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    • 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 until 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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Salbitchin’ on the Sudgrat

26 Sep
Following some great routes but mixed weather in the Grimsel Pass, the perfect window presented itself for a much bigger mountain objective. The famous Sudgrat of the Salbitschijen was the ideal target, with its 16 pitches offering 600m of golden granite...
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Gripped for days in Rjukan

26 May
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...
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It all came together on The Hoarmaster and The Message

22 Jan
When it all comes together there really is nowhere else I would rather be winter climbing than Scotland. Even if that does mean another trip to the ever-reliable Norries… Cold north-westerlies earlier in the week had rimed the buttresses facing...
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More Than We Bargained For on Parallel Gully A, Lochnagar

21 Dec
It’s becoming a common theme that my first winter routes are getting later and later and more and more challenging conditions-wise. The start to this season has been characterized by short cold snaps and strong thaws and it was right after one...
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Feeding the King Rat on Creag an Dubh Loch

13 Jul
Life admin was making a day in the hills difficult and as the incredible run of hot, dry weather continued I began to get cabin fever. Thankfully, the amazing rock climbing conditions showed no sign of disappearing and with psyched...
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No. 6 – The Number of the Mini Beast

22 Mar
As the mini beast from the east reigned windy terror at higher elevations, Ric and I sought shelter at low altitudes on a westerly aspect. We made for the classic No.6 Gully (IV, 4) on Aonach Dubh, which has been reliably in...
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Seeing the Light on Deep Cut Chimney, Hell’s Lum

24 Feb
After a sharp thaw and hard re-freeze, reports of stellar conditions all over the Highlands were flooding in. Not wanting to miss out, Andy and I hatched plans for the Loch Avon Basin in the heart of the Cairngorms. Having...
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The Dog’s Danglies on K9 and Window Gully

20 Feb
A week of heavy snow on gale-force south westerlies rendered many approaches to the popular north and east facing crags fairly serious and covered the cliffs themselves in powder. Wanting none of the peril and the arduous clearing required on...
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Getting the Blood Flowing on Coronary Bypass

12 Jan
Climbing on powder-choked crags was very much the theme during the first week of January, with plenty of snow falling and no thaw-freeze cycles to provide any consolidation. Despite the inevitability of a day of excavation, Andy and I plumbed...
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Worth the Wait on Transept Groove, Lochnagar

18 Dec
The first routes of the season had been climbed at the start of November and despite the conditions getting better and better, prior commitments, injury and illness had prevented me from getting out to capitalise on them. With relentless social...
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  • More Than We Bargained For on Parallel Gully A, Lochnagar December 21, 2018
  • Feeding the King Rat on Creag an Dubh Loch July 13, 2018

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