David Buckett
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 17, 20181 min read
Glen Nevis climbing
Today we were in Glen Nevis climbing with Finin and her family for their last day in Scotland. We started off on Scimitar ridge on 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 28, 20181 min read
Ben Nevis, Mountain Track
Today i was up Ben Nevis via the mountain track. And the day was perfect, sunny, no wind and views at the top. The snow level is at...
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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
Apr 10, 20181 min read
Ben Nevis, mountain track
Today i was up Ben Nevis via the mountain track with Scot and Jo. The weather was perfect and the rain held off for the day, with warm...
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David Buckett
Apr 8, 20181 min read
Ben Nevis, Mountain Track
I was up Ben Nevis today via the Mountain Track with Lewis and Clark who wanted to see how quickly they could do the Ben as part of their...
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David Buckett
Mar 31, 20181 min read
Ben Nevis, Mountain path
A great day up the mountain path on Ben Nevis. Good views all the way with not too much wind at the top. There is still rock hard snow...
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David Buckett
Mar 27, 20181 min read
Ben Nevis, Mountain Track
Wet and wild today on the Ben Nevis Mountain Track and very different from yesterday. It was only just sleeting on the summit and raining...
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David Buckett
Mar 26, 20181 min read
Ben Nevis, Mountain Track
I was on the Mountain Track on Ben Nevis today which had very good weather and a lot of snow. The sun was shining from the start and it...
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David Buckett
Mar 18, 20181 min read
Ben Nevis, Mountain Track
Good weather on Ben Nevis today for most of the way, but the fairly frequent strong gusts kept the temperatures down. But when the wind...
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David Buckett
Mar 4, 20181 min read
Ben Nevis, Mountain Track
Arctic desert conditions on Ben Nevis today. With strong winds, cold temperatures and a lot of snow being blown around, proved for...
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David Buckett
Feb 24, 20181 min read
Ben Nevis
Stunner of a day on the mountain track on Ben Nevis with Andrew and his friends who were raising money for charity. Rock hard ice from...
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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 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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