North South split this week; mid August.
Mike’s report.
A souwesterly airflow off the Atlantic has left peaks at the south end of the Cuillin shrouded in mist all this week while the north end has been clear pretty much the whole time. This split is not unusual and is always worth considering when deciding what to climb.
Jeremy romping up the Pinn in the mist on Monday which was wet on the windward side but dry in the lee
Someone has unearthed these museum pices from the rocks at the fot of the Great Stone Shoot!
Tuesday was a washout but Wednesday turned out fine once more. Showers were threatened so I hedged my bets. Eventually I decided it was going to stay dry and plunged Seamus & Orii straight in at the deep end by bringing them across the narrow arete on the West Ridge of Gillean. It’s one of those places where your eyes naturally get drawn to the yawning void below and is widely considered as more terrifying than ascending the In Pinn.
Seamus concentrating (or is it praying?) intensely on the West Ridge.
Orii’s smile of genuine happiness; now list the reasons why!
Today is a first for me on XC weather with zero wind predicted. The midgies are definitely on the increase at last but nowhere near the worst I’ve ever seen. Even considering a swim in the marble pools I’d spotted on Friday would have been unthinkable in some summers gone by. We did 2 pools; the first was a narrow deep channel with a marvelous jacuzzi effect and the second had a beautiful deep smooth white clean bowl sweeping out below the fall.
Marble pool in Allt Aigean near Torrin
The jacuzzi channel
