The Winter Skills Team descends a snowfield on Carn Ban Mor in the Cairngorms.
The winter skills team lookout over Loch Eanaich from the slopes of Carn Ban Mor.
The team descends from cutting snow steps on the slopes of Corie an Sneachda during a blizzard.
Two members of the winter skills team, Katie & Alex, are caught in the descending blizzard as we attempt to leave Corie an Sneachda.
Carlos admiring my snowhole
A red grouse blends perfectly in on the slopes of Coire an Sneachda as the winter skills team walks into the Coire.
As a rookie mountaineer with big ambitions to climb big peaks I noticed there was a rather large gap on my mountaineering resume! So I packed my bags and headed to Cairngorms National Park, Scotland to learn the necessary winter skills with Glenmore Lodge for my upcoming trip to the Alps this summer.
The pictures above are a brief collage of my fun in the mountains.
The Cairngorm, Scotland 2017.
At the top of Gokyo Ri in the Khumba region of Nepal after a gruelling trek to Everest Basecamp and the Cho La pass.
Liam, our instructor, leads a 20 metre route on a tougher face of the limestone quarry.
Sam races our instructor Liam to the top of the limestone quarry.
Liam wins!
Sam almost at the top on the first section of limestone climbing at the quarry.
I learn how to strip a route on my first lead climbing trip in North Wales.
I recently returned from a gnarly lead climbing session at Castle Inn Quarry, Northern Wales, in preparation for my trip to the Alps in July. Learning to lead and strip the routes presented a fresh set of challenges that the whole group enjoyed. Check out the pictures below!
Castle Inn Quarry, Northern Wales 2017.
