Monthly Archives: February 2014

Climbing in Scotland – especially in Scotland this winter –  it is something similar to being Keanu Reeves in the film The Matrix – you have to believe to be able to make that leap of faith. My alarm shouted at 4.30 … Continue reading →

  Seeing the pictures in Alpinist Magazine, the angles, the steepness, the flakes and cracks and then reading the account of Ian Parnell climbing the first ascent of Bruised violet, I have always wanted to share his experience. The West … Continue reading →

The rain… The bloody rain … it poured. And poured. The bloody permanent dark. The dark. Cloistering. Depressing. Invasive.  I ran the lane from Roy Bridge heading to Glen Roy. Undulating. Ancient trees. Narrow. The brown peaty river – flowing white … Continue reading →