The final (fun) opportunity for my week off was the chance to go mountain cragging in Scotland in winter! I hooked up with Harpic (Martin Hind) for this mini adventure. It was great to see him again, he's such a cool and interesting fellow (I'm sure he won't read this so I'm safe!).
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| There she blows... Stac Pollaidh |
The joke is that summer or winter, no matter the adventure when you ask what time does he want to meet, the answer is always 9.30am, after he has sorted out his horses! Fine, but a couple of winters ago I couldn't get used to this approach.. but I have to say that it totally works, and he's so fit, that he manages to fit anything into this time period - he likes to finish early too!
So with a sunny forecast we headed west as Martin fancied climbing Vlad the Impaler (HVS) on Stac Pollaidh. The weather started off well, but as we neared the base of the crag it was a wee bit chilly with a gale force wind!
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| A sheltered snack after the climb |
We climbed the route, which is a great route, very gritstoneesque with lots of jamming (which I did in gloves). It was now baltic and I was surprised we weren't blown off the route. We decided not to do another route... and as we decended the top of Stac Pollaidh became enveloped in cloud. Need to go back for Jack the Ripper (E1) now, but maybe when a little less breezy!
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| The cloud rolls in |
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