David Buckett
Stob Ban, Glen Nevis
A contrast from the weather yesterday mountaineering on Stob Ban today. With blue skies and fresh snow down to sea level. It was going...
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David Buckett
Oct 16, 20181 min read
Glen Nevis climbing adventure
Today i was with Hazel and her family in Glen Nevis rock climbing and with an abseil. With a dry forecast we set off up the broad...
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David Buckett
Oct 7, 20181 min read
Glen Nevis adventure day
Plan A today was Ledge route on Ben Nevis but with 60mph winds forecast and rain all day we went for Plan B. Which was mountaineering in...
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David Buckett
Sep 19, 20181 min read
Lost valley, Glen Coe and Steall falls, Glen Nevis
Even though Storm Ali was blowing the Highlands offers spectacular walks at low level. 1st myself and Tanya made our way up into the...
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David Buckett
Aug 6, 20181 min read
Ben Nevis, Mountain Path
Today i was on Ben Nevis going up the Mountain Path to the summit on our open group walk. With a very cloudy start it turned out to be a...
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David Buckett
Jul 2, 20181 min read
Intro to climbing, Glen Nevis
This afternoon in was in Glen Nevis on an intro to climbing session. With the sun scortching on the rock the Cassidy family made good...
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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
Apr 11, 20181 min read
Climbing in Glen Nevis
This morning i was with Iain and Claire and their clan for a half day intro to rock climbing in Glen Nevis. Spring is here and the rock...
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David Buckett
Apr 5, 20181 min read
East ridge, Stob Ban
Today i was on the east ridge of Stob Ban in Glen Nevis for Abacus Mountain Guides. A lot of fresh snow had fallen over the last 48hours,...
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David Buckett
Mar 30, 20181 min read
Stob Ban climbing
Amazing conditions on the climbing ridge on Stob Ban, Glen Nevis at the moment. Hard snow slopes and solid snow ridges with dry rock...
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David Buckett
Mar 17, 20181 min read
Winter on Stob Ban
Very cold on a winter skills day today with Blarney walking group from Ireland for West Coast Mountain Guides. With another easterly wind...
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David Buckett
Mar 11, 20181 min read
Winter Skills
Day 2 of winter skills for Steve Fallon and this time a very different day on Stob Ban, Glen Nevis. With high temperatures and a sunny...
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David Buckett
Mar 1, 20181 min read
Winter Skills
Winter Skills on Stob Ban, Glen Nevis today for Lochaber Guides. Nigel was keen to get stuck into the hills after a week of Skiing. With...
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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 21, 20181 min read
Winter Skills
Stob Ban in Glen Nevis was a good choice today for Sam and Douglas who picked up the basic skills quickly, which meant we could progress...
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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 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
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
Dec 4, 20171 min read
Rock climbing, Glen Nevis
With the weather in our favour Matthew and myself headed up the Gutter in Glen Nevis this morning, a classic ‘V Diff’ that he had seen...
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