Posts by Topic: mountaineering

Going all traditional again.

Derry Hamilton - 11/02/2012

Tor and I had intended that this winter would be one of ice climbing, but an unusually warm winter and difficulty getting up north means that the first outdoor event of the winter season was rock climbing at Blackford Quarry, in february! (Still warmer than Ratho untill the sun went down!) The cracks on...

Blown off The Ben

Derry Hamilton - 31/12/2011

T and I had headed up to Fort William with the intention of doing the CMD arete, but in the end, the weather proved unsuitable for anything as Grandson-of-Bawbag was trying to take down even more trees and remove all the snow. So we headed to The Ice Factor for some indoor snow. I was somewhat...