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Tag Archives: Doug Hawthorn
Western Highlands Most Sought After Route
I received an intriguing email from Richard Bentley on March 5: “I got the call from Robin at 9pm last night. (He wouldn’t say the route.) Meet at Spean Bridge at 7am. A drive, a boat, a fast stomp in … Continue reading
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Tagged Doug Hawthorn, Ladhar Bheinn, Richard Bentley, Robin Clothier, Uisdean Hawthorn
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Avoiding The Sting
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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Tagged Callum Johnson, Doug Hawthorn, Greg Boswell, Guy Robertson, Iain Small, Nick Bullock, Ross Cowie, Simon Richardson, Uisdean Hawthorn, Will Sim
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Take the Throne
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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Sword of Damocles – Second Winter Ascent
The inspirational first winter ascent of The Giant on Creag an Dubh Loch last week, prompted a number of repeat attempts over the weekend of January 4-5. A predicted cold and calmer spell of weather was awkwardly sandwiched between a … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Wilkinson, Creag an Dubh Loch, Doug Hawthorn, Ian Parnell, Uisdean Hawthorn
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The Giant – First Winter Ascent
The weather this December (from a winter climber’s point of view) has been the worst anyone can remember. The first half of the month started very warm and the last two weeks have seen the country battered by a series … Continue reading
Suburban Spacemen
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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Tagged Ben Nevis, Doug Hawthorn, Iain Small, Jon MacRobert, Richard Bentley, Robin Clothier
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Point Blank Repeats
Saturday March 16 was a landmark day on Observatory Buttress with two repeats of the legendary Point Blank (VII,6) and two new routes on the buttress itself. Point Blank, which takes the steep rib bounding the right side of Point … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Nevis, Donald King, Doug Hawthorn, Robin Clothier, Tim Neill, Uisdean Hawthorn
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Deadly Presence
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
Slanting Gully – Complete Ascent
On January 24, Iain Small visited Skye with Doug Hawthorn and made the first complete winter ascent of Slanting Gully on Sgurr a’Mhadaidh’s North Face. The route passes over Foxes Rake at half height and had previously been climbed to … Continue reading
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Tagged Doug Hawthorn, Iain Small, Skye, The Cuillin
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Mixing It Up in Coire Scamadal
Some late news – during the first cold spell in early December, Doug Hawthorne made a couple of productive visits to Coire Scamadal on The Storr on Skye. The potential of Coire Scamadal as an ice climbing venue was first … Continue reading
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Tagged Coire Scamadal, Doug Hawthorn, Ewen Todd, Robin Clothier, Storr
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