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Soft Rock: January 2016
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Delusional witterings from a North Scotland ledge-shuffler. Sunday, 17 January 2016. It's hilarious when you look in from the outside. What a preposterous way to spend a weekend. The coldest weekend this winter too, with a clear forecast saying that the weather would be better in the east. But I'm inside the bubble, and I don't care. Slapping and scraping, a guttural oath pierces the air as I hit the pads again. Tuesday, 5 January 2016. 7A , Reiff in the Woods. 7A, Ardmair Crag. 7A, Balgy Boulder. Having...
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Soft Rock: Witness the (un)fitness
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Delusional witterings from a North Scotland ledge-shuffler. Tuesday, 22 March 2016. The days of cold bouldering conditions must surely be numbered. It's been a great season. My best ever without a doubt, with a pleasing list of completed projects and fairly quick ticks. The last time out in Torridon I finished off one of the last problems that I'd had on my season's optimistic ticklist by slapping my way up Wee Baws. Within half an hour of topping out Wee Baws. And tickled the chains on Curving Crack.
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Soft Rock: September 2015
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Delusional witterings from a North Scotland ledge-shuffler. Tuesday, 1 September 2015. At Zed Buttress, just down the hill. We agreed that I'd have the morning redpoint shift while Murdo gently warmed up and then we'd head down for his turn in the shade. More importantly, Murdo made his best links yet on The Force. I hear the send-train a' comin down the line. Phew Now I can get married. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Dr Snow: Blair Fyffe's blog. Kev Shields: The Darkness. The thoughts of Andy Moles. Profes...
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Soft Rock: Retrospective
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Delusional witterings from a North Scotland ledge-shuffler. Saturday, 24 December 2016. The annual retrospective blog post: what have the 2016 pebble-wrestling highlights been? Probably. So, because of this weird skew in my head, it feels like I've not really had a good year, when in reality I've done a load of really good things. Here's a single highlight from each month:. 7A, Reiff in the Woods. I'd actually gone to Kishorn to try The Universal. E1 5b, Stanage. 7b, Zed Buttress, Brin. Doesn't feature i...
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Soft Rock: December 2016
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Delusional witterings from a North Scotland ledge-shuffler. Saturday, 24 December 2016. The annual retrospective blog post: what have the 2016 pebble-wrestling highlights been? Probably. So, because of this weird skew in my head, it feels like I've not really had a good year, when in reality I've done a load of really good things. Here's a single highlight from each month:. 7A, Reiff in the Woods. I'd actually gone to Kishorn to try The Universal. E1 5b, Stanage. 7b, Zed Buttress, Brin. Doesn't feature i...
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Soft Rock: June 2016
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Delusional witterings from a North Scotland ledge-shuffler. Monday, 13 June 2016. A typical Highland day in June. The sweet damp greens of summer unfurled; leaves and flowers and fronds uncurling. Brilliant yellow broom, bluebell blue; swallows and swifts and martens race each other through the drizzle. As Spring wore on I managed a few trips to the likely sport crags Am Fasgadh and Zed Buttress, fluking my way up the crimpy 7b Little Minx. At the latter and power shrieking my way up Super Warm Up. Years...
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Soft Rock: October 2015
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Delusional witterings from a North Scotland ledge-shuffler. Thursday, 1 October 2015. Just back in from finishing off a short and fiery love affair on the Moray coast. On Sunday Mrs M and I headed down to see what all the fuss was about at Primrose Bay, a supposed Cummingston 2.0 with a prettier sandy beach and clutch of recently developed boulder problems. Something for everyone. We weren't dissapointed. Here's Hamish on it:. Amateur Acrobatics, Primrose Bay, Moray. I was on a flying visit on Sunday so ...
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Soft Rock: Spring 2016
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Delusional witterings from a North Scotland ledge-shuffler. Monday, 13 June 2016. A typical Highland day in June. The sweet damp greens of summer unfurled; leaves and flowers and fronds uncurling. Brilliant yellow broom, bluebell blue; swallows and swifts and martens race each other through the drizzle. As Spring wore on I managed a few trips to the likely sport crags Am Fasgadh and Zed Buttress, fluking my way up the crimpy 7b Little Minx. At the latter and power shrieking my way up Super Warm Up. Years...
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Soft Rock: November 2015
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Delusional witterings from a North Scotland ledge-shuffler. Saturday, 14 November 2015. Today, something very strange happened. It's something that I've been working towards for years; an ambition that has taken me on a long and winding road, and finally, somehow, today I brought it to reality. I still can't quite take it in. I first set eyes on Malcolm Smith's Arete. The inevitable pirouette. (Photo: Rory Brown). Why was I so weak? What did I have to do to get up this bloody bit of rock? In the interim,...
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Soft Rock: March 2016
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Delusional witterings from a North Scotland ledge-shuffler. Tuesday, 22 March 2016. The days of cold bouldering conditions must surely be numbered. It's been a great season. My best ever without a doubt, with a pleasing list of completed projects and fairly quick ticks. The last time out in Torridon I finished off one of the last problems that I'd had on my season's optimistic ticklist by slapping my way up Wee Baws. Within half an hour of topping out Wee Baws. And tickled the chains on Curving Crack.