Posts by: gofurther
Go Further’s Paul (pictured left) is organising a Gairloch Climbing Wall fun day with a competition.
The event will take place on Saturday, March 19th from 1pm to 5pm. Everyone is welcome and the competition will include three categories – P4-P7, S1-S6 and adults.
Points will be awarded for different graded climbs.
Tea, coffee and […]
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Late winter in Wester Ross can throw everything at a mountain and so it was this weekend when we tackled Liathach with Dan and his friends. Hail, snow, bright warming sunshine, strong winds, gusts, hard ice, soft snow and dry rock below about 900m. Luckily the wind and hail held off during the scramble over […]
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Here are a few more pictures of our remarkable early winter. Temperatures plunged so low that most of the Ardessie Falls (Dundonnell) froze including most of this section not far from the road. The ice at the foot of this fall was about 14 inches thick, covering what is usually a beautiful deep […]
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Three years of work, fund-raising and organisation came to a successful end last month (20th) with opening of the Gairloch Climbing Wall. This corner of Scotland has long been known for quality trad climbing and, more recently, it has gained a reputation as one of the best venues for sport climbing in Scotland (and possibly […]
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The new Gairloch climbing wall will officially open on November 20th. The event is being marked by an open invitation to everyone interested in the new facility to an open day between 11.00am and 16.00pm at the Gairloch Leisure Centre – part of the Gairloch High School. As well as the climbing, the […]
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go further’s Paul rounded off the season in style with two trips helping Cameron McNeish and his film crew on Harris in the outer isles and on Knoydart in the West Highlands. The trips are for Cameron’s next series on classic Scottish walks. On one day the team ventured onto Eaval on North Harris […]
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We’ve had a glorious start to October with strong easterly winds keeping any significant cloud well to the south. The good weather coincided with Alexa and Simon’s visit for four days hiking with go further. They didn’t have specific objectives so we suggested four of the best walks in the area. Luckily, we managed to […]
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During a busy summer the go furtherteam have still found some time to put up a few more routes in Wester Ross. There is a lot of rock on the Poolewe to Slattadale path near Gairloch but few sections hold much potential for worthwhile rock climbing. One exception is an obvious clean corner of gneiss […]
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Conditions for the runners couldn’t have been much worse for the 25th Great Wilderness Challenge event last Saturday but, as usual, the atmosphere was excellent. The picture shows Colin about 22 miles into the 25 mile route. Strong headwinds, especially on the high paths, saw most people well off their target times. Colin […]
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A full traverse of An Teallach is one of our biggest days out with few less than around 9 hours. On Tuesday Susie and Chirantan wanted to complete the traverse and include some navigation practise during the day. We started off in brightening conditions but as the weather became less and less comfortable it became […]
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