Shadow Buttress B, Bell’s Route
After a very late start to the winter climbing season and just one route in the bag before the holiday period, to say I was desperate for a big winter hit would be an understatement. While I was away for … Read More »
climbing adventures in Scotland and abroad
After a very late start to the winter climbing season and just one route in the bag before the holiday period, to say I was desperate for a big winter hit would be an understatement. While I was away for … Read More »
After our extended stay in Chamonix had come to an end, Ric and I headed north and spent the next few days taking topless photos of each other. This may seem strange at first, but we had arrived at the … Read More »
Watching the weather during the months leading up to our trip to the Mont Blanc massif, one could be forgiven for despairing – continued reports of cold, wet, stormy weather didn’t inspire confidence that we would achieve much. Accounts from … Read More »
2014 has so far been a brilliant, yet at times frustrating, year for climbing. The promising start to the 2013/14 Scottish Winter season soon gave way to massive storms, turbo-thaws and the biggest accumulation of snow in recent times, making … Read More »