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    • Pygmy Ridge and Ewen Buttress
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    • Costa del Diabaig
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    • Paradise in Patagonia
    • Sunny Curved Ridge, Icy White Line
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    • Cyclops, Creag an Dubh Loch
    • Chamonix 2015 Trip Report
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    • Spartan Slab and Butterknife
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    • Classic Ice on Ben Nevis
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Monthly Archives: May 2019

Gripped for Days in Rjukan

26 May
norwegian winter ice climbing on not only a nice guy rjukan

After a fickle start to the 2018/19 Scottish winter season, Andy and I wanted to guarantee some time on ice and where better than the ever-reliable Rjukan! We had both been there a few times before but given the simple … Read More »

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