New Year is always a very well attended meet, and over three days 30 club/family members made an appearance. Some stayed for all 3 nights where others managed a fleeting hello on Hogmanay. The club’s youngest member (Edward - 3months) attended his third meet. Surely a record?! Mary was the only
December Climbing!
Our regular indoor climbing meets are up and running - one evening per week, at various walls near you! There have been meets at Perth and Ratho this month (December '19). It was the first time at Ratho for some members who took a bit of getting used to the extra height! Around 10 members have
December 2019 – Blackrock
Every second year Black Rock marks the handing over of the Presidential Tankard. This year from outgoing president Lorna Duncan to our new President Joady MacRae. The tankard was filled with Balvenie Doublewood, on Colin’s recommendation! The occasion is so prestigious that international member
November 2019 – Milehouse, Kincraig
With a promising weekend for some wintery weather, Braes 'o Fife headed to Milehouse (Kincraig) for our November 2019 meet, with plenty of activities in mind for the weekend. On Saturday, Alex and Colin faced the Northern Corries, giving Alex his first taste for winter climbing - Goat Track
July 2019 – Skye, Glenbrittle Hut
A well-attended meet saw 13 members travel to Skye for a weekend of mixed activities. On Friday night a small group met at Sligachan and stayed up watching the sun go down behind Sgurr nan Gillean on a beautiful midge free night. Mary had snuck out in the glorious sunshine that day to get a
My Zero Gully Affair by Robert McMurray
To be honest I was thoroughly pissed off and jealous to boot. I had just come of the phone to one Colin McGregor, and sitting back down to my computer the phrases “best ice conditions on the Ben in a decade”, and “three consecutive weekends of perfect weather” were ringing in my ears. It was the
My 1st Braes o’ Fife meet – a weekend on Skye
A 6 hour drive to Skye saw me arriving at just past midnight. Had a blether with John and we agreed to be up at 7am to climb on Sron Na Ciche. Left at 9.20 and got to the bottom of the crag at 11ish. We were roped up and ready to go at 11.20. The first pitch of Cioch West on the Cioch Buttress
Living on the Edge by Neil Reid
An account of a winter ascent by Colin McGregor and Neil Reid of Quartzvein Edge in the Cairngorms, in March 2002. I was sure Colin was going to fall. I was so sure that I’d picked out the line he would fall; how the rope would whip my legs from under me and – assuming the belay held – pin them
Etive Capers – A Historical Document by Neil Reid
Some climbing trips become elevated by posterity to the status of epics. This, however, was just a debacle. Four of us – Dave Bryson, Colin McGregor, Chris Horobin and myself – were bound for the Etive Slabs. Rain threatened, but the blood was up and, even though we could see streaks of water on