites. You can read the full article here

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Just had a 2 day exploratory trip to investigate the winter climbing potential that exists on the Cerro de Caballo peak above Lanjaron in Spain's Sierra Nevada. The crags and gullies are found at an altitude of 2800+ on the NE and E faces of the summit cone.

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