Rod has enjoyed mountaineering since his early youth. He is a member of the Fell & Rock Club of the English Lake District, the Arctic Club and of the Alpine Club. He has extensive experience in the Alps, Norway, Greenland, the Himalayas and the Karakoram. He enjoys mountain walking, rock climbing and skiing.
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A Smith, Mountaineering Publications
Strength of Rock Anchors
Brindle, D & Smith, R A, Caves and
Caving, No 20, 1983, pp 22-26
A Ski Traverse of the Jostedalsbreen
Smith, R A, Footloose, No 48,1987, pp 26-29
Ski Traverse of the Josterdalsbreen, June 1985
Smith, R A, The Fell and Rock Club
Journal, Vol.24,No 71,1988, pp 501-507
I'm Wearing My Father's Boots
Smith, R A, The Fell and Rock Journal,
Vol.25,No 73,1992, pp 223-226
The Development of Protection Systems for Rock Climbing
Smith, R A, In The Engineering of Sport,
Ed. S Haake, Balkema, Rotterdam, 1996, pp229-238
The Development Of Equipment To Reduce Risk In Rock Climbing
Smith, R A, Sports Engineering, Vol 1, No
1, 1998, pp 27-40
Tail
Piece
Smith, R A, Peak & Pennine, Vol 2, No
6, 1998, pp 64
Smith, R A, Peak & Pennines, Vol 2, No
12, 1999, pp 28-30
Climbing-A
Risky Business?
Smith, R A, Chapter 26 in The Science of Climbing and Mountaineering, N Messenger, W
Patterson & D Brook, CD Rom, Human Kinetics Software, 2000.
An
electronic version of the Fell and Rock
Journal Volumes 1-5,
Smith, R A, a CD produced for the
Centenary of the Fell and Rock Climbing Club, 2006.
The electronic
early journals: a commentary,
Smith, R A, The
Fell and Rock Journal, Vol.27,No 80, 2006, pp 834-840.