Category Archives: Rock Climbing

Covid Dreams 16: Vertical pleasures

Posted on May 11, 2020 by cairngormwanderer

Another dip into the past, going back to 1996, when Colin McGregor and I climbed Squareface, the classic V Diff route in the Garbh Choire of Beinn a Bhuird. The angle is deceptive here – it’s always hard to capture … Continue reading →

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50 years in the Cairngorms

Posted on August 27, 2017 by cairngormwanderer

It was  an inauspicious start: 1967, nine years old and chasing my brother through the heather. Suddenly I was doing a Wiley E Coyote impression, feet windmilling through the air as I fell into a gravel quarry at the side … Continue reading →

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Safety warning: Coire an t-Sneachda

Posted on September 3, 2014 by cairngormwanderer

The MCofS and Glenmore Lodge instructors have warned that climbing in Coire an t-Sneachda in the Northern Corries has become dangerous. On September 2 a woman was killed when climbing on the Aladdin’s Buttress area of the corrie, and last … Continue reading →

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Back in harness: climbing in Sputan

Posted on July 29, 2014 by cairngormwanderer

  It’s the easiest thing to stop being a climber, without ever having to take a conscious decision. Several years ago I became involved in bothy maintenance, had some great weekends, rediscovered the joy of wandering about in the Cairngorms, … Continue reading →

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Etive Capers – a historical document

Posted on March 31, 2014 by cairngormwanderer

In the continued absence of sufficient motivation to write the many gems of Cairngorm wisdom I keep meaning to share, here’s a revived tale from many years ago when I used to occasionally visit parts west of the ‘Gorms – … Continue reading →

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