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Fantastic tribute and was certainly the most moving and interesting story I'd read last month!
Roger would be so proud of you sgurr.

May 2022 bring you new smiles and fond memories

Steve.

an approach shoe/trainer for scrambling, not quite a climbing shoe La Sportiva TX4 are excellent for scrambling (and walking in general). I've had a pair for 5 years and still in great nick after many routes, including a wet Aonach Eagach. If you've not worn something like them before, you will be ...

Innov8’s site now back up, I think this is more like my old shoes: https://www.inov-8.com/roclite-g-315-gtx-mens-graphene-running-shoe Maybe Santa will be good to you😆 I agree those other ones were a bit jazzy for me too. Someone else also recommended an approach shoe/trainer for scrambling, not qu...

I’m not a footwear expert but I’ve learnt from experience you can have hard wearing or grippy but rarely both. And the time it makes the difference is when the rock is damp. My best ever scrambling footwear was a pair of Innov8’s but they wore down quickly. They also weren’t a substitute for taking...

Out of interest, what was the weather forecast? As I think it was a weekend I'll not have been out myself. Hi Prog from what I remember it was a bit sketchy, 50% chance of rain but of course that increased to snow on the higher tops followed by the clag. (29th September) Summer was definitely over ...

Ouch well, your experience is the sum of your near misses, so well done. Only thing I’d say is my (multiple) experiences of the Aonach Eagach, in all conditions, is the the rock is pretty good and not greasy so I wonder if yo need to review your footwear? You don’t mention what you wee wearing but ...

Sounds like you got yourself through a bit of an epic, well done! I always thought climbing and hillwalking were separate activities, but now I think climbing is just another mountaineering skill you can (should?) develop like navigation, planning etc. Gman 🖐 thanks for your kind support :D It's on...

Some great photos Christopher

I too hope to goto Skye in 2023 for my 50th!

Good luck on your return trip

Steve.

This is such a great post, almost everybody has had some experience in the hills where they made a poor decision or two and we don't always talk about it as often as we should. The fact you've thought about your mistakes in detail is a great start. The "being responsible for somebody else"...

My stomach was in knots reading that and only reassured by knowing if you were writing a report on it you must have survived! I came to these hills quite late in life so decided rather than terrify myself I would do the Munros at either end on separate days. That way I got a wee taste of the ridge ...

Thanks for posting your cautionary account. You make a lot of good points in hindsight. There were a couple of things that I thought about after reading your report. One is the variability of what is “easy” or “hard” to other people. I think the Aonach is quite hard, and mostly that’s because -as y...

I accompanied another Walkhighlander who had been over the ridge previously and was able to provide advice when needed Thanks Rockhopper, we could have done with that guidance! They probably would have guided us from the car to a different walk :lol: :lol: TBF, it doesn't always help. The day we di...

rockhopper wrote:I accompanied another Walkhighlander who had been over the ridge previously and was able to provide advice when needed

Thanks Rockhopper, we could have done with that guidance! They probably would have guided us from the car to a different walk

I appreciate it's not always possible to remember everything relevant when tired and stressed; after completing the ridge we ended up descending the Clacaig gully not the WH route, a horrible experience Hi John, I started getting vertigo and I'd always been fine with heights before! Must of just be...

An honest and engaging account. It is indeed a big old day out, with some really tough moves at a couple of points. It was shorter than we expected - but the final up and over and descent moves it into the 'epic' category quite easily. Glad you two made it - and good that the response is prepare be...

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