Tag Archives: Sandy Allan

Book Review – In Some Lost Place

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Simon Richardson

Over the course of 18 days in 2012, Sandy Allan and Rick Allen made the first ascent of the Mazeno Ridge on Nanga Parbat. The Mazeno was one of the last great problems in the Himalayas and had been attempted … Continue reading →

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Happy Hunting Ground

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Simon Richardson

“Beinn Liath Mhor has been a happy hunting ground for Sandy Allan and I this year,” Andy Nisbet writes. “We were joined by Steve Perry this time (February 25). It is a good accessible place when snow is deep but … Continue reading →

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Lurcher’s in the Sun

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Simon Richardson

“With the choice between warm and cloudy in the west against too little snow in the east, Steve Perry and I went for the east to save a long drive,” Andy Nisbet writes. “It turned out there was a temperature … Continue reading →

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Canine Capers

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Simon Richardson

“After the routes done around New Year,” Andy Nisbet writes, “I began to realise Lurcher’s Crag wasn’t worked out after all, particularly when conditions became increasingly icy as the cold spell began to bite. I didn’t have much respect for … Continue reading →

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Grumpy Old Men

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Simon Richardson

“Some of the best ever icy mixed lines have been climbed in the last few days,” Andy Nisbet writes. “But despite slight embarrassment about reporting much more modest ones, even they have a story. After a very tiring and fruitless … Continue reading →

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Risk of Ice

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Simon Richardson

“John Mackenzie used to talk with awe about the cornices above Coire na Feola of Ben Wyvis,” Andy Nisbet writes. “Also the great central icefall, which one day would form, and he hoped he would be there. But John Lyall … Continue reading →

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One More Damp Day in the West

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Simon Richardson

“So said Dave McGimpsey when we got back to the car,” Andy Nisbet recounts. “Which seemed a bit mean; better than being pulverised by gales and spindrift in the East, I thought. Thanks should first go to James Roddie for … Continue reading →

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Three Breakfasts at Stac an Fharaidh

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Simon Richardson

“Susan Jensen was up for the weekend and we had climbed at Lurchers Crag on the Saturday,” Andy Nisbet writes. “Now we needed somewhere for a quick hit before the weather came in on the Sunday (January 5). OK, I … Continue reading →

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A Day of Adventure

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Simon Richardson

Andy Nisbet, Sandy Allan and Dave McGimpsey added a new route on the far right side of Garbh Choire Mor on Braeriach on March 4. “Braeriach for me is kind of a last resort, when everything else with new routes … Continue reading →

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Begging for More

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Simon Richardson

“When the big thaw was ending, and after my Ben Wyvis day when the ice was shrinking fast, a high safe choice seemed best,” explains Andy Nisbet. “The Central West Face of Aonach Beag has some of the most reliable … Continue reading →

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