Big Top – Aonach Dubh
Looking to continue our 4* tour around Craigallan (our 4* base in the Rucksack Club hut at Ballachulish) we settled on Big Top on the west face of Aonach Dubh. […]
Tag Archives: Glencoe
Swastika
Swastika was the third of my Hard Rock objectives for this long-weekend blast to Lochaber. Scorching temperatures on Friday and Saturday made it an easy decision to opt for the […]
Gearr Aonach
Glen Coe is a magnificent spot, with some sensational climbing, but a lot of it is shady and it’s almost all a good hour from the car. Looking for a […]
Yo-Yo – North Face of Aonach Dubh
Friday of the Jubilee Weekend dawned bright and blue, and it was shaping up to be another cracking day as I left Craigallan for an 8am rendezvous with Jim at […]
Aonach Dubh East face
After 5 days of beasting ourselves with two-hour walk-ins and feasting on Extreme and Hard Rock ticks, something had to give for the final day of our Scottish Odyssey if […]
Buachaille Etive Mor – Slime Wall
The unappealingly named Slime Wall on the Buachaille is actually a fabulous chunk of rock, set on the shady north wall of Great Gully, but as you’d imagine, it needs […]
Unicorn and Scansor – Stob Coire nan Lochan
These two Extreme Rock routes have been on my to-do list for many years, and fitted the “high and shady” profile that mid-20 temps in Glencoe demanded. Of course, the […]
Aonach Dubh East Face, Glen Coe
It’s not often that Glen Coe has a better weather forecast than Pembroke or Gogarth, and even more unlikely that you’ll be lucky enough to find yourself there when it […]
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