Sunday, 11 February 2018

Winter Words Festival - In Some Lost Place

https://pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com/production/30408/sandy-allan/

I am giving a talk at Pitlochry Festival Theatre :17 Feb at 10.00am, hope you can come along

The knife edged Mazeno Ridge on Nanga Parbat. Pakistan.
The Mazeno Ridge - "In Some Lost Pace!

Goat Track Gully, Tunnock's and Cairngorm National Park

Frankie on belay

Climbing

Tunnock's caramel wafer, the food of champions!



Spiral Gully with Ewan

Ewan wrapped up for the cold and spindrift

Nice climbing

Great views, shame about the rope work!!!

Another new line on Lurchers, Cairngorms

Kacper out there!

Bridging move on steep slabs, the final Jaw!

Cairngorm days

The other day Andy Nisbet, Kacper and I climbed an interesting route on Lurchers.

A few days before we climbed the route to the first image in this post Andy and I went  to check to some line son Lurchers crag, Cairngorms.

Gosha and Kacper in Hidden Chimney, weather was very wind and very Scottish Winter

Kacper, Gosha and me!

Tuesday, 30 January 2018

Back on the hill - Scottish winter

I was coaching a city lawyer navigation skills in white out conditions on Cairngorm, she was not over relaxed and perhaps a bit nervous in my office- hopefully now she may understand how I feel when I have to be stuck in doors!
Ptarmigan loving the snow!
Climbing up a pitch of ice, at the top it was not adhering to a lot - thaw conditions
Andy Nisbet and Coire n Lochan - Cairngorm National Park

Last weeks IRATA Friday.

Irata assessment day at Talon NDT Aberdeen. In this photo an IRATA level 1 technician demonstrates lowering a load on a rope.

IRATA level threes demonstrate rescue skills.