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This is a selection of photos from Phase 3 of the RAF MRS expedition to the Alps in 2000. "The idea came about when Cpl "Rusty” Bale of RAF Kinloss Mountain Rescue Team, and Flight Sergeant Bill Batson, the MRS Chief Instructor sat in the pub one night discussing ideas for a Millennium expedition. It would be open to all members of the MRS no matter what level of Alpine experience had previously been attained. The task of organising the expedition came down to Chief Technician Steve Price, the Deputy Team Leader of RAF Kinloss MRT, a mountaineer of considerable experience who had travelled to the AIps several times previously. His plan was to complete the traverse in a ten-week expedition, being broken down into five two-week phases with a leader being assigned to each phase."
The explanations in " are quotes from Colin Little’s description of the expeditions successful completion of the expedition during which A total of 43, 4,000m mountains were summited and a total height gain of 200,186m reached.
The full PXR is on the RAF MRA’s members-only website.