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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Steam Train – Second Ascent
On April 26, Guy Robertson and Pete Macpherson visited Ben Nevis. They had their eye on an objective higher up the mountain, but with the big routes buried under thick unstable snow, they opted for a safer low level option … Continue reading
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The Smear – Repeated at Last!
Mike Lates and Andy Huntington rounded off an exceptional 2013 winter season on Skye with the second ascent of The Smear (V) on the North Face of Sgurr a’Mhadaidh. “Mick Fowler once told me that he’d only ever seen it … Continue reading
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Explorations in Coigach
Bob Reid and Ian Crofton visited Ben Mor Coigach on April 8 and did a little exploring. “Conditions were excellent,” Bob told me. “There was plenty of snow and ice on the north faces and we had good weather. We … Continue reading
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Highway to Hell
“While on the subject of high, north facing and reliable crags in unreliable areas,” Andrew Fraser recalls, “we have been doing some routes on Arrochar’s highest crag – the north face of the North-East Ridge of Beinn Ime. Again this … Continue reading
Grampian Club Buttress
On March 29, Forrest Templeton and Kevin Murphy visited Glen Clova and climbed the buttress between the initial gully of Wildcat Wall and Pinnacle Gully in Winter Corrie. “We started at the bottom of the compact area of buttress to … Continue reading
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More Arran Winter Exploration
“It was interesting to see you were on Arran on April 1,” Andrew Fraser writes. “At the time I was over on Arran dealing with the power related problems and all the other issues which went along with it. When … Continue reading
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Spring is Here
“When Spring is arriving, I can’t help thinking about a fantastic day I had climbing Spring Gully in April 1996,” Andy Nisbet recalls. “The gully is on the north face of Meall Dearg, an outlier of Liathach and I had … Continue reading
Explorations in Cama’Choire
Martin Holland and Jonathan Foden made two enterprising exploratory visits to Cama’Choire (between Drumochter and The Gaick) over the Easter holiday period and added three new routes. “I haven’t heard of any climbing in there before,” Martin told me. “It’s … Continue reading
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Allt Coire nan Arr
“I had been out six days in a row, all to the West from home, so I needed somewhere near the road,” explains Andy Nisbet. “Just like the Bealach na Ba, where the road goes almost through the cliffs. Why … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Nisbet, Dave McGimpsey, Sgurr a'Chaorachain
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