Mike and I had a stunning day on Taxus oin Ben an Dothaidh in near perfect conditions. The weather was cold but sunny – the route had mostly excellent perfect snow ice and excellent water ice. There were a few areas of soft, wind deposited snow which were mostly avoided easily – West Gully looked […]
Read more "Soft shell Day on Taxus"Lee and I had a cracking day on Lochnagar yesterday. We climbed West Gully which gave a superb route in excellent condition – fat, steep ice on the first pitch then several pitches of easy climbing on good neve and ice. The weather was ok, but windy and the “white room” on the […]
Read more "Lochnagar"Mike, Glenn and I headed up to Beinn an Dothaid today. The road up was treacherous with large patches of black ice at Strathyre and beyond. We climbed the first pitches of West Butress, but the turf just wasn’t in good condition and the entire route was dripping. It made the going very slow, so […]
Read more "Beinn an Dothaid"Lee and I headed up to Beinn an Dothaidh yesterday and climbed Taxus – a classic grade III giving a superb, easy mountaineering route that finishes near the summit. We had the mountain to ourselves, but thought we heard a team on the routes to the west of West Gully. It was cold and icy […]
Read more "Taxus Unleashed"Both Andrew and I were on Beinn an Dothaidh yesterday. . Andrew took a party up West Gully, then on to the top than down. West Gully had fresh snow at the bottom, but bomb hard neve towards the top. I was out climbing with David Small. We had a crack at “Beechgrove Garden”, but […]
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