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Forked Gully Buttress

On November 22, Stephan and Gerhard Mors added a rare early season route to the Arrochar Alps. “After abandoning Plan A on The Cobbler (too bare) and Plan B on Fan Gully Buttress on Beinn Ime (too sunny/unfrozen), we climbed … 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

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Busy in the Southern Highlands

It was busy on Thursday January 24 in the Southern Highlands. Davie Crawford, Jamie Bankhead and Graham Boistelle went up Beinn Ime and headed up to the buttress North of Fan Gully Buttress where they climbed Naebody’s Fault (IV,5), a … Continue reading

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Going Gangnam Style on Beinn Ime

On Sunday December 2, Stuart McFarlane and Stuart Burns added a good five-pitch new route to Fan Gully Buttress on Beinn Ime. Gangnam Style (V,7) climbs the obvious hanging right-facing corner system to the left of Ben’s Fault. “I tried … Continue reading

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Southern Highlands Update

On December 19, Andy Nisbet and Sonya McCallum visited the North Face of Stob Garbh on Beinn Laoigh (or Ben Lui as its often spelled), and climbed the crest of the buttress to the right of Garbh Couloir (a Grade … Continue reading

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