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Winter Climbing Record

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Date : 16/02/2025

Grade : IV

Grade : 4

Style : Alternate Lead

Type : Snow & Ice Climbing

Weather : Clear - sunny - good visibility

Wind : Moderate wind

Camping Type : N/A

Nights Camping : 0

Crag : Sgurr na h-Ulaidh

Climb : Red Gully

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Description

The walk in to Red Gully is brutal and far from a soft day. Walk next to a stream for a long way. When your mind takes you, look up and realise that the bulk high up in front of you is where you are going. The path now stops.
Strike a line of your own choice up 45deg grass for an eternity. You may find crying eases the pain.
100m short of the Gully, prostrate yourself on the ground and proclaim to your climbing partner "I can't go on, I've think I'm done for". Receive encouragement. 2.5hrs
Climb water ice for 300m at Grade IV.
Summit, descend ridge, climb another mountain (perhaps cry again, both of you), descend 45deg grass and iced up grass forever. Get back to river. Walk out.

Area : Glen Coe, Ardgour and Loch Etive to Appin (winter)

Glen Coe gives a wealth of winter climbing opportunities of all grades and styles, something indeed for everyone. The cliffs are also, in the main, easily accessible which means they can become very popular. This area also includes the winter climbs on the mountains south of Glen Coe in Glen Etive, and on hills more southerly still but north of the A85 Oban road (notably Ben Cruachan). Also included are the hills of Appin and Ballachuilish, the dry tooling of Ballachuilish bridge, and the winter climbs in Ardgour (notably Garbh Bheinn).

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