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Guiding ratios in the mountains, what it really means for you, as a customer. (Saturday, December 18, 2021 - 20:51)
How many people can a guide/instructor/leader look after safely whilst in mountaineering terrain? What do I mean by mountaineering terrain? Scrambles and easy rock climbs, somewhere that your guide/...
Mountain biking is a growing trend in Slovenia’s diverse outdoors. (Monday, April 6, 2020 - 18:07)
Geographically speaking, Slovenia is one of the most diverse countries in the world. The climate, the terrain, its urban and rural areas, everything comes in a wonderfully colourful palette of...
PLB's, SPOT's and the Garmin inReach - A comparison and guide. (Monday, September 9, 2019 - 13:14)
A comparison between Personal Locator Beacons, Spot devices and the Garmin inReachI bought myself an emergency communication device this summer for personal and professional use and after lots of...
Climbing Ben Nevis - What you need to know. A Ben Nevis guide. (Monday, July 8, 2019 - 20:51)
Climbing Ben Nevis – What you need to know. A Ben Nevis guide.So, you have decided to climb Ben Nevis, the UK’s highest mountain. This guide is here to hopefully, answer all your questions. I have...
Winter climbing courses 2019 (Sunday, November 11, 2018 - 18:25)
We are looking forward to the winter climbing season of 2019 and we hope you are too, we are also looking forward to seeing some of our regular customers coming back and having a laugh with them once...
Winter climbing guiding - Ben Nevis, Glencoe and Skye. (Thursday, February 8, 2018 - 20:04)
It's been a busy week since the last blog, with two days of winter skills with students from West Highland College from the School of Adventure Studies and five days of private guiding with Paul.Paul...
Glencoe winter mountaineering and wild weather. (Monday, January 29, 2018 - 07:44)
We have had a wild weekend on the west with strong winds and heavy rain at times meaning the snowpack is saturated but the good news is it is turning cold again today and more snow is forecast for...
Cairngorms mountaineering course. (Friday, January 26, 2018 - 13:03)
This week I have been working with a group from the Ulster University Mountaineering club over in the Cairngorms. It has been a mixed few days with temperatures mostly above the summits. There have...
Winter mountaineering in Glencoe. (Sunday, January 14, 2018 - 19:34)
Thursday and Friday were great days to be out mountaineering in Glencoe. The snow cover was great and both our routes, Curved Ridge and Sron na Lairig were well stamped out making for quick and...
A speedy ascent of Curved ridge. (Friday, January 12, 2018 - 18:50)
Curved ridge gave us some fantastic and pretty straight forward climbing today. There is enough snow on the route to have filled in a lot of the ground and there is a line of firm steps up the whole...

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