Dave: Yesterday Jack and I met Greg, Ben, Eddie and Paul at the Devils Staircase, a place Greg knew well from countless West Highland Way journeys. We headed to the North Face of the Buachaille overlooking Rannoch Moor and ascended Curved Ridge and onto Crowberry Tower, the two teams leap frogged each other taking slightly different lines on our ascent, we reached the summit around noon.

With plenty of time in the day we turned off the descent path and headed for Great Gully Buttress where the team descended some moderate terrain and abseiled down one of slabs, we may have had some heavy showers, but this gave great views with rainbows over the moor. Up and down the North Face and back at the car park for 2:30, plenty of time for the team to grab a pint in the Clachaig Inn.

We finished the two days off with a great meal together at the Indian in Fort William followed by beers in the town. Another brilliant time out with Greg and team, me and Jack are looking forward to our adventures next year possibly in Torridon.

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Day 3 of Nick Cuillin Adventures

Dave: Today we completed our excursion with a traverse of Clach Ghlas onto Bla Bheinn. We all had tired legs this morning but Nick’s determination meant we were completing our objective.

Unfortunately the weather was poor with near constant drizzle and rain but Nick managed no problem enjoying all the climbing and scrambling on offer.

Nick is raising money for charity, he’s currently raised over 40K and his target is 50K, his last munro is Cairngorm 13th of August.

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Dave: Success for day 1 now relaxing at the bivi on the Mhadaidh side of An Dorus. Unfortunately we were unable to get the boat but a long drive and a long walk got to the start of our adventure.

Nick is an amazing individual who is as fit as any regular client half his age. Our forecast is not looking great but we will grin and bare it to get his challenge done.

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Dave: I was supposed to be traversing the Cuillin with James and Perry but unfortunately the weather wasn’t great, we postponed for a few days hoping a window would appear, but the weather got worse. Our back up plan is always to deliver 3 separate days rather than 2 traversing if the weather is poor but we rarely manage all 11 Munro’s in 3 days.
Day 1 Wednesday the 15th we met at the Sligachan and set off up the North end, it quickly became apparent that James and Perry were very fit! And after a successful ascent of Sgurr nan Gillean it also became apparent that they were both very capable at scrambling. We easily moved over Am Bastier and Tooth to finish the day on Bruach na Frithe for lunch.
Day 2 Thursday the 16th with an even worse forecast we decided to start at Sgurr nan Eag and see how far we could get. We took it easily on the first ascent being just over 2 hours to the summit of Eag but from there we turned it and floated around the peaks of Coire Ghrunnda not stopping until we were stood above the Great Stone Chute. I chose the long bypass of Sgurr Thearlaich of down the stone chute and up Bomb Ally to avoid the extremely slippery basalt of its ascent. We continued to move smoothly over Mhic Choinnich seeing 1 other guided team (the only team we saw over 8 Munro’s).
I knew we would make the Pin but to be stood on Sgurr Dearg at 2pm with only 3 Munro’s left meant we had no choice but to push and push hard we did, we summited Sgurr a Mhadaidh at 4pm. Hopefully it’s a while again until I experience water falls flowing down my outstretched arms whilst scrambling upwards, the worst was accessing Collies Ledge where I felt it flow all the way down my trouser leg but it happened 3 times in the day.
Below is some great feedback from James, Thank you!
Strava from day 1, with the crown record from Am Basteir to Bruach na Frithe (under 10 minutes). Not sure how legit it is, could just be my GPS going haywire, but I’ll take it!
I’m still riding the high from yesterday, I can’t quite believe a day where I thought we were doing 3 Munros, maybe 4, turned into THAT 😂
I particularly liked the evolution of Dave over the day. On the walk in saying “I’m really not sure this is the best plan for today” changing to “yeah, just three more, let’s smash it” off the In Pinn and “I definitely won’t forget this day” at the bottom. 😂
A thanks for being so epic and really going above the call of duty on a wild day to help us get the most out of this experience. Obviously, we were capable of that day, but just needed a guide mad enough to lead us on it! I hope you enjoy your rest day.

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I’m more of a stalker than a poster these days, but today was one of the best days of work I’ve ever done and I had to share. Guiding Bludgers Revelation on the Slime wall in bone dry conditions under perfect blue skies. My awesome client for the day was Chris, 70 years young and with 46 years worth of of climbing experience. All full of tales and misadventures. Absolutely class. Hope you all enjoyed your day as much as I did, wherever you found yourselves!
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