From now until Winter proper, I will be posting some of the TikTok clips I published last year, some will be just for entertainment and others like this one are a short instructional clip. Can you build a Bucket Seat in under 3 min? Lucky for me it was soft snow.

We still have lots of availability for Private Guiding and we have several partially filled courses, please see dates and trips below. Get in touch either through here, our website or email info@51.38.64.114

Courses to fill Winter 2023

12th to 15th December Winter Mountaineering

16th to 20th January Winter Mountaineering

16th to 20th January Intro to Winter Climbing

30th to 3rd February Intro to Winter Climbing

19th to 24th February CIC hut Guided Ice Climbs

27th to 3rd March Winter Mountaineering

6th to 10th March Intro to Winter Climbing

13th to 17th March Guided Ice Climbs

http://51.38.64.114/winter-courses/

Grivel

@ami_professionals

Dave: After a successful and busy summer helping many guest achieve their objectives, it’s been great to make the most of the quiet autumn and get away on my own adventures.

I’m just back from two weeks in Wadi Rum, an adventure climbing Mecca with big sand stone walls, perfect corners, great cracks and very complex terrain to access and egress the peaks. It felt like a climbing and canyoning trip.

We were fortunate to only have 1 wet day and great temperatures throughout, this meant we not only climbed every route on our wish list but also a few extras. Route list below.

Wadi Rum is a busy place with a limited selection of classic well known routes, many with abseil descents back down the same line. We employed the strategy of its best to be first! Most days we were up before sunrise and climbing by first light, this meant we were able to climb all our routes quickly without others abseiling down onto us.

Abseiling massive routes on such featured sandstone can often be problematic with falling ropes snagging on flakes or falling into cracks but we were incredibly lucky with very few issues despite doing over 40 abseils!

The only near miss was accessing the Pillar of Wisdom where I scrambled up to see a snake at head height on the ledge in front of me, our Bedouin host informed us later you would have 30min to call home after a bite! And the most exciting was witnessing a wedding procession, seeing the driver and others shooting 9mm hand guns into the air whilst driving the streets of Wadi Rum.

1. Eye of Allah – VS 4c
2. Black Magic – HVS 5a
3. The Haj – E1 5a
4. Flight of Fancy – E2 5b/c
5. The Beauty – E1 5b
6. Merlins Wand – E1 5b
7. The Star of Judaidah – E1 5c/6a
8. The Pillar of Wisdom – E1 5c
9. Inferno – E2 5c
10. 2 Unknown Granite sport climbs F6a+ & F6b
11. Lion Heart – E3 5c

If you are considering going to Wadi Rum I cannot recommend Hamdan enough, his accommodation is very clean and well looked after, he also has lots of history in his family with climbers coming to the area. Search Wadi Rum Hamdan House for Holidays.

I’m now looking forward to getting the winter gear out and ready for the next adventures, thanks to everyone who has booked for this winter and more importantly a massive thanks to Sonja Albrecht for managing our bookings and guides who have been on the hill whilst i have been away.

Grivel
@ami_professionals

Climbing in Scotland we love to climb stacks and pinnacles, we do have some of the best sea stacks in the world.

But there are so many stacks around the world which are iconic for all climbers.

From a young age I’ve dreamed of going to the deserts of Utah and climbing some of the most famous stacks in the world, these are Ancient Art in the Fisher Towers and Castleton Tower.

Some could call this continual professional development or just “a busman’s holiday”.

if you want to climb Scotland’s Iconic Stacks and Pinnacles next summer.

or ? Or an ascent of Inaccessible Pinnacle? What’s on your “Bucket List”?

Grivel
@ami_professionals

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Here is a little video of me Guiding Orion last year, climbed during our CIC hut trip, thanks to Ken Priest for the footage.

Winter 2023 we have decided to not increases our prices, but we are increasing what we pay our instructors/guides. We have made the decision to decreases our working ratio on our mountaineering courses from 1:3 to 1:2, this is to offer you the best opportunity to learn in a safe and supportive environment. We can still work higher ratios on bespoke itineraries.

We have several partially filled courses which we would love to see filled giving us piece of mind for the season ahead. We have lots more availability than advertised below, get in touch if you want some bespoke guiding or to book onto any other trip advertised on the website.

Winter Mountaineering –12-15 December– 1 Space
Introduction Winter Climbing– 16-20 January– 1 Space
Winter Mountaineering– 30-3 Jan/February– 1 Space
Advanced Winter Climbing– 6-10 February– 1 Space
Winter Mountaineering– 13-17 February– 1 Space
CIC Hut – Ben Nevis—— 19-24 February– 3 Spaces
Winter Mountaineering— 27-3 Feb/March– 1 Space
Introduction Winter Climbing– 6-10 March– 1 Space
Advanced Winter Climbing– 6-10 March– 1 Space
Guided Ice Climbing– 13-17 March — 1 Space

www.westcoast-mountainguides.co.uk
Grivel