Tag Archives: Iain Small

Avoiding The Sting

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Simon Richardson

Some more details about the three new routes climbed on the right side of Broad Terrace Wall on Creag an Dubh Loch on January 11: First up were Guy Robertson and Greg Boswell who started up the summer line of … Continue reading →

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Take the Throne

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Simon Richardson

The first new route climbed on Creag an Dubh Loch’s Broad Terrace Wall on January 11 to be named is Take the Throne by Uisdean Hawthorn and Callum Johnson. This superb looking ice line takes the rib left of Sword … Continue reading →

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And Then There Were Eight…

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Simon Richardson

Creag an Dubh Loch’s Broad Terrace Wall is without question the steepest major cliff in the Cairngorms. It rises for 120m of sheer verticality and bewildering exposure above a steep 100m-high lower tier. Normally wet during the summer, ascents of … Continue reading →

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Avenging Angel, Alternative Start

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Simon Richardson

Although this year’s December weather is proving to be unusually mild, there was a brief burst of cold air at the end of last week which produced a flurry of activity on Ben Nevis. Three notable ascents took place on … Continue reading →

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All Eyes on The Ben

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Simon Richardson

If last weekend’s activity is anything to go by, Ben Nevis has taken over from the Northern Corries as the venue of choice for high standard early season mixed. Harry Holmes and Dan Tait set the tone on Thursday November … Continue reading →

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Spaced Out on The Ben

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Simon Richardson

Iain Small, Murdo Jamieson and Nick Bullock added a new direct route between Space Invaders and Journey into Space on the Orion headwall on April 6. “I’d spotted the line when climbing on the Ben with Doug the previous week,” … Continue reading →

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Suburban Spacemen

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Simon Richardson

Iain Small and Doug Hawthorn had a superb run of routes on Ben Nevis at the end of March with ascents of Pointless (VII,6), Space Invaders (VI,5), and Journey into Space (VII,5). On March 30 they were joined by Robin … Continue reading →

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The Wolves Are Running

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Simon Richardson

A direct line up the Observatory Buttress headwall had been on my mind for several years. I’d probed it a couple of times before with Never-Never Land and Atlantis, but it was clear that the true challenge ran straight up … Continue reading →

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Deadly Presence

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Simon Richardson

There were two truly magnificent routes added to Ben Nevis in February. First off was Iain Small and Doug Hawthorn who climbed the icy wall up and left of the ramp of Left Edge Route on Observatory Buttress on February … Continue reading →

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Migranya Profundia

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Simon Richardson

On Sunday February 10, Tony Stone and Iain Small solved another ‘last great problem’ on Ben Nevis by climbing the three-pitch overhanging corner-line between Fat Boy Slim and Rogue’s Rib on Secondary Tower Ridge. “In total contrast to the balmy … Continue reading →

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