Our time in the Rockies was inspired not only by the mountains but also by a sense of history. Without that band of people who looked on this same landscape as a source of something more than just a physical challenge, it might have remained off-limits and closed to our minds. Stepping into the
A Night out with Big Eck
Frozen snow and earth. This is hellish. Only half way up and he’s below shouting abuse at us. I met Big Eck in Greece. Big Eck? Big mistake! Ever since I’ve been dragged from country to country. And everywhere trouble. Once we crossed the Hellespont. One fight after another. We really crucified
Our Island – The Braes o’ Fife and Rum
Neil Reid gives a personal view of the not inconsiderable contribution the ‘Braes’ have made to rock climbing on Rum. The current guidebook to Skye and the Hebrides lists 180 routes in the island of Rum, and almost a third of them - 54 - were first climbed by members of the Braes o’ Fife MC on
Cassin Route – Piz Badile, Switzerland
On their Alps trip summer 2007, John & Rab climbed the Cassin Route on the north face of the Piz Badile. A great climb.
New Route on Skye
At the Coruisk Meet, 2007, Rab & Colin made the first ascent of Swamp Donkey 265m Severe 4a *, on the slabs above Loch Coruisk. Here are a couple of pictures from the climb.
Alps 2006 by Robert McMurray
Following on from last summer’s successful trip, myself and John headed back to the Alps this July for another tussle with Europe’s finest mountains and routes. After trips last year to climb the Aletschhorn 4193m and Finsteeraarhorn 4274m we were keen to return to the Bernese Oberland and in
Scrabbles in The Alps
The recent, exciting discovery of these fragments of unpublished manuscript from the Golden Age of mountaineering provides a valuable insight to those bygone days when mountaineers were bold, cold and very often lost. Especially, it highlights the talented, yet unsung, climbing partnership of the
The Haute Route – April 1991
When I first took up skiing at Glenshee some nine winters ago it was with the intention of being able to traverse mountains on skis, thereby reducing the ‘plod’ element and increasing the fun and excitement. Unfortunately my skiing ability seemed to have stuck at the ‘intermediate’ plateau. However
Cham ’90 by Gavin Swinton
We had decided Chamonix was to be the venue for our rock concert this year. Ten years since our last trip there were bound to be some changes. Hope the hills have not got any bigger. Difference this time was that there were three teenyboppers as well. Frank having heard of cheap accommodation as