tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41640602858774562852009-10-13T21:49:09.658-07:00Pinnacle Climbing Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16899818760690389215noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164060285877456285.post-40234688869937828842008-04-30T22:03:00.000-07:002008-04-30T22:12:16.995-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R8B1hUze0Kg/SBlQd5HgR2I/AAAAAAAAACM/oCbNzCldt_8/s1600-h/SardJack-30a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R8B1hUze0Kg/SBlQd5HgR2I/AAAAAAAAACM/oCbNzCldt_8/s320/SardJack-30a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195272119627302754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />From left to right: Fred, Dorothy, Jo and Laura at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Surtana</span>. Fred and Dorothy on "The Sound of Silence" (5+) and Jo and Laura on "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Paradisio</span>" (6a).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4164060285877456285-4023468886993782884?l=pinnacleclub.blogspot.com'/></div>Pinnacle Climbing Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16899818760690389215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164060285877456285.post-56422783852582271202007-04-05T12:01:00.000-07:002007-04-05T12:10:46.001-07:00What a fantastic day, warm and sunny. I decided o go and have a look at Pavey Ark and walk up Jack's Rake.<br /><br />I was amazed at the number of people walking up. The world, his dog and childen!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R8B1hUze0Kg/RhVIsjDmEAI/AAAAAAAAAB0/MnDtfQmG304/s1600-h/IMG_0848.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R8B1hUze0Kg/RhVIsjDmEAI/AAAAAAAAAB0/MnDtfQmG304/s320/IMG_0848.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050022487327641602" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R8B1hUze0Kg/RhVJKDDmEBI/AAAAAAAAAB8/VB25BQCLTB4/s1600-h/IMG_0852.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_R8B1hUze0Kg/RhVJKDDmEBI/AAAAAAAAAB8/VB25BQCLTB4/s320/IMG_0852.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050022994133782546" border="0" /></a><br />Pavey Ark<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Jack's Rack<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R8B1hUze0Kg/RhVJjjDmECI/AAAAAAAAACE/j3ItgqYPj2s/s1600-h/IMG_0863.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R8B1hUze0Kg/RhVJjjDmECI/AAAAAAAAACE/j3ItgqYPj2s/s320/IMG_0863.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050023432220446754" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4164060285877456285-5642278385258227120?l=pinnacleclub.blogspot.com'/></div>Pinnacle Climbing Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16899818760690389215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164060285877456285.post-45928853933051463862007-03-28T05:50:00.000-07:002007-04-05T12:01:27.227-07:00With the prospect of wall to wall sunshine in the North West of Scotland, we headed to the CC hut in Roy Bridge.<br /><br />Saturday morning we caught the gondola, with about 50 other climbers, up to Aonach Mor. I was beginning to think that the 5 weather websites I had checked were all going to be wrong, it was cloudy. Trudging up by the side of the t-bar, I actually felt sorry for the skiers. You would need to be keen to ski in that amount of mud, rocks and grass!<br /><br />When we got to the top, it was still misty. We wondered if we would find the snow bollard for that abseil down East Gully. Fortunately a nice man pointed us in the right direction, about 20 yards away! As we were abseiling down, on cue, the mist started to lift.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_R8B1hUze0Kg/RhQHyDDmD8I/AAAAAAAAABU/QJz1QHQiYNA/s1600-h/IMG_0785.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_R8B1hUze0Kg/RhQHyDDmD8I/AAAAAAAAABU/QJz1QHQiYNA/s320/IMG_0785.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049669638584405954" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /><br /></p><br /><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_R8B1hUze0Kg/RhQgxDDmD9I/AAAAAAAAABc/qc9zhs5OEGk/s1600-h/IMG_0789.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_R8B1hUze0Kg/RhQgxDDmD9I/AAAAAAAAABc/qc9zhs5OEGk/s320/IMG_0789.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049697109195231186" border="0" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The success of the morning and the georgeous weather tempted us to try something harder! Grade III perphaps :-) Some of the climbs looked a little thin so we decided on a climb with two parties on it. One party on the second pitch had taken the left hand route and was taking a very long time, the expression 'on thin ice' was appropriate. Another party was on the right hand route, which although looked steeper, was more inviting.</p>We later found out this was White Shark (IV, 4 ***). Bearing in mind this was my third ice climb, the first, Grade II (25 years a go). My fear of vertical ice had evaporated. On the first pitch my glasses had steamed up!<br /><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_R8B1hUze0Kg/RhQhGzDmD-I/AAAAAAAAABk/5BRZJsiffqM/s1600-h/IMG_0794.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_R8B1hUze0Kg/RhQhGzDmD-I/AAAAAAAAABk/5BRZJsiffqM/s320/IMG_0794.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049697482857385954" border="0" /></a></p> <p>The second pitch required a traverse, this was a new skill!<br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Everything went fine until the famous Aonach Mor cornices! Which had now been sitting in the sun for 6 hours and turned to sugar. Despite the struggle of the last ten feet, thinking that the only way was to wait for the ice to re-freeze or tie something to the ice-axe and use it as a grappling hook!<br /><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_R8B1hUze0Kg/RhQhazDmD_I/AAAAAAAAABs/N_H3YACNXl8/s1600-h/IMG_0797.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_R8B1hUze0Kg/RhQhazDmD_I/AAAAAAAAABs/N_H3YACNXl8/s320/IMG_0797.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5049697826454769650" border="0" /></a><br />Eventually, we both appeared over the top, only to have to run back down to the gondola. It was an exceptional day!<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4164060285877456285-4592885393305146386?l=pinnacleclub.blogspot.com'/></div>Pinnacle Climbing Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16899818760690389215noreply@blogger.com