Winter has returned to the Highlands and with such a good forecast for the day, Sarah and I made the most of it with an ascent of the excellent Forcan Ridge in Glenshiel.
The day started off...
Steven and I were out on Ledge Route on Ben Nevis today and despite the warmer temperatures of yesterday, there was still a fair bit of water ice on the upper reaches of Ledge Route and once on the...
After considering conditions quite carefully, I was happy that Ed and I could enjoy an adventurous yet safe day on the In Pinn and Sgurr Mhic Choinnich in the Black Cuillins on Skye today.
We...
After a day on the Cobbler, in Arrochar, yesterday, I was back out with David and his 12-year-old son, Harry. After a successful day on Ledge Route on Ben Nevis on Tuesday, we decided to up the...
I'm forever impressed by the enthusiasm and determination of folk and today was a fine example of just that. I was out with father and son team, David and Harry, who is 12 years old and fit as...
After a very wet day on the Onich Slabs yesterday, Arabella and I decided that another big route was in order in preparation for her upcoming trip to Carstensz Pyramid in Indonesia. With a similar...
Nice to be back on home turf today! I was out with Arabella, who is in training for Carstensz Pyramid in Indonesia's New Guinea and we made the most of the mixed forecast, by tackling Curved...
That's a wrap! Tom and I took our Skye Munros team up Sgurr a'Ghreadaidh and Sgurr a'Mhadaidh to round off our final Skye Munros Course of the season. Conditions were, once again,...
For our third day of our Skye Munros Course, Tom, myself and our team made our way up to Bealach a' Bhasteir, from where we firstly made a quick ascent of Am Basteir, before tackling the airy...
For day two of our Skye Munros Course, Tom and I took a group back up to Coire Lagan, from where we headed up to Bealach Lagan and onto Sgurr Mhic Choinnich, before retracing our steps and cutting...