Category Archives: Summer
Well its been a while since I last posted so its about time I wrote a quick update on what I’ve been up to. Its been a busy few weeks with another short trip to the Inner Hebrides, a guided … Continue reading
I’ve been trying to do a lot of climbing over the last few weeks but its been a challenge with the weather. We seem to have been dominated with a stream of Atlantic lows which has made finding consistently dry rock a … Continue reading
I’ve spent the last 2 weeks back north on the Inner Hebridean Island of Mull working for Hebridean Pursuits. I have been responsible for providing a range of challenging activities to help develop and interest two groups of young people. … Continue reading
On Saturday I finished my week back in Scotland by guiding a group up Ben Nevis on the first stage of their 24hr 3 peak challenge for Maximum Adventure. The mountain was busy with lots of other three peak challengers and only … Continue reading
Andy, Bill, Danny and Derek continued working with the Dutch army guys this week out of Kinlochleven. A much ‘greener’ week where the troops were dropped off at a number of sites by Spean Bridge/Roy Bridge area and given 3 … Continue reading
Where is everyone? I made a quick one day dash to Skye yesterday to guide Terry on her last Skye Munros. We made excellent progress from the Sligachan to the col between Am Basteir and Sgur nan Gillean and were … Continue reading
I’ve been based on the West Coast this week working with a large group from the Dutch Army who have come over to experience some proper mountains (the highest point in the Netherlands is only 322m above sea level). Focus … Continue reading
I’ve spent the week on the West Coast working with a group from the Dutch Police for Mountainplan. The week started with an ascent of the Cobbler in the Arrochar Alps in glorious sunshine followed by Ben Nevis by the CMD arete, … Continue reading
I was back on Skye at the end of last week in some pretty damp weather. On Wednesday I helped Allison complete her last Skye Munro of Am Basteir and then James joined me on Thursday and Friday with the … Continue reading
Laura and I headed over to Torridon today to complete a circuit of Beinn Alligin. This superb ridge outing has short sections of grade 2 scrambling and is a superb introduction to Torridon’s longer scrambles. We weren’t treated to the … Continue reading
