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Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Easy ice climbing in Scotland
Well, it's not the ice climbing that's easy, but the getting there is certainly a little more gentle these days. My mates spent the day yesterday climbing on the east face of Aonach Mor - that great hulking beast of a hill almost next to Ben Nevis.
Aonach Mor winter climbing has become a lot more popular recently due to the fact you can lop off the first couple of thousand feet sitting on your bum in the cable car at the Nevis Ski Range. From the top station it is a much shorter walk to the high cliffs on the east side which, due to their aspect and higher altitude tend to be in condition a lot more regularly than some of the old ice climbing haunts of Scotland. Anyway, the guys had a great day's climbing and even made it back to the cable car 5 minutes before it shut down for the night. Did they take any OutdoorScotland.co.uk gear? Well yes, E is the proud new owner of a survival bivi bag and an emergency whistle - the ubiquitous orange one. That shows some confidence. Click here for the cable car at Nevis Range Posted by bigcrags @
7:18 PM
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