What amazing weather Skye has had, its been dry there for over 7 days now! The Midges are out in force though but still they are not so bad on the mountains but a drag in the evening when you are cooking and lazing around the camp site! Here are photos of West Buttress on Sgurr Mhic Choinnich. This is a wonderful scramble with couple of steeper pitches where rock climbing skills are useful. We assisted in a rescue off a near by route and the Stornaway Coast Guard helicopter, piolets, winch men and crew plus of course the Skye Mountain Rescue team, who were all efficient and professional with this very complex and technical rescue and the casualy was in good hands and was soon, splinted up, tucked up warmly and secure on the streatcher and whisked away to the hospital.
Yesterday, we were still keen to climb although we were still a bit over whelmed with the complexities of the rescue so did a fantastic classic route on Western Butress of Scron Na Chiche, which is on the right- hand side of the Cioch . We did Mallory's Slab and Groove, a "very difficult" and really superb with some tricky route finding and wondefully exposed sitations.
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