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From Castle Rock and Stone Circle
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From Three fantastic winter days in Scotland
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From Frendo-Ravanel, Part 2
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From Frendo-Ravanel, Part 1
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From Ben Nevis, Point Five Gully
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From Holme Fell Scramble and Letterboxing
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From The Climbers' Club AGM, aka
"The Face of Adventure Weekend Party"
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From The Pumpkin, Creag Meagaidh
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From This is why we do it!
Category: Climbing
Climbing – rock, ice, mountains, boulders, etc.
Sub-categorised for finer classification…
The sun was shining but it was still a bit cool, so we had a short day on the beautiful rock at Castle Rock of Triermain.
We’ve just had three fantastic winter days in Scotland. Blue sky, hardly any wind, and lots and lots of ice.
The axe ripped. I was off! The air left my lungs involuntarily, sounding the alarm as it passed my vocal chords, its pitch raised. The sound of total, all-embracing, fear.
My alarm chirped into life, sounding every bit as pleased with itself as it usually did. It was 4am. I shuffled in my sleeping bag to free an arm to silence it and fumbled for my head torch.
Another night sleeping in the back of the car, another 4am alarm call, and another world-class classic Scottish winter route. This time on the mountain that some might consider to be the “crucible of Scottish winter climbing”, the north face of Ben Nevis.
The scramble up the west ridge of Raven Crag, leading up on to Holme Fell, is a lovely easy way to gain height. Perfect to blow the cobwebs out of our heads following last night’s party…
The Climbers’ Club AGM has for me been traditionally a great opportunity to meet up with friends, enjoy a slap up dinner, and get involved helping set the direction of those that manage the club
It’s a long way to the West Highlands, even from the Lakes. However, with such a great weather forecast and the recent days of cold weather the conditions looked awesome, so the long drive and not inconsiderable fuel costs was well worth considering. But we wanted to go somewhere new to us – Creag Meagaidh …
By Friday I was already shattered after a really busy week . But somehow, I was still really looking forward to getting out climbing on Saturday.
