The video of my 8c+/9a from last autumn ‘Fight the Feeling at Steall is now up on the Black Diamond digital catalogue here. It’s on pa...

  Oops! Time for a little phase of finger strength training In my last blog post I mentioned that I had a few wee routes to finish...

After the frustrations of not feeling good enough to get through the crux of my Steall project, I took a small break from it which consis...

So, I’m close to my project, but close is nowhere. If I had a run of cold windy days, I could see it happening. But It’s August, the wind...

Conditions have been dry enough for another 2 sessions on my Steall project albeit in the heat and more than a few midges. Objectively, t...

Michael gears up for another scrap with Steallworker (8b), a cloud of midges above. Get tied in, whirr your jacket around a few times...

A big jump on my project today. New highpoint three moves higher!!! (yes that does deserve an exclamation for each move). The move I fell...

That’s the fourth session on my project this week, every one with progress to speak of. So I can’t be close to my limit yet. Yesterday I ...

Current highpoint on my project at Steall - a horrendous gaston/cross/backhand/fingerlock move to a perfect little edge I have to h...

After returning from my travels I was interested to see how the effects of 2 months bouldering followed by a week and half of sedentary t...

Greg Boswell working on Leopold, 8a. A great three days at Steall with Michael and Greg. The first morning started grimly wet afte...

The belay in sight at the end of Maxwell’s Demon 8b+, Steall during the first ascent. Pic by Steven Gordon. Steven has uploaded a nice gall...

Ring of Steall, 8c+, Steall Crag, Glen Nevis. Photos by Claire MacLeod. Click on the pics for a bigger view. Yesterday I climbed the Ring o...

Trafiic problems on the evening commute down Glen Nevis last night. Hello pretty, nice hat...

The other day we went looking for new crags, and found some! Peter inspects a pristine arete of Gneiss which is now on my list of routes to...

The air this morning was autumnal – cold, damp and fresh. Michael and I were headed to Steall for the last day of his visit. We were both wa...

Michael Tweedley ties in to send Leopold his first 8a+ Life has been just the way I like it over the past three weeks – very focused and in...

By the end of today I was physically unable to push a wire brush forwards across a piece of rock. Steall Crag is one of those weird overhang...