Friday 27 December 2013

2013

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." Henry David Thoreau

Well, here we go; a round up of 2013 in pictures, they're in chronological order so to see anything recent you'll have to scroll down for a while. Enjoy!

Tignes

Skye, Glen Brittle

Sgurr Alasdair, forgive my shoddy rope coils, not walking far to the abseil.
BUCS Team 2013

Cresent Arete Right Hand

Cresent Arete sequence (Photo: Stu Ingram)

Portlethen Sunset

TCA Glasgow Student Competition

Poachers Fall, Liathach, Torridon
View South East from Liathach

Ben Nevis Approach

Coire Leis descent

Sunny Moy Rock

Slack Lining Union Terrace Gardens

Robs Reed, Going Through on Aggregate
Long Slough Traverse

Cir Mhor, Rosetta Stone, Amazing climbing and perfect setting

Caisteal Abhail looking towards Cir Mhor and Goatfell

Ninja Kick on The Sheild at Cummingston

Cows Crack Logie Head

Anger and Lust, Pass of Ballater

Final Push on Ben Rinnes

Local right of passage; Bobs Overhang, Long Slough



Souter Head, Marcus following Mythical Wall

Studying the guidebook and waiting for the mist to clear, Shelterstone


Stuart following the final chimney pitch of The Needle

Northumberland Bowden Doors

Bowden Doors, The Lightbulb

Peel Slough
Brodick Bouldering

Repeating the classic Match and Snatch, Cummingston

Best buddies

Gravity's Rainbow, Ardmair Crag

Ardmair
Humbled standing above the incredible, amazing, Flawless. Achmelvich.

Happy Solo of Moon Jelly at Reiff

Earth Shaker LH, Reiff

A Rough day at Ruthven

Paris!

The Classic!

The eptiome of Font, L'Angle Allain, Bas Cuvier

Lady Big Claques, Buthier, Proud Line

A Dynamic send of L'Oblique
Costa Blanca, Penon.

Uisdean on the second pitch of Northumberland Wall, Diabeg, what a perfect day

Diabeg Abseil

Near the start of Wall of Flame, Diabeg.
Incredible evening light; Uisdean on The Pillar Diabeg



Me seconding Age of Confusion, Seanna Mheallan (Photo: Rory Brown)

West is Best, Morning light on Stac Polliadh

Modern Thinking, Seal Song Area, Reiff
Transition Boulder Competition (Photo: Bob Stokes)

Tying myself in knots; STS round 1 at RGU

Coire an Lochain

Auricle, Coire an Lochain

Shadowlands, Lochnagar

Shadowlands, Lochnagar

Shadowlands, Lochnagar


STS Final round at Transition Extreme (Photo: Bob Stokes)
 
Boxing Day Boulder sesh at Cummingston, feeling festive in my new hat.

Here's to a year of big adventures and dry rock, 2014, bring it on!