A piece written by our resident Mountain Guide Andrew Mallinson, penned before Christmas but very pertinent as the snow and ice returns to the UK and many of us are now gearing up and getting out to the Cairngorms and other areas … So what do we want in our seasonal stockings ? Well, with the first dusting of snow on the mountains, thoughts inevitably turn to winter and whether we’re “tooled up” for those magnificent days that await inRead more
Posts tagged: ##winter
Winter Solstice in Coire an t-Sneachda
As we moved between pitches 2 and 3 the wind slowly started to pick up and the lack of sun on the face saw the temperatures start to dip as the sun hung low on this, the shortest day of the year. Get the feet movingRead more
Safety first, Safety second
Its something we all do, get “complacent through familiarity” . Be it walking across a road, driving a known street or as in this case, think we are safe on a well know mountain “because we have been here before”. I’m glad to say climbing in a team of regular buddies as I tend to do I’m fortunate to have people around me (some with military backgrounds) who tend not to fall into this trap and really do think SafetyRead more
Fjern Orkan on test
after much hunting around, trying on and almost giving up I stumbled across the Fjern Orkan shell Read more
#NotWinter
Its frozen ropes, sodden gloves, painful and somehow also numb fingers, running noses and feet of frozen pins and needles.Read more
Hunting winter in Scotland!
After scratching about, the last bit of gear seeming VERY far away and below me, feeling the exposure to my core I capitulatedRead more
Maybe more
The battle continued, slabby rock under powder, no gear options and all the time swimming upstream.Read more
Preparing For Winter
I’m not ashamed to say it, and no amount of Amy Winehouse style rehab is going to alter the fact…. I’m an addict….
A complete and utter Scottish Winter addict….Read more
Best days of our lives
Winter leading in the Caringorms and getting those views only mountaineers get.Read more
