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My fav Scottish winter climbing photos

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 MrRiley 31 Mar 2023

Folks, 

This has been my most unproductive scottish winter season for a variety of reasons, but rather than whinge about it I decided to look back over the years at all the great days out i've had and try and pull together some of my favourite photos and experiences. Hope you enjoy the photos as much as I did reminiscing about them:

https://mistymountainhop.net/scottish-winter-greatest-hits/

Why not reply with your favourite photos and an accompanying anecdote? Could be a fun and inspirational thread!

Cheers, Dave 

 BenTiffin 31 Mar 2023
In reply to MrRiley:

Non existent winter season for several years so I love drooling over this, framed on my office wall.

https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/creag_meagaidh-178/last_post-88675...

Not my photo but a memorable day!

OP MrRiley 01 Apr 2023
In reply to BenTiffin:

That's a great photo and the route looks in good condition!

 BenTiffin 02 Apr 2023
In reply to MrRiley: I thoroughly enjoyable day, we’d already done the Pumpkin before this.  I think it was 2010

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 Kai 05 Apr 2023
In reply to MrRiley:

My favorite Scottish winter climbing photo of all time (and really my favorite photo of all time) is this one of Doug Tompkins on Hel's Lum:

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.ne...

OP MrRiley 05 Apr 2023
In reply to Kai:

That's a very atmospheric photo! I'm trying to figure out whats going on though - he appears to be soloing but has two axes on his harness?!

 Pids 05 Apr 2023
In reply to MrRiley:

Nice idea for a thread.

A nice day out, back in 2007, Central Gully of Ben Lui

https://www.ukclimbing.com/photos/dbpage.php?id=61932#&gid=null&pid...

Three of us out that day, walk in and solo up the gully, back down to fish and chips in Callander before a beer, unfortunately I was driving so only a softie for me.

Just a good day, with good company.

 elliptic 05 Apr 2023
In reply to MrRiley:

> That's a very atmospheric photo! I'm trying to figure out whats going on though - he appears to be soloing but has two axes on his harness?!

One of them is just a stray loop and strap dangling off his rucksack I think.

The other looks like a Chouinard Zero or similar, possibly just holstered temporarily but more likely as backup to whatever tools he was actually climbing with (probably some other Chouinard or Macinnes creations given the timeframe!)

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