Spend Sunday with Edinburgh University Mountaineering Club members Megan and Lucia at EICA Ratho and also in Ratho Quarry. It was damp and wet in the morning, so we stayed indoors looking at learning-to-lead indoors, and then looking at setting up trad belay anchors We also looked at personal abseils. It dried up a bit […]
Read more "Climbing Skills"Some photos from some of the training I’ve been working on over the past couple of months at Bonaly and EICA .
Read more "Technical Advice and Training"I’ve had a very busy late summer and September so far, so a brief post on what I’ve been working on. I’ve been working at the EICA a fair bit running courses, preparing the winter programme and also helping run a Climbing Wall Award. Here’s Natalie Berry on her CWA Training and Abseil module at […]
Read more "Autumn so far"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"