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Tag Archives: Sandy Allan
Book Review – In Some Lost Place
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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Tagged Cathy O'Dowd, Lakpa Zarok, Lhakpa Nuru, Lhakpa Rangdu, Nanga Parbat, Rick Allen, Sandy Allan
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Happy Hunting Ground
“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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Tagged Andy Nisbet, Beinn Liath Mhor, Sandy Allan, Steve Perry
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Lurcher’s in the Sun
“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
“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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Tagged Andy Nisbet, Brian Davison, Lurcher's Crag, Sandy Allan
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Grumpy Old Men
“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
Risk of Ice
“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
One More Damp Day in the West
“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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Tagged Andy Nisbet, Dave McGimpsey, Liathach, Sandy Allan
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Three Breakfasts at Stac an Fharaidh
“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
A Day of Adventure
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
“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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