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Author Archives: Simon Richardson
The Hardest Ice Route in Scotland?
Dave MacLeod has had a productive week in Glen Coe coming away with five difficult new ice climbs. On January 8 he visited the crag right of Chancellor Gully low down on the south side of the Aonach Eagach and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aonach Dubh, Blair Fyffe, Dave MacLeod, Donald King, Glen Coe, Sam Wood
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Major New Route on the Fhidhleir
On Friday January 8 Martin Moran, Pete Macpherson and Guy Robertson made a big addition to the Fhidhleir. Bow Direct (VII,8) takes the full length of the huge arching right-facing corner that dominates the 300m-high south-east face. The wall was … Continue reading
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Tagged Guy Robertson, Martin Moran, Pete MacPherson, Sgurr an Fhidhleir
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First Winter Ascent of The Great Prow
Iain Small and I were very fortunate to visit Skye last Sunday January 10. The Cuillins looked magnificent in their winter garb, but travel looked difficult with feet of snow and plumes of spindrift on the Ridge. We ploughed up … Continue reading
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Tagged Blaven, Iain Small, Simon Richardson, Skye
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Oui Oui Direct
The big freeze has brought many ice routes into condition for the first time in many years. With access to the hills difficult due to deep snow, low-level icefalls are the obvious choice. Several new ice routes have been climbed, … Continue reading
The Long March
Saturday, January 9 saw the first ascent of a new VIII,8 on Foinaven by the indomitable team of Simon Yearsley and Malcolm Bass. When this pair made the first winter ascent of Pobble on Lord Reay’s Seat back in March … Continue reading
Scotland’s Wild West
During the deep freeze of February 1986 I had a fantastic winter weekend climbing on Ladhar Bheinn in Knoydart with Roger Everett. On the Saturday we made an early ascent of the mythical Tir na Og up the centre of … Continue reading
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Tagged Ladhar Bheinn, Roger Webb, Simon Richardson
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All Go in Applecross
The cold weather over the Christmas holiday has seen two big additions in the Applecross mountains. First up on Christmas Eve was Martin Moran climbing with his son Alex, who made the adventurous first ascent of big cliff low on … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Moran, Applecross, Beinn Bhan, Malcolm Bass, Martin Moran, Simon Yearsley
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Once in a Blue Moon
Glen Esk on the eastern side of the Cairngorms is rarely frequented by winter climbers due to its low altitude. On December 27 Duncan Tunstall and Andy Nisbet were quick off the mark with the first ascent of the prominent … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Nisbet, Duncan Tunstall, Glen Esk, Henning Wackerhage
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Late Start to the New Winter Season
It has been a late start to the winter season. November is typically an excellent month for mixed climbing in the Cairngorms, but unseasonally warm temperatures meant that only the most determined found winter routes high on Braeriach and Beinn … Continue reading
Posted in New Routes, Repeats, Winter Conditions
Tagged Andy Benson, Andy Nelson, Andy Nisbet, Andy Sharpe, Ben Nevis, Blair Fyffe, Dave Hesleden, Glen Coe, Guy Robertson, John Lyall, Kenny Grant, Rich Cross, Simon Richardson
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