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Last Update: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 06:36
I was out with Jean and Hilda today, and today’s plan was to tackle their final two technical Munros (or final two Munros in Hilda’s case) on Skye; Am Bastier and Sgurr nan Gillean.
We...
I was back out chasing Carole around the North West Highlands today, this time, we were bagging the two Munros and six Munro Tops (and deleted Tops) on Liathach.
It started off as a rather murky day...
Two things that I really enjoy about the work I do is meeting great people, and taking them on real adventures. The past two days have had both in abundance.
Yesterday, Andy and I took Kathryn, Tracy...
The mixed weather in the Highlands continue, but with the promise of the clouds clearing and weather improving at around midday, Michelle, Katie and myself reached the summits of Sgurr na Banachdich...
Paul and I made a rather wintry ascent of Tower Ridge today. With a couple of fairly strong gusts whilst walking up towards the CIC Hut this morning, I must admit, I had my fingers crossed that the...
Today, Paul and I tackled one of Ben Nevis' great mountaineering routes; North East Buttress. North East Buttress is the most striking feature when walking up the Allt a' Mhuilinn, and is...
More Munro bagging action on the main Cuillin Ridge for our Skye Munros Course today. With today's forecast being the best of the week, we tackled Sgurr Mhic Choinnich, The In Pinn and Sgurr na...
With the winds due to pick up at 1pm, Adele and I decided to take our Skye Munros team up to An Dorus, from where we nipped up Sgurr a'Ghreadaidh and Sgurr a'Mhadaidh.
These two Munros...
I'm back on the Misty Isle again, running our last Skye Munros Course (run in conjunction with Steven Fallon Mountain Guiding) of the year.
It's no secret that the western Highlands are...
The day started off very promising for Peter, Geoff, Carl and myself today, as we made the steep ascent up Am Bodach to start the traverse of the Aonach Eagach in Glencoe today. We were treated to...