As promised, here is some video of me climbing Gutbuster 8B+ at Dumbarton Rock back at the end of the winter. I’ve been so busy going o...

Highpoint on Gutbuster 8B+ in sunnier times in May 2017 - very very close but needed some more cold days! Thanks to Chris Prescott/...

Alan Cassidy on the big Dumbarton project I was lucky enough to be able to climb recently despite my pending ankle surgery yester...

The highlands have given me a nice welcome home with much snow covering everything in sight. Hopefully I can go out and play in it later th...

A wee clip I've been meaning to upload for ages of Chahala Sit Start V11 at Dumbarton Rock. The clip shows the first ascent. It's a ...

Blair spies the foot sequence at Sky Pilot last week Last week I found it hard not to get impatient with the poor weather – too cold or wet...

Last night Sonnie Trotter managed to climb Rhapsody at Dumbarton Rock. If you have been following his trip in Scotland you’ll see that the ...

Dumbarton Rock this evening Following on from my thinking in my last blog post, I decided to take a day to go back south and visit my paren...

Warm spring evenings on the boulders – something I shall miss Here is a blog post I started while sitting in a van on the way up the A82 a ...

Chahala sit start, Font 8a. first ascent, Dumbarton Rock. (photos: Claire MacLeod) Last week's project; Set in Motion, Font 7c+ Anothe...

I sneaked out to the boulders after work tonight and straight away felt the benefit of the Anvil day. For sure the Anvil is an excellent pla...

Warm spring sunshine at Dumbarton Rock last night (all photos Claire MacLeod) Friday night was perfect. I was in reticent mood at home, wor...

Hokku, Font 8a From the spiky jug Cross the big dark roof rightwards Finish strenuously with Mugsy Photos by Hot Aches Productions . Click ...

Working on the crux section of Sanction yesterday while trying the big linkup. Photo thanks to Stone Country Yesterday was a good day at D...

Maybe it's just me, but I've been on this boulder a LOT in the past 13 years and I've never seen the tide so high around it. Ri...

Every year the American magazine 'Climbing' make an award for what they feel is the best performance of the year in each climbing di...

Pete Ogden sent in this picture of an attempt on BNI direct start in the 1970s. This little number survived an attack by Cubby in the 80s as...

Why is it the moon appears much smaller than it was at the time?

Resting on Pressure (V13). Now the pressure is gone it's time for a change of scenery (Photo: Hotaches Images ) Dumbarton Rock - it st...

Dumby circuits wall - somewhere I know too well Life is simple at the moment. Get up, work, do many pullups, walk to Dumby, get very pumped...