Claire recovers from an ice bashing session in the ice factor fridge. She is learning to ice climb for some activities we have planned... ...

Fresh snow falling today on Ben Nevis after a week of thaws. Don't worry another thaw is coming tomorrow : (

Last week I picked up a wee injury while training my fingers like there was no tomorrow. It was probably down to the fact that it already wa...

It's not hard to see that the internet is changing pretty fast. These days a lots of folks are using facebook instead of email to keep i...

I nearly got kicked out of school at 16 for truancy. I went to Dumbarton Rock and read for my exams near the end of term, in my bedroom. I s...

Today I went for an extended stroll in Glen Nevis with the Watson, after our arms faded on the Heather hat projects. John had explored the ...

Tomorrow we leave to travel south to coach climbing at the Creation centre in Birmingham and give a lecture on Friday (18th). There is still...

Saturday was a perfect day to be in the Scottish mountains; clear, snowy and windless. After working through Christmas I figured I could ma...

I’ve been getting excited about some bouldering projects in Glen Nevis right now. On the Heather Hat boulder I’d always looked at the nice l...

Claire took some nice pictures of the deep frost that kept us somewhat chilly last week in Lochaber. There are some ore nice pics of the ri...