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David Buckett
Nov 24, 20181 min read
North Face, Ben Nevis
A quick walk up to the CIC hut at the base of the north face of Ben Nevis to exercise the family. The Ben is half dressed in snow with...
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David Buckett
Nov 17, 20181 min read
Ledge Route, Ben Nevis
Today i was on Ledge Route, Ben Nevis on a stunning Autumn day. It was more like a summers day with warm temperatures on the summit and...
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David Buckett
Oct 6, 20181 min read
Castle Ridge, Ben Nevis
Today i was on Castle Ridge on Ben Nevis with Ron for his second day out. And what a glorious day. Cold and sunny all day with a few...
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David Buckett
Oct 5, 20181 min read
Ben Nevis, Ledge Route
Today i was on Ben Nevis via Ledge route with Lindsay from Canada. The weather was cold but dry which made a good change. Once above...
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David Buckett
Sep 29, 20181 min read
Ledge Route, Ben Nevis
Today i was on Ledge route, Ben Nevis with my older brother and sister. Its not often that you get 3 Buckett's together and today we...
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David Buckett
Jul 17, 20181 min read
Ledge Route and CMD arete, Ben Nevis
Today i was back on Ben Nevis, 4th day out of 5, gaining the summit of Ben Nevis and Carn Mor Dearg via Ledge Route and the CMD arete. A...
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David Buckett
Jul 14, 20181 min read
Ledge Route and CMD arete, Ben Nevis
With a brighter forecast today i was up Ledge Route on Ben Nevis and then descended via the CMD arete, ticking off the second munro of...
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David Buckett
Jul 13, 20181 min read
CMD arete, Ben Nevis
A very atmospheric day on the CMD arete, Ben Nevis today with Evelina and Andreas. We made swift progress in the thick cloud to the...
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David Buckett
Jun 16, 20181 min read
Ledge Route, Ben Nevis
Ledge Route on Ben Nevis was a very wet outing today with Finin and her family and friends on day 2 of their Scottish adventure. With a...
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David Buckett
Jun 10, 20181 min read
CMD arete Ben Nevis
The CMD arête on Ben Nevis was Pauls’ goal today and it was perfect weather for it. We made good progress up to the summit and Paul...
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David Buckett
May 27, 20181 min read
Tower Ridge, Ben Nevis
My tour of Scotlands’ classic ridges continues today with Tower Ridge on Ben Nevis. An early start meant we were ahead of the game,...
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David Buckett
Apr 15, 20181 min read
Ledge Route, Ben Nevis
Today i was on Ledge Route, Ben Nevis with Murat. With a bit of a windy walk up to the CIC hut we geared up at the base of No. 5 gully...
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David Buckett
Jan 14, 20181 min read
Ledge Route, Ben Nevis
Ledge Route on Ben Nevis today with Adrian for his Everest prep. We focused on good footwork on steep snow slopes in ascent and descent....
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David Buckett
Dec 29, 20171 min read
Tower ridge, Ben Nevis
Today i was on Tower Ridge, Ben Nevis, shadowing Abacus Mountaineering. Good alpine conditions at the moment: dry rock and powder and a...
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David Buckett
Dec 23, 20171 min read
Ledge Route and No. 4 gully, Ben Nevis
With a less than favourable forecast we headed up towards Ledge Route which turned out to be very sheltered from the SW winds. Once on...
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David Buckett
Dec 18, 20171 min read
Ben Nevis
Today I was on a ‘Working on Ben Nevis’ training day run by Richard Bently through the Association of Mountaineering instructors. Here...
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David Buckett
Nov 14, 20171 min read
Tower Ridge, Ben Nevis
With a thaw last night coupled with rain, we know there wasn’t going to ve much winter left today. But Tower Ridge is a classic in any...
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