David Buckett
Aonach Eagach, Glen Coe
The Aonach Eagach in Glen Coe was in very good condition today, dry rock, hard snow and lots of sunshine. The pictures tell the story!...
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David Buckett
Mar 10, 20181 min read
Winter Skills
Today was day 1 of winter skills course for Steve Fallon. After a good level of planning this moring looking at the avalanche forecast...
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David Buckett
Feb 22, 20181 min read
Winter Skills
Buachaille Etive Beag was the mountain of choice today for Adrain and Rachel for Lochaber Guides. Having done a little bit of winter in...
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David Buckett
Feb 20, 20181 min read
Curved Ridge
Day 2 with Ian and Mat and we headed for Curved Ridge in Glen Coe for West Coast Mountain Guides. The snow wasn’t frozen for most of 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 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
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 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 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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David Buckett
Jan 12, 20181 min read
Curved Ridge, Glen Coe
Curved Ridge in Glen Coe was a good choice today with the strong winds forecast higher up. It was very different from when i did it this...
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David Buckett
Dec 30, 20171 min read
Glen Coe munros
Myself and Andrew walked up the 2 Buachaille Etive Mor munros: Stob Dearg and Stob na Broige. There was a lot of fresh snow falling all...
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David Buckett
Nov 30, 20171 min read
Association of Mountaineering Instructors workshop
Today i was out with fellow Fort William based mountaineering proffessionals throwing ideas, practices and disscussions around about the...
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David Buckett
Nov 29, 20171 min read
Curved Ridge, Glen Coe
Today myself and Harry went for a climb up Curved Ridge in Glen Coe. Surprisingly a route that neither of us had done in winter. This...
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