Lochaber Blogs
Blogs (web logs) provide an ideal opportunity to explore the traditions, culture and wildlife of Wild Lochaber. We have put together a collection of local blogs and provide the titles and text snippets to give a taste of each entry with direct links to the main blog entry on the host website. We hope you will find time to explore the full articles and further information on the host blog sites.
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Lochaber Voice
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Firstly, there are now temporary signs, erected by the Highland Council, at both the Lochybridge and West End roundabouts advising that the Corran Ferry is suspended. The main electronic sign heading out of town, which is operated by Transport Scotland, still highlights roadworks elsewhere despite...
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This is an update from my point of view as your local councillor, trying to pull together numerous emails, telephone calls and conversations I’ve had in the last 24 hours. Firstly, I know that many have expressed concern about driving along the A861 from Kinlocheil to Ardgour – mainly as a result...
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Officers have just provided the following update on the Corran Ferry service, which is currently suspended following a breakdown with the steering. “This breakdown caused the ferry to briefly touch the rocks beside the Nether Lochaber slipway today at 12.36pm. Due to the professionalism and...
Alan Halewood
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Eve and Amy came with a brief to look at some technical and psychological issues to give them more confidence in their multi-pitch climbing and we were lucky enough with a dry, breezy (almost too breezy!) day at Polldubh meaning we could get lots of climbing for limited walking.We started with a...
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Great to see Jenny back today. We've done some winter climbing and other things in the past and she wanted a good day out with a bit of mountaineering teaching input. She's doing a PhD in Geology and spends time in Antarctica collecting samples based at a Norwegian base (lucky thing) and I learnt...
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A bit wetter than expected but sheltered from the wind on Tower Ridge today with MIA Trainee Adam who was taking up Juri and Marcin. We even got a few views from Ledge Route in descent. Captions at: https://www.facebook.com/climbwhenyoureready/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1605800546121422
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The weather forecast was teasing me as at one stage it looked like we'd get a dry afternoon but last night the Met Office settled on wet all day and they were right. Nonetheless there were plenty of smiles as "At least we've got the route to ourself!" from the 2 Daves and Lorne as we mountaineered...
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Such a pleasure to be out on a more pleasant day today. Apparently there has been some warm weather down south but we haven't seen so much of that up here! That just makes a good dry day out on the UK's finest mainland ridge scramble all the better. Well done to James, Chris, David and MIA Trainee...
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Second day of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors Trainee workshop and today was all about climbing: parallel, series, series to parallel, teaching progressions, options for descent and even the odd problem to solve. Glad it was drier today! Captions at: https://www.facebook.com/pg/...
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Wet and remarkably cold today (think more like late October than July) on Curved Ridge. It was a challenge to maintain a learning environment and to prevent the day becoming survival only for the 3 MIA Trainees I was working with on day one of an Association of Mountaineering Instructors Trainee...
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Today I was out observing Andy who wanted some feedback on his progress towards gaining the Mountain Instructor Award. He'd arranged 2 volunteers from Glasgow University Mountaineering Club to teach climbing to and with a sunny and, importantly, breezy forecast decided that Polldubh would fit the...
Hunter Mountaineering Courses and Guiding
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Kingussie Lena leading at Reiff Ben at Reiff Curved Ridge Walking up the Ben The CMD ridge Reiff Me at Reiff Lena at Reiff Walking up Ben Nevis in the sun
An Appetite for Lochaber
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On a rare warm and sunny day, the Running Police called to suggest taking advantage of the good weather. I was still licking wounds from Curly’s 12 mile ‘light’ exercise but didn’t like to mess with the RP - aka Running Girl. However I was working and asked if we could make it later in the day. (...
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Casual Curly suggested a wee run after tea the other week. I couldn’t make it til later so she said 7pm at Spean Bridge would be plenty time for a simple, evening adventure. A run to the Laraig Bothy and perhaps nip up the wee Stobhan. It sounded simple indeed. Unfortunately she decreed that...
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After a difficult week of pig herding which had put a bit of a strain on our relationship, I asked Spook if he’d like to join me on a gastronomic tour out on the Morvern Peninsula, Strontian and the shores of Loch Sunart. It seemed the least I could offer after all he’d been through and I’d just...
Glenloy Wildlife
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As the West Highland summer kicks in we are besieged by a plethora of youngsters, from pine marten kits to osprey chicks to baby slow-worms. We have enjoyed a couple of themed holiday weeks over the last few weeks, together with a variety of day trips. The last two day-trips have even been rewarded...
3 Wise Monkeys Climbing
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The first of our coaching clinics last week was based on smearing, below we’ve produced a roundup of the topic to help those that couldn’t make it. Want to come to a coaching clinic? Book now for the next session here. We’ve all been there – you’re cruising a route and...
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For anyone on Ben Nevis at the weekend, it may be hard to believe, but its currently summer, and that can mean only one thing. Yes, you guessed it, time to be training for this years Scottish National Bouldering League! Hurrah! The Scottish National Bouldering League is a national competition held...
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Over the last year, we’ve had multiple requests to stock the La Sportiva Miura – the classic lace up performance shoe from La Sportiva. It’s been helping climbers tick hard routes for 20 years, and to celebrate, for one year only – La Sportiva have teamed up with Adam Ondra to design and release...
West Coast Mountain Guides
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We’ve enjoyed a busy June, with a number of teams out and about, both on the Isle of Skye and in and around Lochaber. Here’s a quick summary of what’s been going on… Despite a rather damp and windy day at the back end of May, Michael and I still enjoyed ourselves on a...