At 6/14/2006 10:05 AM, 
John Hunterâ
At 6/14/2006 7:30 PM, ※Sgian Dubh ※â
Hmm...everything from V7 - V12 J. Thus far the main range of grades are at the hard end but thats not becuase everythings hard, it's just where I prefer working. I always tend to leave sheds of lower ended problems, no matter how awesome they may look, to somebody whos 'fight level' it suits, becuase doing a problem at your own edge is always more satisfying than just gobbling up new ground. Plenty of quality lines for you & others to go at. Up for a Colonsay & Eigg raid?...
Is Scottish Climbs still there? Havn't seen it, or thought about it in ages. I think the last thing I posted was about 'Bolts on the Cioch' & even then, I didn't read the 3 or 4 pages it seemed to turn into. To be honest, I thought that by now, SC had maybe got sucked up into the swirling vortex of Norrie being on the verge of disappearing up his own online persona...
The wiki should be a nice level-headed & un-biased utility as well aye...I doubt. Any new climbs, boulders, sport, will get in the smcj's ecetera anyway J, which is more important than it being on a random website.
''lurking behind each corner, could be what your looking for''
Aye...a random Watson with a grigi, a clip-stick & a packed lunch, that would be superb...I will report back from the sunny coral sands, clear sea & black strewn boulders shortly...
At 6/15/2006 9:05 AM, John Hunterâ
Morning, Colonsay and Eigg do sound worthwhile, have you been? any data on what might be there?
Will check calender, but likely to be august on before can leave this island, altho am in Alps in July.
It seems to cost a fortune to get to these islands, why? I guess people must make a profit. I need a boat.
Around my next corner is more work than I can handle, I just want to laze about in the sun, fall of some easy problem
Climbing at your own fight level is a good point, I guess thats where I get most of my pay from climbing, altho just being out pays my soul a lot.
At 6/26/2006 2:32 PM, John Hunterâ
Robin Smith eh... tough lad that one, they breed em hard up here u know
Will have to get my head in that book one day, too many books on early days exploring to be had until then, did you know people were once explorers in the Alps? I love to read of when things were new, when the world wasnt mapped to such a detail that I can type in a few words and see the flowers in my garden from space.
The Neist stuff is up on the Squeeky http://wiki.scottishclimbs.com/wiki/Neist_Point
Went lookin at boulders at the weekend on Ben Avon, some lines and some problems there, but I wasnt the man to caress them this weekend, its a multi day thing, energy and skin would need to be spent on these pebbles
Si
What is the grade span of this new area? Id be keen to have a look sometime, altho were talking lower V, rather then V teens that you've probably worked.
Tried to add the New routes at Neist to the Scottish Climbs Wiki and Database, gave up in the end, it didnt seem to work.
Have a good climb when you get out and remember lurking behind each corner, could be what your looking for.
J