|
Date |
Crag
and Guidebook |
Route
Name |
Grade |
Category
LP/LB/AL/Se/S |
Comments |
|
|
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! |
|
|
Scafell |
Moss Ghyll Grooves |
MVS |
|
Led the crux. Superb! |
|
|
Scafell |
|
MVS |
|
Led 1st pitch |
|
|
Pillar, Ennerdale |
New |
Diff |
|
Led 1st and 3rd |
|
|
Beinn Narnain |
Jam Block Chimney |
Vdiff |
|
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 |
|
Led 2nd pitch and last slab. 2
leader falls due to rain! |
|
|
Auchenstarry |
Anarchist |
Vdiff |
LP |
|
|
|
Auchenstarry |
Spyro Gyra |
VS 4c |
Se |
Superb wee route |
|
|
Auchenstarry |
Slinky Lizard |
HS 4b |
LP |
Nice wee route |
|
|
Aberdour |
Brutus |
HS 4b |
LP |
|
|
|
Aberdour |
Gunga Din |
S |
Se |
|
|
|
Aberdour |
|
VS 5a |
LP |
Superb route |
|
|
Aberdour |
Halleluja Wall |
HS 4b |
Se |
|
|
|
Etchachan, Cairngorms |
Talisman |
HS |
|
Led 1st and 3rd
pitches. Bivvying at |
|
|
Coire an Lochain |
Savage Slit |
Vdiff |
|
Led 2nd pitch. Bivvying at |
|
|
Lochnagar |
Eagle Ridge |
S |
|
Stunning! |
|
|
Auchenstarry |
Fourth Wave |
VS 5a |
Se |
|
|
|
Auchenstarry |
|
HVS 5a |
Se |
|
|
|
|
Summer Shower |
S |
Se |
|
|
|
Garbh Bheinn, Ardgour |
Great Ridge |
Vdiff |
|
Only dank corner |
|
|
Garbh Bheinn, Ardgour |
Butterknife |
VS 4a |
|
Lost route after overhang, finished up Great
Ridge corner |
|
|
Buachaille Etive Mor |
|
Vdiff |
LP |
Lots of soloing |
|
|
Craig Y Barns |
The End |
VS 4b,4c |
LP |
Led both pitches |
|
|
Craig Y Barns |
Kestrel Crack |
S |
LP |
|
|
|
Craig Y Barns |
Cuticle Crack |
Vdiff |
LP |
|
|
|
Craig Y Barns |
Holly Tree Groove |
Vdiff |
LP |
|
|
|
Craig Y Barns |
The Groove |
VS 4c |
LP |
|
|
|
Craig Y Barns |
Ivy Crack |
VS 4b |
Se |
|
|
April 95 |
Glen Etive |
Ba’s |
HVS |
|
Led 1st and 3rd
pitches. Finished up Spartan Slab |
|
April 95 |
Glen Etive |
Hammer |
HVS |
|
Led 2nd pitch |
|
|
Meikle Ross |
Demolition Tango |
HS 4b |
Se |
|
|
|
Meikle Ross |
Mental Block |
? |
LP |
Wild
route, finished up Demolition Tango |
|
|
Meikle Ross |
Alligator Crawl |
VS 4c |
Se |
|
|
|
Meikle Ross |
Curving Arete |
S |
LP |
|
|
|
Aberdour |
|
VS 5a |
LP |
Superb again! |
|
|
Aberdour |
Welly Wall |
Vdiff |
LP |
|
|
|
Aberdour |
Urmi |
VS 4c |
LP |
|
|
|
Aberdour |
Maureen |
S |
LP |
|
|
|
Aberdour |
Pain Pillar |
VS 4c |
LP |
Raining and high winds! |
|
|
Buachaille Etive Mor |
|
Vdiff |
LP |
Led 1st pitch then snowed off |
|
|
Ben A’an |
The Edge |
VS 4c |
LP |
|
|
|
Ben A’an |
Ash Wall |
S |
Se |
|
|
|
Ben A’an |
Oblique Crack |
Vdiff |
Se |
|
|
|
Borrowdale |
Little |
Vdiff |
|
Led 1st pitch |
|
|
Borrowdale |
Crescendo |
S |
|
Led 2nd pitch |
|
|
Borrowdale |
??? |
VDiff |
S |
Just soloed up the slab following crack line |
|
|
The Cobbler |
Recess Route |
Vdiff |
|
Led 2nd, 3rd, 4th
pitches. |
|
|
Buachaille Etive Mor |
Agag’s Groove |
Vdiff |
|
Led 2nd, 3rd, 4th
pitches. |
|
|
Aonach Dub |
Eve’s Arete |
Vdiff |
|
Led 2nd pitch. |
|
|
Polldubh, Glen Nevis |
Pine Wall |
S |
Se |
|
|
|
Polldubh, Glen Nevis |
Flying Dutchman |
S |
|
Led 2nd pitch |
|
|
|
Tower Ridge |
Diff |
S |
Soloed the ridge |
|
|
Buachaille Etive Mor |
Crowberry Ridge |
VDiff |
LP |
Missed out S polished wall |
|
|
Dumbarton Rock |
Stonefall Crack |
