I was working for EICA Ratho with Euan at the weekend helping run a Climbing Wall Award and Abseil Module training course. It’s an excellent course with loads of great teaching and coaching tips for any aspiring leader.
Read more "Climbing Wall Award Training"Another wild day for the second day of the EICA Ratho winter climbing day I was working on today. High winds and snow made the crag approaches and exits full of wind slab so we stuck to the east faces and climbed on the buttress on the Fiacill ridge. Mike, Neil and I had another […]
Read more "Northern Corries"Neil, Mike and I climbed the east ridge today as part of an EICA ratho winter climbing weekend. It was wild and windy at times but the ice and snow on the route was excellent and stable on the east facing aspects. Complete “white room” on the top required some careful navigation. “A Sporting day […]
Read more "Beinn a’Chaorainn"Staff training at EICA Ratho today. We were out in the Ben Lawers area looking at snow pack assessment, teaching winter skills, looking at short roping and practicing winter nav. Firmer snow and ice higher up, but a the freezing level was near the summit.
Read more "Winter Skills Training"Colin and I had a day in Coire an t-Sneachda today. The buttresses were black and the freezing level was above the plateau. It was very windy! That being said, there was firm snow and good ice in places. We climbed the bottom of red gully, which was thin and sporting, then up and onto […]
Read more "Windy Coire an t-Sneachda"