Tag: Skye

Clambering on Skye – Cioch and Kim

24 September 2024

I went clambering on Skye. Cioch and Kim Originally posted on this post on Instagram

We went to Skye and came back

23 September 2024

We went to Skye and came back. Originally posted on this post on Instagram

Assorted moments from the Climbing Clan trip to Skye

4 January 2023

Assorted moments from the Climbing Clan trip to Skye. Happy Happy Memories! Originally posted on this post on Instagram

A memorable day with Rachel on the Cioch in Skye

3 January 2023

A memorable day with Rachel on the Cioch with the Clan in Skye. it was a fantastic day out, with great weather and we were able to do the Cioch by the classic slab Diff route next to it, followed by Collie's Route and topping out up the gully (via the cave pitch). We then […]

A familiar pose from my climbing partners on Skye

2 January 2023

A familiar pose from my climbing partners! A memorable day in Skye! A late start, and an early retreat after "fun" routefinding a Diff on Window Buttress. I thought I'd sussed it… until it felt mega hard. Also Liv's first abseil. I bailed of a rated accessory snapgate and left a sling. Sad times. Originally […]

Why is the Great Stone Chute ever thought of as good?

1 January 2023

Why is the Great Stone Chute ever thought of as Good in any way? 😉 A drippy ascent of the chute to the top of Sgurr Alasdair on the Climbing Clan Skye trip at Easter last year! Originally posted on this post on Instagram

First day in Skye with the Climbing Clan – scrambling adventures

29 December 2022

A first day in Skye with the Climbing Clan at Easter. Scrambling up "not the drainpipe". My first time on this scramble, and a quality laugh. Originally posted on this post on Instagram

Skye 2022 with the Climbing Clan

11 December 2022

Skye 2022 with the Climbing Clan – the best place to practice Moving Together is in large groups… in the hut. I'm still dying to do a Moving Together Pub Crawl, but where everyone is in pairs, roped together with a fair amount of rope out. Yes, it'd go badly. That's the point. This – […]

The Fairy Pools have become a tourist attraction

16 February 2021

The Fairy Pools have become one of Skye's largest natural attractions, with many people coming from around the world to marvel at their natural beauty, stunning surroundings and underwater natural arch. When we were there in summer, they may have even seen a Mermaid chilling on a rock © Originally posted on this post on […]

Samantha was eager for more island exploring

15 February 2021

Samantha (@bellas_world_domination ) was eager for an introduction to SRT and a suitable bridge presented itself. In Caving, often ropes becomes roads to travel up or down to allow us to explore areas we couldn't otherwise reach. The skills are fairly different from sports like climbing which use the rope as a safety device to […]

There are mines on this island Samantha said

15 February 2021

"Tim" said Samantha. "There are mines on this island.""Whoopsie" I said, as this sunk in. We'd just got off the ferry in Sam's van. Our caving gear, was back where we'd come from. Somewhere nearby was an Iron Mine, where the Ore isn't orange coloured like usual, but black. It was also the site of […]

First glimpse of the Cuillin Ridge on Skye

11 April 2019

I Skye with my little eye, the Cuillin ridge! When I first visited the Isle of Skye, I was blown away by the huge rocky mountains rose out of moorland right by the sea. It was bigger, spikier and more rugged than anywhere I'd been before. My first trip was my first of many and […]