Blog Entries from West Coast Mountain Guides
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Last Update: Saturday, August 11, 2018 - 19:28
After numerous flight cancellations and delays, I finally joined my Adventure Peaks team in Cheget, Russia, at the foot of Europe’s highest mountain; Mount Elbrus.
We had a gentle stroll today...
Well, after weeks of good weather in the Highlands, I suppose we were due a change, but that didn’t stop Cher and I from tackling the Aonach Eagach in Glencoe today.
We managed to reach the...
Beverly, Stephen and I enjoyed a brilliant day on Sgurr nan Gillean and Am Basteir today.
We tackled the West Ridge of Sgurr nan Gillean both in ascent and descent, before making short work of the...
Today I had the pleasure of being joined by Dawn and Stephen on one of our Aonach Eagach days. The traverse of the Aonach Eagach is one of the finest mountaineering journeys on the mainland, and...
For Neil’s second day out with me, we decided to head to Ardgour, and to Indian Slab, deep in Glen Gour. Whilst the approach isn’t short, it’s relatively flat, that is until the...
I woke up this morning to a heavy shower, so wasn’t quite sure how the day was going to pan out, but the rain soon eased, and by the time I met Neil, the roads were almost dry.
By the time we...
Dan and I enjoyed a great day on Ben Nevis today. Dan had a train to catch at 5:30pm this afternoon, so we had an early-ish start and made our way up along the Allt a’Mhuilinn up the the north...
This is unquestionably one of the greatest ever achievements in the mountains! It’s pretty amazing what can be done on our doorstep.
In March I had a great day out which I’d wanted to...
It feels like a while since I was last on Ben Nevis, so it was good to be back on home turf. I was joined by David, who has had his sights on Tower Ridge for quite some time. We were also joined by...
I was back on the Cuillin Ridge today, this time with Steve, who is steadily ticking his way through the Munros. With only three left to do on the main Cuillin Ridge, we headed up to An Dorus to...