Personal Multi-Pitch Rock Climbing

Date

Crag and Guidebook

Route Name

Grade

Category LP/LB/AL/Se/S

Comments

14/6/98

Beinn Narnain

Engine Room Crack

Diff

LP

Warm weather

Early 97

Auchenstarry

Slinky Lizard

HS 4b

LP

First route of the year

Early 97

Auchenstarry

Scream

HS 4b

LP

Second route of the year!

16/6/96

Scafell

Moss Ghyll Grooves

MVS

AL

Led the crux. Superb!

16/6/96

Scafell

Jones Route

MVS

AL

Led 1st pitch

15/6/96

Pillar, Ennerdale

New West Route

Diff

AL

Led 1st and 3rd

25/5/96

Beinn Narnain

Jam Block Chimney

Vdiff

AL

Howling gale up chimney!

May 96

Buachaille Etive Mor

Crowberry Ridge

Vdiff

LP

Rain and hail so missed out Severe wall

May 96

Glen Etive

Spartan Slab

VS

AL

Led 2nd pitch and last slab. 2 leader falls due to rain!

8/5/96

Auchenstarry

Anarchist

Vdiff

LP

 

8/5/96

Auchenstarry

Spyro Gyra

VS 4c

Se

Superb wee route

12/5/96

Auchenstarry

Slinky Lizard

HS 4b

LP

Nice wee route

28/4/06

Aberdour

Brutus

HS 4b

LP

 

28/4/96

Aberdour

Gunga Din

S

Se

 

28/4/96

Aberdour

Eureka

VS 5a

LP

Superb route

28/4/96

Aberdour

Halleluja Wall

HS 4b

Se

 

20/8/95

Etchachan, Cairngorms

Talisman

HS

AL

Led 1st and 3rd pitches. Bivvying at Loch Avon.

19/8/95

Coire an Lochain

Savage Slit

Vdiff

AL

Led 2nd pitch. Bivvying at Loch Avon

5/8/95

Lochnagar

Eagle Ridge

S

AL

Stunning!

25/7/95

Auchenstarry

Fourth Wave

VS 5a

Se

 

25/7/95

Auchenstarry

Kelvin Way

HVS 5a

Se

 

23/7/95

Fast Castle Head

Summer Shower

S

Se

 

9/7/95

Garbh Bheinn, Ardgour

Great Ridge

Vdiff

AL

Only dank corner

9/7/95

Garbh Bheinn, Ardgour

Butterknife

VS 4a

AL

Lost route after overhang, finished up Great Ridge corner

11/6/95

Buachaille Etive Mor

North Face Route

Vdiff

LP

Lots of soloing

10/4/95

Craig Y Barns

The End

VS 4b,4c

LP

Led both pitches

10/4/95

Craig Y Barns

Kestrel Crack

S

LP

 

8/4/95

Craig Y Barns

Cuticle Crack

Vdiff

LP

 

8/4/95

Craig Y Barns

Holly Tree Groove

Vdiff

LP

 

8/4/95

Craig Y Barns

The Groove

VS 4c

LP

 

8/4/95

Craig Y Barns

Ivy Crack

VS 4b

Se

 

April 95

Glen Etive

Ba’s

HVS

AL

Led 1st and 3rd pitches. Finished up Spartan Slab

April 95

Glen Etive

Hammer

HVS

AL

Led 2nd pitch

2/4/95

Meikle Ross

Demolition Tango

HS 4b

Se

 

2/4/95

Meikle Ross

Mental Block

?

LP

 Wild route, finished up Demolition Tango

2/4/95

Meikle Ross

Alligator Crawl

VS 4c

Se

 

2/4/95

Meikle Ross

Curving Arete

S

LP

 

27/3/95

Aberdour

Eureka

VS 5a

LP

Superb again!

27/3/95

Aberdour

Welly Wall

Vdiff

LP

 

27/3/95

Aberdour

Urmi

VS 4c

LP

 

27/3/95

Aberdour

Maureen

S

LP

 

27/3/95

Aberdour

Pain Pillar

VS 4c

LP

Raining and high winds!

29/10/94

Buachaille Etive Mor

North Face Route

Vdiff

LP

Led 1st pitch then snowed off

27/9/94

Ben A’an

The Edge

VS 4c

LP

 

27/9/94

Ben A’an

Ash Wall

S

Se

 

27/9/94

Ben A’an

Oblique Crack

Vdiff

Se

 

23/9/94

Borrowdale

Little Chamonix

Vdiff

AL

Led 1st pitch

23/9/94

Borrowdale

Crescendo

S

AL

Led 2nd pitch

23/9/94

Borrowdale

???

VDiff

S

Just soloed up the slab following crack line

21/9/94

The Cobbler

Recess Route

Vdiff

AL

Led 2nd, 3rd, 4th pitches.

17/9/94

Buachaille Etive Mor

Agag’s Groove

Vdiff

AL

Led 2nd, 3rd, 4th pitches.

14/8/94

Aonach Dub

Eve’s Arete

Vdiff

AL

Led 2nd pitch.

