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David Buckett
May 17, 20206 min read
Summer series of interest, Part 6, Skye Cuillin traverse
On the second part of this series of articles about the Isle of Skye and the Skye Cuillins, this article will focus upon the classic Skye...
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David Buckett
May 10, 20206 min read
Summer Series of interest: Part 5, Isle of Skye.
Over the next few weeks i will focus upon the munros on the Isle of Skye, looking at how to tackle the munros, the Cuillin ridge traverse...
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David Buckett
Jan 25, 20201 min read
Curved Ridge, Glencoe
Today i was on Curved ridge in Glencoe, a classic mountaineering route. With winter still not arrived and with strong southerly winds it...
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David Buckett
Jan 24, 20201 min read
North Buttress, Glencoe
Today i was out on Buachaille Etive Mor on North Buttress, a vdiff route in summer conditions, which today it was. This is one of my...
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David Buckett
Aug 31, 20191 min read
Skye Munros course
Today was day 1 of our Skye Munros course. Its been tricky planning days on Skye recently with the weather: high rainfall putting rivers...
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David Buckett
Aug 27, 20191 min read
Aonach Eagach, Glen Coe
A great day to be out on the Aonach Eagach in Glen Coe, the longest graded ridge on the mainland. The sun was shining most of the day and...
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David Buckett
Aug 25, 20191 min read
Hot on the Inaccessible Pinnacle, Skye
With a very good and warm forecast and a Sunday on a bank holiday weekend i though that the In Pinn would be busy. But with a slightly...
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David Buckett
Aug 24, 20191 min read
Skye southern Munros
Today i was out on Sgurr nan Eag and Sgurr Dubh Mor ticking off the last few munros on the ridge. With a windy forecast the 2 munros were...
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David Buckett
Jul 5, 20191 min read
Forcan Ridge, The Saddle
Today we headed for Glen Shiel and the classic outing up the munro of The Saddle via the Forcan ridge. The walk up to the ridge is pretty...
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David Buckett
Jul 4, 20191 min read
North East Buttress, Ben Nevis
Today we aimed for the classic North East Buttress on Ben Nevis, maybe the lesser traveled of the main ridges but it still has some...
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David Buckett
Jun 28, 20191 min read
Skye Cuillin intro day
Today i had 3 aims, deliver a good introduction to the Cuillin ridge on Skye, finish the day hydrated and without too much sun burn. I...
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David Buckett
Jun 26, 20191 min read
Pinnacle Ridge, Sgurr nan Gillean, Skye
With the sun shining we started the walk into Pinnacle ridge, the hardest graded ridge on Sgurr nan Gillean, the most northerly munro on...
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David Buckett
Jun 20, 20191 min read
Aonach Eagach, Glen Coe
The forecast today was for a pretty wet and windy day but not too windy to be overly concerning. For me the wind is more a consideration...
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David Buckett
Jun 19, 20191 min read
Golden Oldie, Aonach Mor
With a mixed forecast for Lochaber that turned out different on the hill anyway we headed for a slightly shorter day on Aonach Mor. Using...
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David Buckett
Jun 16, 20191 min read
Pinnacle Ridge, Sgurr nan Gillean, Skye
With a favourable forecast we headed for Pinnacle Ridge on Sgurr nan Gillean. It is the hardest of the 3 main ridges to the munro summit...
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David Buckett
Jun 15, 20191 min read
Clach Glas, Blabheinn
With the weather looking better away from the main Cuillin ridge, we headed for the classic traverse of Clach Glas and then up to the...
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David Buckett
Jun 14, 20191 min read
Inaccessible Pinnacle, Skye
With the forecast improving as the days went by i took a chance and decided to go for the Inaccessible Pinnacle as the 1st day out with...
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David Buckett
Jun 13, 20191 min read
Skye Munros course, day 4
The last day of the Skye Munros course and it was on to the northern and final 3 munros of Bruach na Frithe, Am Basteir and Sgurr nan...
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David Buckett
Jun 12, 20191 min read
Skye Munros course, day 3
Today our aim was the 2 middle munros of Sgurr a Ghreadaidh, Sgurr a Mhadaidh. The forecast was for very strong winds so we walked up...
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