The South Cluanie Ridge

My friend Paul made this totally awesome slide show video of the South Cluanie Ridge. It was a trip I had organised, but injury prevented me from going - enjoy

Awesome: Dan Osman Soloing Lover's Leap

Happy New Year

The Cobbler (aka Ben Arthur) from Ben Lomond on Friday

Happy New year

Icy Ben Vane

A friend took a couple of short videos on Ben Vane yesterday. They are linked here and here. As winter conditions go, these are quite mild. See here for a more serious version of winter conditions.

Not Bad For The Last Day Of The Year

Beinn Dubchraig (left), Ben Lomond (distance) Ben Oss (centre) and Ben Lui (right) from Ben Dorain

Ben More (centre left) Stob Binnien (centre right) and Cruach Ardrain (right) from Ben Dorain

The blackmount and Ben Nevis (centre right) from Beinn Dorain

Happy New year everyone

Favorite Photo Of The Year

Robert Craig has put up his favourite photo of the year here. That got me thinking about mine, and here it is:

It was taken by Dave in January and shows me on Ben Ledi. Some more photos of the day can be seen here on Dave's blog.

My favorite photo that I took was of a group we passed who were being instructed in winter techniques in Coir na Tullaich on Buachaille etive mor (below)

The one that Craig chose was a close runner up.

Picture Round

This is more one for the climbers. Following on from Dave's mountain and bothy tests, I thought I would see if anyone can identify these.

1 Where is this? (I only think I know, so confirmation will be nice).

2 Name the peak and the climber.

3 Name the peak this is taken from (I'm sure someone I know wasn't there).

4 Name the bothy.

5 Would you tell this guy he looks like Martin O'Neill?

6 What drugs is he on?

7 Name the islands and where it was taken from

8 Name the bothy and who supposedly lived in a cave on the hill on the left? (Other than Charles Edward Papist)

9 Cold is God's way of telling us to burn more Catholics, so who is up the chimney? Also, name the bothy.

10 Name the Bothy. Dave and Craig can't answer this one. The other Dave can. Everyone can name the physical feature in the background. What physical feature is the glen also famous for?

11 What hill was this taken from?

12 Name the two faults. The second is below the knob on the right. (Dave may not answer)

13 From last weekend - who couldn't make it? :-)