It was on the Club’s summer trip earlier in the year when we discovered the area surrounding Feizor. On that trip we had set off from the nearby Norman village of Clapham where our route took us out past the noted Church and onto a technical climb before starting the… Continue reading
“A well-engineered stalkers path leads upwards to the bealach………” I used to ask Angela Ryan whether she had met the “well-engineered stoker” and if she approved……. ANYWAY, putting that to one side, Ralph Storer’s stock phrase is particularly true at the bottom of Glen Shiel, where a pony trail… Continue reading
“Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”…… the literati will recall the first line of Keats’ Ode to Autumn; and so as we had passed the equinox, off we went on the last weekend in September for our first autumn trip. Mellow and misty it was. (Fruity I dunno.) Beinn a’… Continue reading
Five days in the Scottish Highlands including the big scramble on the Ben. Continue reading
During the ‘Summer’ I decided to do the Pennine Way. You will notice that the weather failed to realise that it was Summer, thus I failed to gain the tan I was hoping for! However, I had a fantastic time and was joined by many people along the way!… Continue reading
Here’s our doings for the year of 2009 Tarn Crag Gulley Tarn Crag Gulley 09 A winter climbing day in the Lake District Club Winter Weekend 2009 Club Winter weekend 2009 A couple of dozen climbing in Coire an t’Sneachda and winter training on Cairngorm Rjukan Norway February… Continue reading
These are links to some of our doings in 2008, although only a minority of Members outings actually get written up !! Follow the links and enjoy the Reports. Striding Edge in January: A Sober Saturday Circuit – Full winter conditions on Striding Edge, sadly with a fatality witnessed from… Continue reading
Here is a list of our Reports written in 2007 with a link to each one. Happy reading. Ten Years After….. Monadh Mor at last Ten Years After Andrew and Tenk return to remote Cairngorms for some unfinished business from 1997. Climbing in Coire Sneachda That ole Sneachda thing again… Continue reading
This is an index page for the Reports written in 2006. Click on the links and enjoy the read…… Winter Climbing Coire An t’Sneachda The Genie and the Beast Aladdins Couloir and Goat Track Gulley in conditions only just winter. Club Winter Weekend 2006 Corpach 2006 The weekend saw teams… Continue reading
Aviemore in a Flash Aviemore in a Flash A bitterly cold climb in Crotched Gulley, feeling minus 27 degrees in a howling wind, which was actually pretty serious except that the weekend was such a laugh !! Nethermost Gulley, Lake District. Early Season Conditions More winter climbing, the sole route… Continue reading