HVS 5a |
Se |
|
|
|
Auchenstarry |
Footloose |
HVS 5a |
LP |
Sustained! |
|
|
The Cioch, Cuillin |
Cioch West |
Vdiff |
|
Direct variation above 2nd pitch
up Carembo Cracks (VS) |
|
|
The Cioch, Cuillin |
The Cioch |
Diff |
S |
Soloed the access route |
|
|
Coire Lagan, Cuillin |
Integrity |
VS 4b |
|
Led 1st pitch + crux in one
run-out through 2 roofs |
|
|
Craig Y Barns, Dunkeld |
Twisted Rib |
Vdiff |
|
Led 2nd pitch. Sparse pro |
|
|
Craig Y Barns, Dunkeld |
The Ramp |
HS 4b |
|
Led 2nd pitch. Loose and dirty |
|
|
Craig Y Barns, Dunkeld |
The Crutch |
HS 4b |
|
Led 2nd pitch |
|
|
|
Medium Cool |
VS 4c |
LP |
Led the whole route |
|
|
Careg Wasted, LLanberis |
The Wrinkle |
Vdiff |
|
First lead! Led 2nd pitch |
|
|
Careg Wasted, LLanberis |
Crackstone Rib |
S |
Se |
|
|
|
Tremadoc |
Mensor/Niobe |
VS |
Se |
|
|
|
Moelwyns |
Y Gelwyn |
Vdiff |
Se |
|
|
|
Careg Wasted, LLanberis |
Nea |
VS |
Se |
|
|
|
Auchenstarry |
Spyro Gyra |
Vs 4c |
Se |
Pouring rain! |
|
|
Auchenstarry |
The Owl |
HS |
|
|
|
|
Auchenstarry |
White Slab |
HS 4b |
LP |
|
|
|
Auchenstarry |
Slinky Lizard |
HS |
LP |
Very dirty |
|
|
Creag Mor |
Rampage |
HS |
Se |
|
|
|
Loudon Hill |
Foxglove Chimney |
S |
LP |
|
|
|
Loudon Hill |
The Splits |
E1 5b |
Se |
|
|
|
Loundon Hill |
Cave Crack |
VS 4b |
Se |
|
|
|
Auchenstarry |
The Owl |
HS |
Se |
Direct start |
|
|
Craig Y Barns |
Spirachick |
HS 4b |
LP |
Balancy |
|
|
Castle Rock of Triermain |
North Crag Eliminate |
E1 4c 5a 5b |
|
Led 1st pitch |
|
|
Castle Rock of Triermain |
Overhanging Bastion |
VS 5a |
|
Led
crux. Fell off when toe poked out of boot! |
|
|
Auchenstarry |
White Slab |
HS |
LP |
|
|
|
Auchenstarry |
Goldrush |
E1 5b |
Se |
|
|
|
The Cobbler |
Nimlin’s |
Vdiff |
|
Led 1st and last pitches |
|
|
The Cobbler |
Punster’s Crack |
S |
|
Led step across gap pitch |
|
|
Auchenstarry |
Spyro Gyra |
VS 4c |
LP |
|
|
|
Craig Y Barns |
Wriggle |
VS 4c |
LP |
|
|
|
Craig Y Barns |
The Groove |
VS 4c |
Se |
|
|
|
Craig Y Barns |
The End |
VS 4b/4c |
|
Led 1st pitch |
|
|
Craig Y Barns |
Nicotine Rush |
E1 5b |
Se |
|
|
|
Craig Y Barns |
Cuticle Crack |
Vdiff |
Se |
|
|
|
Gimmer Crag, Langdale |
|
VS 4b |
|
Led 2nd pitch. First VS lead |
|
|
Gimmer Crag, Langdale |
|
S |
LP |
|
|
|
Gimmer Crag, Langdale |
Ash Tree Slab |
Vdiff |
LP |
|
|
|
Raven Crag, Langdale |
Oak Tree Wall variation |
S |
|
Led last two pitches |
|
|
Duntelchaig, |
Swastika |
S |
LP |
Led it
twice! |
|
|
Raven Crag, Langdale |
Oak Tree Wall |
S |
|
Led 2nd pitch |
|
|
Gimmer Crag, Langdale |
Bracket and Slab |
S |
|
Led 1st
pitch |
|
|
White Ghyll, Langdale |
Slabs Route 1 |
S |
Se |
|
|
|
White Ghyll, Langdale |
White Ghyll Chimney |
S |
|
Led 1st pitch |
|
|
White Ghyll, Langdale |
Route 1 |
Diff |
|
Led 2nd pitch |
|
|
Stob Coire nan Lochain, Glencoe |
Unicorn |
E1 5b |
Se |
Abbed off after crux |
|
|
Aonach Dubh, Glencoe |
The Long Crack |
S |
|
Led 2nd pitch |
|
|
Aonach Dub, Glencoe |
Quiver Rib |
Diff |
|
Led 1st pitch |
|
|
Etive Slabs |
Swastika |
HVS |
Se |
|
|
|
Cir Mhor, |
Sou’wester Slabs |
Vdiff |
|
Led
2nd pitch. Met future wife on belay ledge in hail storm! |
Category: LP = led, placing protection, LB = led, bolt protection,