Easter 22

9th April 22: Bailed on plan for Green Gully as teams struggling on bottom pitch of Glover’s seemed to confirm reports of powder; climbers in Green Gully were making slow progress. Ledge Route as consolation was great value with good snow to be found on the margins and a steep traverse instead of gaining the ridge after the fin.

10th April: Binnein Mòr

11th April: windy af walk along WH way.

12th April: Thaw so Ring of Steall, then tea with Adele & Jim.

13th April: moved to Shiel Bridge campsite

14th April: over the Ratagan Pass to walk Creag Bealach na h Oidhche & Beinn a’ Chapuill.

Found this cool craft brewery near Glenelg: https://www.dunbrewing.co.uk/thedunninn

15th April: Forcan Ridge

16th April: moved to Skye and climbed at Neist Point with random guy we met on Sheil Bridge campsite. Seagulls VS4c then Craig led Robert The Bruce S4b.

17th April:

18th April: bailed on climbing at Neist in force 5.

19th April: Elgol to Coruisk with Jenny & Tim mad sprint across Britain’s shortest (but not shallowest) river to catch our boat back.

Jenny the little hero goes back to lend shoe

20th April: In Pinn, Timmeh’s lead. Met a ‘guide’ at the base, so quotable: ‘Mind if i jump in on front, I’ve got 2 clients on the ridge getting cold and anxious?’ ‘No need for stickies on the Pinn,’ ‘Chalk makes your hands soft and cold,’ ‘Need any help girls?’ ‘You’ve got to start somewhere,’ ‘ ‘I was up here yesterday with a bunch of soldiers in the rain, ‘ ‘I use figure of 9, its stronger, ‘ (even though he attached both clients with krabs, erm. . . cross-load risk?), ‘The Pinn is getting wrecked by people putting too much gear in.’ Needless to say Tim and ‘the girls’ abseiled off his ego.

Timmeh topping, ‘guide’ pausing to buff his machismo

21st April: Jenny & I did the 4 tops of Sgurr a Mhadaidh (took rope/small rack but soloed). Up Coire an Dorus then down from Bealach a Glaich Moire after false start due to the path a) not being down the words Beallach and b) not being marked on the 1:12 or 1:50. Walked out on the fairy pool erosion highway.