Focus Mountaineering

I had 2 great days guiding Terry on the Cuillins on Thursday and Friday. On the first day we completed a circuit of Coire Lagan climbing Sgurr Dearg (The Inacessible Pinnacle), Sgurr Mhic Choinnich and Sgurr Alasdair followed by Sgurr … Continue reading →

I’m back out on Mull for a few days this week for a bit of canyoning and coasteering training prior to some work later in the summer. Today I made a descent of the Ben More Canyon with Andy, Danny … Continue reading →

I’m back home after an enjoyable week on Mull with Danny providing a challenging range of activities for a young group from Ayrshire for Hebridean Pursuits. Over the course of the week the group challenged themselves with coasteering, canyoning, climbing and hill walking. I … Continue reading →

…for navigation.  I’ve spent the weekend running an advanced navigation course for Glenmore Lodge.  Yesterday was an absolutely perfect autumn day with blue skies and warm temperatures – a bit too good for the aims of the course! Today was … Continue reading →

Up on Bynack More today. Threatening sky all day with low cloud rolling around but it stayed much dry. First outing for the new waterproof camera today – I’ll have to put it through its paces properly once I’ve worked … Continue reading →

I’ve been tied to the computer for a while sorting out the new website but with the sudden realisation that there is only 2 weeks to go until the OMM (Original Mountain Marathon), Laura and I headed out to do … Continue reading →

I’ve been out in the Northern Cairngorms this week with a summer ML training group looking at navigation, security on steep ground and a whole range of group management issues. Its been pretty chilly out with winter conditions just round … Continue reading →

Back to work in the Northern Cairngorms last week where I was running a navigation course for Glenmore Lodge. We experienced some quite challenging days with very strong winds although we managed to stay dry for most of the week … Continue reading →

I’ve spent the week on Mull with a group from Edinburgh conducting a range of activities including coasteering, canyoning, climbing and an expedition onto the remote and sparsly populated island of Ulva. Thankfully the weather proved to be significantly better … Continue reading →

I’ve spent the last week running a hill skills and navigation course for Glenmore Lodge where we looked at a range of skills required to be self-sufficient in the mountains, navigation techniques and ropework for hill walkers whilst having some … Continue reading →