Intro to Trad.
Introduction to trad Rock climbing at Traprain Law with Jake and Scott – a cold, breezy day with the odd shower. We looked an anchor building, runner placements and abseiling off routes.
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Teaching winter climbing in Corrie Fee
Beth, Elaine and I walked into Corrie Fee in Glen Clova to look at winter climbing skills. We climbed ‘E Gully’ – which had some good ice poking through the snow and well frozen turf from the corrie floor. This gave us good a climb. The Corrie had stripped back a lot overnight, and the […]
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Alex, Alasdair and I headed to the Northern Corries to find some winter to climb in after Saturday’s thaw. There is some evidence of Storm Doris, but the snow line was back up to around 900 metres. We headed into Coire Laogh Mor, as the winds on tops looked very strong and we wanted some […]
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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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David and Youngwha are keen sport climbers who are wanted to learn about traditional climbing, so we headed out to a (cold) Traprain Law last night to look at placing gear, building anchors and beginning to learn to lead on trad gear. We also looked at abseil retreats.
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