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Monthly Archives: January 2019
A Little Line on Nevis
The title of this post comes from an email that Toby Archer sent to me last week regarding a possible new line on the left wall of Number Three Gully climbed on January 4 when conditions all over the Highlands … Continue reading
Posted in New Routes
Tagged Ben Nevis, Simon Watchman, Toby Archer
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Three Excellent Early Repeats
“Having waited for what seemed forever for winter to turn up Simon Frost and myself drove up from Liverpool on January 20,” Dave Almond writes. “After a 4.30am start to walk over to Shelterstone to find it looking black we … Continue reading
Posted in Repeats
Tagged Dave Almond, Helen Rennard, Northern Corries, Richard Kendrick, Simon Frost, Stob Coire nan Lochan
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Hare Restorer in Corrie Fee
“Pamela Millar and I were out in Coire Fee yesterday (January 24)” Martin Holland writes. “We ended up high in the corrie and climbed a line starting below and right of The Comb and finishing to it’s right. There was … Continue reading
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Tagged Glen Clova, Martin Holland, Pam
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First Grade VIII for Lurcher’s
On January 20 Steve Perry, Helen Rennard and Andy Nisbet put up the first Grade VIII on Lurcher’s Crag with their ascent of Shapeshifter. This route was a long-term project for Steve who had attempted this prominent line last season. … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Nisbet, Helen Rennard, Lurcher's Crag, Steve Perry
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Sunset Buttress Revisited
I’d been meaning to return to Sunset Buttress on Lochnagar for years. I first climbed it in 1994 when winter climbing in the Southern Sector was not very fashionable. Rick Allen and I made an ascent of the original summer … Continue reading
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Tagged Forrest Templeton, Lochnagar, Simon Richardson
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The Goldilocks Zone
The Southern Cairngorms have been consistently colder than the northern part of the massif this winter, so the cliffs of Lochnagar quickly came into good mixed climbing condition after the welcome snowfall late last week. On January 18, James Richardson … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Munro, James Richardson, Lochnagar
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Winter Restarts At Last!
This blog has been unusually quiet for the last few weeks, because quite simply, there has been nothing to report. The warm weather over the Christmas period was followed by a stable high pressure system that resulted in almost no … Continue reading →