15/7/94

Polldubh, Glen Nevis

Pine Wall

S

Se

 

15/7/94

Polldubh, Glen Nevis

Flying Dutchman

S

AL

Led 2nd pitch

13/7/94

Ben Nevis

Tower Ridge

Diff

S

Soloed the ridge

5/7/94

Buachaille Etive Mor

Crowberry Ridge

VDiff

LP

Missed out S polished wall

3/7/94

Dumbarton Rock

Stonefall Crack

HVS 5a

Se

 

21/6/94

Auchenstarry

Footloose

HVS 5a

LP

Sustained!

28/5/94

The Cioch, Cuillin

Cioch West

Vdiff

AL

Direct variation above 2nd pitch up Carembo Cracks (VS)

28/5/94

The Cioch, Cuillin

The Cioch

Diff

S

Soloed the access route

28/5/94

Coire Lagan, Cuillin

Integrity

VS 4b

AL

Led 1st pitch + crux in one run-out through 2 roofs

5/6/94

Craig Y Barns, Dunkeld

Twisted Rib

Vdiff

AL

Led 2nd pitch. Sparse pro

5/6/94

Craig Y Barns, Dunkeld

The Ramp

HS 4b

AL

Led 2nd pitch. Loose and dirty

5/6/94

Craig Y Barns, Dunkeld

The Crutch

HS 4b

AL

Led 2nd pitch

18/6/94

Pass of Ballater

Medium Cool

VS 4c

LP

Led the whole route

28/9/92

Careg Wasted, LLanberis

The Wrinkle

Vdiff

AL

First lead! Led 2nd pitch

27/9/92

Careg Wasted, LLanberis

Crackstone Rib

S

Se

 

27/9/92

Tremadoc

Mensor/Niobe

VS

Se

 

26/9/92

Moelwyns

Y Gelwyn

Vdiff

Se

 

25/9/92

Careg Wasted, LLanberis

Nea

VS

Se

 

11/4/94

Auchenstarry

Spyro Gyra

Vs 4c

Se

Pouring rain!

1/5/94

Auchenstarry

The Owl

HS

AL

 

1/5/94

Auchenstarry

White Slab

HS 4b

LP

 

1/5/94

Auchenstarry

Slinky Lizard

HS

LP

Very dirty

2/5/94

Creag Mor

Rampage

HS

Se

 

8/5/94

Loudon Hill

Foxglove Chimney

S

LP

 

8/5/94

Loudon Hill

The Splits

E1 5b

Se

 

8/5/94

Loundon Hill

Cave Crack

VS 4b

Se

 

9/5/94

Auchenstarry

The Owl

HS

Se

Direct start

5/6/94

Craig Y Barns

Spirachick

HS 4b

LP

Balancy

17/7/93

Castle Rock of Triermain

North Crag Eliminate

E1 4c 5a 5b

AL

Led 1st pitch

17/7/93

Castle Rock of Triermain

Overhanging Bastion

VS 5a

AL

 Led crux. Fell off when toe poked out of boot!

13/7/93

Auchenstarry

White Slab

HS

LP

 

13/7/93

Auchenstarry

Goldrush

E1 5b

Se

 

30/6/93

The Cobbler

Nimlin’s Direct Route

Vdiff

AL

Led 1st and last pitches

30/6/93

The Cobbler

Punster’s Crack

S

AL

Led step across gap pitch

29/6/93

Auchenstarry

Spyro Gyra

VS 4c

LP

 

27/6/93

Craig Y Barns

Wriggle

VS 4c

LP

 

27/6/93

Craig Y Barns

The Groove

VS 4c

Se

 

27/6/93

Craig Y Barns

The End

VS 4b/4c

AL

Led 1st pitch

27/6/93

Craig Y Barns

Nicotine Rush

E1 5b

Se

 

27/6/93

Craig Y Barns

Cuticle Crack

Vdiff

Se

 

20/6/93

Gimmer Crag, Langdale

North West Arete

VS 4b

AL

Led 2nd pitch. First VS lead

20/6/93

Gimmer Crag, Langdale

D Route

S

LP

 

20/6/93

Gimmer Crag, Langdale

Ash Tree Slab

Vdiff

LP

 

20/6/93

Raven Crag, Langdale

Oak Tree Wall variation

S

AL

Led last two pitches

13/6/93

Duntelchaig, Inverness

Swastika

S

LP

 Led it twice!

24/5/93

Raven Crag, Langdale

Oak Tree Wall

S

AL

Led 2nd pitch

23/5/93

Gimmer Crag, Langdale

Bracket and Slab

S

AL

 Led 1st pitch

22/5/93

White Ghyll, Langdale

Slabs Route 1

S

Se

 

22/5/93

White Ghyll, Langdale

White Ghyll Chimney

S

AL

Led 1st pitch

22/5/93

White Ghyll, Langdale

Route 1

Diff

AL

Led 2nd pitch

9/5/93

Stob Coire nan Lochain, Glencoe

Unicorn

E1 5b

Se

Abbed off after crux

9/5/93

Aonach Dubh, Glencoe

The Long Crack

S

AL

Led 2nd pitch

9/5/93

Aonach Dub, Glencoe

Quiver Rib

Diff

AL

Led 1st pitch

8/5/93

Etive Slabs

Swastika

HVS

Se

 

2/5/93

Cir Mhor, Arran

Sou’wester Slabs

Vdiff

AL

Led 2nd pitch. Met future wife on belay ledge in hail storm!

Category: LP = led, placing protection, LB = led, bolt protection, AL = alternately led, Se = seconded, S = soloed