Jo enjoying superb sun soaked skiing on the back of Cairngorm, as good as it gets The sun has been out, it was starting to get a little repetitive the constant strong South Easterlies but the wind has been dropping and some spectacular days in the mountains. There is some great cover in the mountains at the moment and the Cairngorms in particular is extremely snowy at the moment giving perhaps much better skiing than climbing at the moment. The Northern Corrie's are pretty bu

Practicing front pointing on icy smears in Glencoe Its been a busy and very wintry start to the year through January and now early February for us which hasn’t allowed much time to post on the blog so a quick catch up. After last years exceptionally lean season this one has been a refreshing change to more normal winter weather. Good amounts of snow lie in the mountains at the moment with the snowpack building nicely along with full gullies and the right recipe for ice. This

Climbing at Gausta above the Rjukan Valley, Norway Finally, having heard so much about the incredible ice climbing in Norways Rjukan valley Jo and I got there. However, we did arrive during a particularly warm period with temps in the plus figures it wasn’t quite the roadside ice cragging I was heard all about over the last few years. That said we did fine ice and did have a great week and certainly a spot to return to. It clearly is a superb place for ice climbing as there s

Si Cherret topping out on the FA of Modus III.4 Stac Pollaidh NW Highlands Its been a promising start to the winter with some nice early winter conditions coming and going since late October. The last freeze which seemed to have been nationwide was a more meaningful start to the winter giving plenty of winter climbing options and even a piste day at Cairngorm Mountain and the upper slopes still remain open at the time of writing. Its often hard to know when the snow and colde

The vast area of Samburu in Northern Kenya with the 'Cat" as the back drop A tough and hard place to live and even just be in, Northern...

All smiles in the mist on Sgurr nan Gillians West Ridge Hi From Jo and Dan at Highland Guides Thanks to all of you for joining us out on...

Lake Victoria the source of the river Nile at Kisumu, Western Kenya I have found the source of the river Nile’ John Hanning Speke 1862...

Jo enjoying sun rock at the Ngare Ndare crag We have been back on familiar ground delivering some rock foundation courses with Rift...

Peering into the back of the Spar Cave near Elgol, Isle of Skye It's almost certain that if you spend time on the Isle of Skye you will...

Late evening light on the Northern End of the Cuillin Ridge, Am Bastier and Sgurr nan Gillian It's been a busy start to the summer hence...