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David Buckett
Feb 18, 20181 min read
Winter Skills
Beinn an Dothaidh, Bridge of Orchy was the destination of choice today. I was out for Steve Fallon and his group from Gentian...
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David Buckett
Feb 17, 20181 min read
Ben Nevis, Mountain path
Day 2 of our winter skills and Ben Nevis course. With reports of very unstable snow in the Red burn at the half way point i made the...
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David Buckett
Feb 16, 20181 min read
Winter Skills
Today was day 1 of our winter skills and Ben Nevis course. Today was all about introducing the basic winter skills needed to move around...
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David Buckett
Feb 15, 20181 min read
Ben Nevis
Today the plan was to get to the summit of Ben Nevis. But there was a lot against us. With a ‘Considerable’ avalanche forecast on...
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David Buckett
Feb 12, 20181 min read
Avalanche Awareness
Today I was helping deliver an avalanche awareness day to Wessex mountaineering club for West Coast Mountain Guides. Casper and myself...
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David Buckett
Feb 11, 20181 min read
School house ridge, Glen Coe
Day 2 with Sam and Nicole for Kirkhope Mountaineering, we introduced the rope on School house ridge. The aim of the day was to winterise...
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David Buckett
Feb 10, 20181 min read
Stob Dubh, Glen Coe
Buachaille Etive Beag was the place to be today for Kirkhope Mountaineering. Many other large parties had picked the hill for their...
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David Buckett
Feb 3, 20181 min read
Ben Nevis
Ben Nevis via the mountain path was a good challenge for the group after their winter skills day yesterday, putting what they learnt into...
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David Buckett
Feb 2, 20181 min read
Winter skills
Today was a winter skills day on Nevis Range, Aonach Mor. It is important to get the basics right before moving onto longer and more...
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David Buckett
Jan 30, 20181 min read
School house ridge, Glen Coe
On a wet and wild day with John for West Coast Mountain Guides, School house ridge in Glen Coe was a safe bet. Not much winter on the...
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David Buckett
Jan 27, 20181 min read
Zig Zags direct, Glen Coe
The Zig Zags via the direct buttress was the best option today for father and son team for Kirkhope Mountaineering. The guys wanted to...
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David Buckett
Jan 26, 20181 min read
Aonach Eagach, Glen Coe
The Aonach Eagach was a good way to end the week and a contrast to the climbing yesterday for Richard and Gregor for West Coast Mountain...
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David Buckett
Jan 25, 20181 min read
Western Rib, Aonach Mor
The western rib on the west face of Aonach Mor was a good choice for Richard and Gregor to get their teeth stuck in to for West Coast...
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David Buckett
Jan 23, 20181 min read
East ridge of North top, Stob Ban
The east ridge of the north top of Stob Ban was the route of choice for today for West Coast Mountain Guides, with strong SW winds it was...
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David Buckett
Jan 22, 20181 min read
School House ridge, Glen Coe
School House ridge was the safe route choice for today, working for West Coast Mountain Guides. With high temperatures and rain making...
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David Buckett
Jan 20, 20181 min read
Zig Zags, Glen Coe
The Zig Zags in Glen Coe was the route of choice today for Chris and Kyle for their 1st outdoor climbing experience for The Ice Factor....
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David Buckett
Jan 17, 20181 min read
Winter skills, Cairngorms
Today was day 2 of winter skills in the Cairngorms with the Kingswood staff. We focused upon navigation and going on a journey onto the...
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David Buckett
Jan 16, 20181 min read
Winter skills, Cairngorms
Today i was delivering winter skills to Kingswood staff on their staff week away. Full on winter conditions in Coire an t Sceachda. With...
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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
Jan 13, 20181 min read
Aonach Eagach, Glen Coe
The Aonach Eagach in Glen Coe is in very good condition at the moment with very helpful consolidated snow. I was out with Adrian today...
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