It’s not often you get a professional photographer to accompany you on a route and take photos of you – unless of course you are Greg Boswell. When we were at the Torino Hut last week we bumped into Ingo Rasp. Ingo is writing a book on climber’s experiences and motivations for climbing in […]
Read more "Climbing with Ingo"I had a tip off that this ride was a corker. Up from Alva on good access track,then wet grass to the summit of Ben Cleugh. What follows must be one of the best descents in Scotland. Long, varied, muddy, with a superb descending traverse on narrow incut path. With a few surprises thrown in. […]
Read more "Ben cleugh ride"Climbing yesteday at The Brack with Martin and John. Lots of wading required in places, but the snow pack here on this NE aspect was mostly stable. Elsewhere in Scotland is a different matter! We climbed the Abyss and January Butress – the turf was well frozen on both routes and it was a stunning alpine […]
Read more "The Brack"Lee picked me up from Edinburgh Airport and we headed to the West Highlands, braving the weather. Saturday was spent in the Icefactor sharpening our technique. On Sunday we took the Aonach Mor gondola, staying away from north easterly aspects we opted for the west face. We enjoyed fantastic soft water ice, nothing like one […]
Read more "West Highlands"Happy New Year! – New Year 2008/9 was spent mostly with flu in Rome – but back in Scotland in looks unsettled weather for a few days – however this means thaw/freeze cycles which will consolidate the snow pack and make mountaineering routes interesting climbs. Andrew’s up in the Cairngorms at the moment, so we […]
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