Ben Chonzie

Derry Hamilton - 25/10/2014

Popped up Ben Chonzie while Tor was investigating Yarn. Visibility was poor, but good for navigation practice. ...

Polldubh climbing

Derry Hamilton - 18/10/2013

Tor and I headed to Fort William for half term, intending to do some climbing, some walking, and some touristing. Tuesday saw us climbing at Polldubh. Looking for an appropriate climb, Alan had been talking about "The Gutter" and that seemed like a good place to start. A nice easy lead, good belays, and...

Dumby

Derry Hamilton - 28/09/2013

I was at a loose end, so I took a trip to Dumbarton. It's good, and very convenient by train. It would be more useful if either it and I were at the same side of the country. It's hard. Much harder than I am; there's only about a dozen named problems I...

Bennybeg

Derry Hamilton - 02/06/2013

A few people were after a rock climbing, picnicing sort of a day, so we headed to Bennybeg; easy sport climbing in a nice setting. Since this was the first time on real rock for a few people, we figured sport climbing was a better bet, since it was most like indoor climbing. Tor,...

Ben Nevis on New Year's Day

Derry Hamilton - 01/01/2013

Trying to climb Ben Nevis on the first appears to be becoming a tradition. Not that we always succeed. This year, we found some (almost friendly) ptarmigan in their winter plumage. ...