Andrew, Pamela and I had a great day out yesterday in the Northern Cairngroms. We climbed Savage Slit in Coire an Lochain, then ambled over the plateau to climb Afterthought Arete on Stag Rocks. Lovely day with a couple of drizzly showers. Suprsingly busy – teams on Savage slit, Daddy Long Legs and Ventriloquist (Lochain); […]
Read more "Savage Slit and Afterthought Arete"I was working for Glenmore Lodge the last weekend on an Introduction to Winter Climbing course with Martin and Colum in the Northern Corries. Mild conditions made it a challenge to find good climbing, but on Saturday we climbed a route up to Fiacall Buttress to give some pretty good climbing on snow, frozen turf and some […]
Read more "Intro to Winter Climbing"Josh, Griffen and I headed up to Coire an Lochan in the Northern Coires hoping to find from hard snow and ice to climb. I reckoned after the meltdown last weekend and the temperature inversion this week, any surviving snow would be hard and icy. We were rewarded with some excellent hard snow and a fair […]
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