Ali and Lay’s Mountaineering Blog

Objective: Ascent of a gully on the north face of Ben Nevis
Only day 2 and I am suffering with heel blisters from my new boots - probably caused by having the laces too loose yesterday rather than any inherent fit problem.  We strapped them up as best we could and hope that they don’t get too much […]

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Objective: Practice crampon and ice axe techniques on the gentle snow slopes above Glen Coe.
We parked Clive’s 1978 Landrover in the layby on the A82 (GR 168 569) from where Stob Coire Nan Lochan dominates the view to the south west between Aonach Dubh and Gearr Aonach.
We start with a short descent to the river […]

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We arrived at the Ballachulish hotel in Glen Coe, our base for the week, around 5pm today.
Worryingly the snow cover on the surrounding hills looks very lean and we are both a little concerned about how much winter mountaineering experience we will actually get this week.
We met up with our instructor, Clive Roberts, for a […]

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