Category: climbing
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Classic Cuillin climbing on the Cioch – Skye, May
Two days after finishing the traverse, we met up with M and J to go and retrieve our bivvy gear, which we had stashed away near the cave two mornings earlier, and to climb the Cioch on the way back. The weather was a bit wetter and cooler, and when we reached the ‘Slab Corner’…
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^^-áµ¥-^-^ Second day of the Cuillin traverse – Skye, Scotland, May ^áµ¥–^-^
(Blog entry below the photographs) All too soon (or not soon enough?), M’s alarm quietly sounded at 3.00 am, and we started getting up. Eating and drinking what we could, we stashed our sleeping gear near the cave, and set off up to Sgurr Alasdair, the highest point in the Cuillin. Getting onto the ridge…
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^-^-^^ At last on Skye for the Black Cuillin traverse – Scotland, May ^^–^
(Blog entry below photographs) We had been preparing all year for this since our decision to attempt the Black Cuillin traverse on the Isle of Skye. A lot of time and effort had gone into training for it and making arrangements. Normally we would have driven and camped using B’s van, but as we had…