Rannoch Wall

Lee, Andrew and I had a superb day’s cragging on the the Rannoch wall on Buchaille Etive Mor on Saturday. We climbed Grooved Arête, abseiled back down – an entertaining, 100+ metre abseil passing Agag’s Groove – then climbed Red Slab. A misty start gave way to a lovely, warm spring day.  

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Curved Ridge

Spent the day with the Scottish Widows’ Hillwalking Club bagging the Munros of Buchaille Etive Mor via Curved Ridge – nice and sunny on ascent but a few sharp showers on the ridge between the two Munros. Stephen, Alison, Stephen and I had the ridge to ourselves and we were surprised that we didn’t see […]

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Crowberry Ridge

Fiona, Mike (or? is it Alistair??) and I had a great day on Crowberry Ridge (direct route) – the Rannoch Wall was a bit damp in places, so we opted for this three-star classic with fantastic positions – introducing Fiona and Mike to the delights of multi-pitch trad and descending curved ridge. The only thing […]

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