Ken: Happy New Year to you all, I hope that despite current restrictions that you still were able to enjoy the festive season. Today, I caught up with Steven and we decided to go for a bit of an adventure in Glenshiel, on Aonach Air Chrith, a crag that I've been meaning to explore for […]
Scott, Dave and I opted for Titan Cracks on No. 4 Gully Buttress, an area that sees little attention. The routes up there are quite short, but pack a fair punch and Titan Cracks was no exception. The first pitch is the main pitch, with steep climbing, first up a chimney, then into a corner, […]
Ken: Caspar and I made the most of a settled and wintry day by heading high on Ben Nevis to climb on No. 3 Gully Buttress. We settled on Hobgoblin and finished up Hanging Garden giving a brilliant and sustained climb. One abseil from the top saw us back in No. 3 Gully. Loving my […]
Ken: For Marco and Mary's final day we finished off their remaining Munros on the main Cuillin Ridge. We started by ascending Bomber Alley and traversing the famous and exposed Collie's Ledge before ticking off Sgurr Mhic Choinnich. From there, to keep the level of adventure high, we stayed on the crest of An Stac, […]
Ken: It seems like only yesterday that we were running our second CIC Hut Week on Ben Nevis, climbing some of the best ice routes in the UK, moments before the world was turned upside down. Bereket, originally from Ethiopia, has just completed the West Highland Way and was interested in bolting on an ascent […]
Today was a perfect autumnal day in Glencoe, with a few clouds swirling revealing blue skies, cool temperatures in the shade yet warm in the sunshine, dry(ish) rock and stags roaring in the glens. I was out on the Aonach Eagach with Gavin and we… More
Ken: This week sees us running our final 4 day Skye Munros Course of the season and we’re on track to summit all 11 Munros along the ridge, with Sgurr nan Gillean, Am Basteir and Bruach na Frithe left to go. It has felt quite autumnal this week,… More
Every time I climb North Buttress on Buachaille Etive Mor, I’m reminded just how good it is and how sustained and adventurous the terrain is. The scrambling starts low down on the mountain, taking you up to a series of brilliant chimneys stacked on… More
Ken: Back on home turf today. I was out with Phil, who has been chomping at the bit to climb more classic mountaineering routes in Scotland since he was last up on Skye with me last year. The weather gods were on our side today and granted us a cool but… More
Today, Dave and I took our intrepid team to the southern end of the Black Cuillin where we reached the summits of Sgurr nan Eag, Sgurr Dubh Mor and Sgurr Alasdair, before descending the Great Stone Chute. The weather was once again very kind to us, with dry… More
