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Spidean a'Choire Leith (George)

Date:
12.02.2013
Characteristic:
Alpine climbing
Duration:
8:00h
Distance:
8.0km

Third day of our climbing course up in the northwest highlands, and also supposedly the final day of settled, beautiful weather before rain was going to set in. So to make the most of this, and the excellent snow and ice conditions we'd experienced so far, it was decided that we would head towards Torridon and attempt one of the 'classic' routes called George, which is located in Coire Dubh Mor on the northern side of Liathach. Since the route was 4-5 pitches long and the drive from Strathcarron would take around 45 minutes it also meant having to drag ourselves out of bed for another early start. But it would probably be worth the effort as the previous two days' trips had proved! So at 7am we were out of the cottage and bundled once again into Ken's van. It felt pretty mild outside, still >>>

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Hidden Gully (II)

Date:
17.02.2010
Characteristic:
Alpine trip

Alternated leads with Suzana while Rocio soloed up with us. Nice route, but the snow wasn't particularly neve-like, especially after the second pitch so it felt more like a steep walk rather than a proper climb. Still, we had some practice in moving together on a short rope on the descent off Stuc a'Choire Dhuibh Bhig with fantastic views into the wilderness north of the Liathach massif - the first day of the week (possibly) we'd had any decent views at all.

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East Buttress (IV)

Date:
15.02.2010

We started the day with an hour's drive from Lochcarron into Torridon, parking up at the foot of the valley between Beinn Eighe's western end and Liathach's eastern end. It was about 8am when we got out to begin the long walk in to the coire on the northern side of Coinneach Mor; in fact it was altogether dismal to start off with, rain being chucked down like you wouldn't believe. Nevertheless, after much dithering around we eventually set out in the soaking wet conditions anyway and about 3 hours later we were finally round and into the coire, looking in awe up at the Triple Buttresses. We were going to climb the grade IV route up the East Buttress, which was at that moment looking decidely thin and uninviting for me as someone who has a fear of mixed routes. It turned out to be quite a long >>>

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