Climbing, blogging and stuff

Blogging is time consuming,especially if you really have no idea of what your doing.i had noticed some really nice blog templates out on the web. So thought id change the look of the

blog.

mmmmmmmmm thats why it looked all mixed up and writing all over the place for 2 days.

Anyhoo check out our, google analytics map, showing regular visitors to the blog.

Very surprised and well I'm actually flattered that so many people enjoy reading it, inspired we shall continue.

Blog has had 138 visits from one location in Anchorage Alaska.

So “hi” to the peeps in Alaska. Look us up if yer ever in Scotland

Last year we no i, thought a power kite might be fun, to 20 buck on Ebay. So i tied myself into the dinghy and were away great idea !

However as soon as it crashed in the loch and yes i mean the middle of the loch.

it sank immediately and as i was pulling and straining on the twelve lines trying to get the stupid thing back in the dinghy, a land rover stopped on the road, yes it did look like i was pulling a net across the mans loch. Note to all you youngsters dont try this you need a water launchable kite. Yes when i set off i thought i may drown and yes it was a stupid plan.

The camel, inverness area Conglomerate fetishists sport crag was favoured much last year.

Pics by Mr Addison

Loch Assynt for the annual Hutchoriam celebration.

15 of us had planed this for months, when we arrived at our spot, there was a man with a bike sitting on the grass.

As soon as i got out of the car he picked his bike up and started taking a wee tent out.

“shit “ i thought , as i wandered over and told the man “sorry but iv got fifteen mates with drink and guitars and drums and your welcome to join us mate but dont expect to sleep”

“your f*****n jokin” the man screamed as he threw his tent on the heather. “Iv just cycled 40 friggin miles and iv another 50 to do tomorrow, i need my sleep”

I felt a wee bit guilty as i was putting the tent up coz about a mile along the road i could see the poor chap down by the loch, busy putting up his own tent. Sorry but it was best to tell him i thought.

Lots of boat jolly's this year done 1200 miles in the boat now.

Winter Came with much snow this year and for a couple of weeks we couldn't even really get out, so we had lots of local wanders , Snowboard and Sledge exploration.

The track from Boath up Fyrish is always good after some white stuff.

Nutters leaping from the monument into a snowdrift.

We all had great fun at the tooling comps this year and some of us older players performed better than the younger team members.

I did get stung by fickle weather went to Apelcross looking for masses of water ice and found this.

But when i decided to take Dylan

on his first proper winter mountaineering day,

Perfection in white and windless

sunshine.

Fingers Ridge IV classic Cairngorn mixed climbing, absolutely plastered in squeaky snow ice.

Mhairi and Dylan spoilt by mother nature, iv climbed here hundreds of times and never had conditions like this.

Taking your dearest and youngest on a first time adventure is always rewarding but to do in conditions as good as this, Lets just say i was smiling inside and out.

Anyway we all made light work of the perfect route and basked in the sun on the plateau.

Stuff gets in my way .

Sometimes i like to do other creative stuff !

C ya !