Currently viewing the tag: "Sport Climbing"
I have been adding free Sport Climbing downloads to the gofurtherScotland homepage to try and pass on the details of the fairly continuously steady rise in the number of bolted routes in Wester Ross, new venues too compared to the SMC Scottish Sport Climbs Guide and 7aMax second edition
Continue Reading →
A new Sport venue has been created down near Tollie Farm, Wester Ross. Stop at the parking place for Creag nan Luch and The Perch shines like a beacon directly ahead, carry on to the end of the road at the loch shore and it is a five minute walk up once you know the […]
Continue Reading →
There are three new routes on the left hand side of the crag. All fully bolted and all monopolising the same lower-off. The routes on the crag from L to R are:
Little Dancer 5+ 15m
Old Degas 5+ 15m
Cosets and Colonels 5 15m
Stormy Monday 5 12m
A Game […]
The Sport Crags around Wester Ross have been busy lately, people clipping bolts everywhere, all leafing through their pristine copy of the new SMC Sport Climbing guidebook. But it is already out of date. For info – there are three new 5+’s on the LH sector of Creag an Oisean, a direct finish to Ronald […]
Continue Reading →
The latest SMC Guidebook will soon be on the shelves. It should be available by the end of May according to Andy Nisbet. He ended up as the main driving force behind the guidebook and without him there was no way it would ever have been published. It has been […]
Continue Reading →
Ice climbing, gully climbing, mixed climbing, winter ridge walking, rock climbing, bouldering….the whole of Scotland has perfect weather just now. Choose your venue, choose your sport.
A couple of days ago I was working as Mountain Safety/Rigger with Paul and Matt of Hot Aches Productions whilst they shot […]
Continue Reading →
The mountains, trails, lochs, coast and crags of Wester Ross were made for adventure. And, over the last few months, we’ve wondered how we can deliver a new kind of experience for people keen to explore the best of what the area has to offer – with expert guiding and instruction.
So, in April this […]
Continue Reading →
What great weather the Northwest continues to get after such a wonderful summer. Grass Crag has the advantage of being one of the few Gairloch Sport Crags to get the sun all year. Goat Crag and Am Fasgadh are the other options when looking for a crag with a sunny aspect in the dark months. There […]
Continue Reading →
Big Walling in Yosemite doesn’t prepare anyone for Am Fasgadh. Three bolts long, Warm Up just about sums the place up; desperate, technical, fingery and thuggish all at once. It was the second line Colin and I bolted up all those years ago and dozens of ascents haven’t made it any more do-able, today I […]
Continue Reading →
