Autumn Work
Some photos of work carried out this Autumn – Rock climbing and staff training for West End Adventure Group in Glen Croe and Succoth Boulders. Roysth Quarry
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Savage Slit and Afterthought Arete
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); […]
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Jake, Scott and I had a “graduation” evening out at Polney Crag near Dunkeld. They led Recess route which we broke down into two pitches. We then looked at abseil descents. We headed over to Kestrel Crack, climbed that and then some continuation rocks above before abseiling off the crag just as it […]
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I’ve been working with Jake and Scott for a few weeks now, making the transition from indoor climbers to trad lead climbing. At the Hawkcraig, we were at the stage to let them lead at the “sharp end” of the rope. I set up a rope so I could “self-line” next to whoever was […]
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Scott, Jake and I had a great evening at Auchinstarry Quarry – somewhere I’ve not climbed for almost 20 years! We looked at runner placemenst and building belays. We climbed a trio of routes finishing with the cracking White Slab which has some fun moves over the water.
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