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Tag Archives: Ben Nevis
Avenging Angel Direct
When Chris Cartwright and I started exploring the mixed potential of Creag Coire na Ciste on Ben Nevis in the late 1990s, it was clear that there was a major mixed line to be climbed up the huge recessed corner … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Nevis, Jim Higgins, Neil Adams
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It Beggars Belief!
Simon Yearsley and Helen Rennard added a testing new route to the left of Vanishing Gully on Ben Nevis on Wednesday (January 16). Simon decribes their ascent: “Helen and I were out yesterday looking at the Secondary Tower Ridge area … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Nevis, Helen Rennard, Simon Yearsley
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The Copenhagen Interpretation
On November 3, Blair Fyffe made the probable first winter ascent of Blue-Nosed Baboon on Garadh Buttress on Ben Nevis. This summer VDiff went at a winter grade of V,5 and is described on Blair’s excellent blog. Whilst climbing this … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Nevis, Blair Fyffe, Helen Rennard
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Titan Cracks
There was a clutch of good mixed routes climbed on Ben Nevis last week, and I expected the mountain to be busy on Saturday December 1. Helen Rennard and I were attending the SMC dinner that evening in Fort William, … Continue reading
The Survivor – Second Ascent
On Sunday December 2, Guy Steven, Keith Ball and Ewan Rodgers (third time in crampons!) made the second ascent of The Survivor on Ben Nevis. Guy described it as “a fantastic route – we really had to stretch the legs!” … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Nevis, Ewan Rodgers, Guy Steven, Keith Ball
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Tomahawk Crack
On Saturday I was looking across to the headwall on Number Three Gully Buttress and couldn’t help noticing a line cleaned through the hoar frost straight up the centre of the wall. I was intrigued, because I knew that Sioux … Continue reading
All Go in Coire n Ciste
The current spell of cold and snowy weather has resulted in some excellent ascents in Coire na Ciste on Ben Nevis. This corrie is ideally suited to early season mixed with routes mainly dependent on hooks and torques rather than … Continue reading
Posted in New Routes, Winter Conditions
Tagged Ben Nevis, Greg Boswell, Guy Robertson
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Tricky Conditions
It’s been a testing couple of weeks for winter climbers with a succession of westerly weather systems sweeping across the country. This has brought rapidly fluctuating temperatures with freezing levels rising well above the highest tops. It has also been … Continue reading
Posted in New Routes, Winter Conditions
Tagged Ben Nevis, Braeriach, Graham Dudley, Mamores, Simon Richardson, Stob Coire nan Lochan
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Braeriach Again
After last week’s thaw, most folk were fairly pessimistic about winter climbing this weekend, but with temperatures dropping during Saturday, there was clearly good winter climbing to be had. There were mixed views as to whether to east or west, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Cruachan, Ben Nevis, Braeriach, Gary Gray, Roger Everett, Simon Richardson, Stuart MacFarlane
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What a Difference a Day Makes
Whilst the Northern Corries have remained busy over the last few days with ascents of the early season classics such as Pygmy Ridge, Fingers Ridge and Fallout Corner, activity has now started on Ben Nevis. On October 31, Kenny Grant … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Halewood, Ben Nevis, Guy Steven, Northern Corries
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