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    • Hadrian’s Wall Direct, Ben Nevis
    • An Ice Surprise, Lurcher’s Crag
    • Judas Priest, Lochnagar
    • Dinosaur Pink Elephant, Creag an Dubh Loch
    • Less Hesitation on The Pause, Etive Slabs
    • Dubh Loch Monster
    • Salbitchin’ on the Sudgrat
    • Gripped for days in Rjukan
    • It all came together on The Hoarmaster and The Message
    • More Than We Bargained For on Parallel Gully A, Lochnagar
    • Feeding the King Rat on Creag an Dubh Loch
    • No. 6 – The Number of the Mini Beast
    • Seeing the light on Deep Cut Chimney, Hell’s Lum
    • The Dog’s Danglies on K9 and Window Gully
    • Getting the Blood Flowing on Coronary Bypass
    • Worth the Wait on Transept Groove, Lochnagar
    • An Exposed Spanking in the Gorges du Verdon
    • Full value on The Sandpyper Direct
    • It’s not over ’til it’s over – The Needle and The Pause
    • Winter-lite on Liathach and Beinn Bhan
    • Lean times in Lochan and that other coire
    • Dolomiti Super Summer
    • Sun and Stars at Costa del Diabaig
    • Ticks in the Glen – Polldubh Crags
    • Paradise in Patagonia
    • Gotta Love Spring – Sunny Curved Ridge, Icy White Line
    • Hit and Miss but Always Stunning in Torridon
    • Left or Right? Unsure and off Centrist, Lochnagar
    • Savage Slit and Silver Linings
    • A Day Off on the Dubh Loch – Cyclops
    • A Tale of Two Halves – Chamonix 2015 Trip Report
    • Blood, Sweat and Slopers – Pas de Friction in Font
    • Winter Lingers on Beinn a’Bhuird
    • Hot Rock on the Etive Slabs and Garbh Bheinn
    • Alpine on An Teallach
    • Perfect Conditions – Winter Sun in Fontainebleau
    • West Is Best – Classic Ice on Ben Nevis
    • The Drool, Eagles Rock
    • Shadow Buttress B, Bells Route
    • Crepes and crushing – Fontainebleau trip report
    • Sun, snow and summits – Chamonix trip report
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A Tale of Two Halves – Chamonix 2015 Trip Report

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Blood, Sweat and Slopers – Pas de Friction in Font

23 May
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Winter Lingers on Beinn a’Bhuird

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Hot Rock on the Etive Slabs and Garbh Bheinn

21 Apr
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Alpine on An Teallach

16 Mar
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Perfect Conditions – Winter Sun in Fontainebleau

11 Mar
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West Is Best – Classic Ice on Ben Nevis

15 Feb
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Wild ice in a wild place – The Drool, Eagles Rock

25 Jan
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Shadow Buttress B, Bell’s Route

5 Jan
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Crepes and crushing – Fontainebleau trip report

28 Oct
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Recent Posts

  • Spring Ice Perfection on Hadrian’s Wall Direct, Ben Nevis4 April 2022
  • An Ice Surprise – Accidental New Routing on Lurcher’s Crag28 February 2022
  • Hell Bent for Winter on Judas Priest, Lochnagar6 December 2021
  • A Menagerie on Dinosaur Pink Elephant, Creag an Dubh Loch3 September 2021
  • Less Hesitation on The Pause, Etive Slabs6 July 2021

Recent Comments

  1. David Marshall on Spring Ice Perfection on Hadrian’s Wall Direct, Ben Nevis

    Nice one Dave and Andy. Sounds like a superb route!

  2. Bob Licznerski on Spring Ice Perfection on Hadrian’s Wall Direct, Ben Nevis

    A great account of your Hadrian Wall adventure. Helpful too for the future :-) Thanks for sharing, and well done.

  3. Iain Clark on Spring Ice Perfection on Hadrian’s Wall Direct, Ben Nevis

    A great route, and good write up. I did it around the same time of year with an early start.…

  4. Dave M on Less Hesitation on The Pause, Etive Slabs

    Looks awesome Dave. Well done!

  5. Olympus Mountaineering on Maximum Granite Weirdness on the Dubh Loch Monster

    Very nice post with nice photos and stunning views! Particularly the photo in the "psychological" crux. Well done.

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