More Alpine skills training. 27 april
27/04/11
mike’s report
Tim & Sam are actually off to Mongolia not the Alps next year but their rope skills should help them enjoy the unclimbed peaks out there with greater confidence. Both have shown good abilities and understanding and I let them keep each other safe for most of the outing today.
In cold but glorious weather we climbed Sgumain, Alasdair and Thearlaich
Final section of the south-west flank approach to Alasdair
An important exercise was setting up anchors for abseils and descending Sgurr Thearlaich direct certainly provided a testing challenge.
Tim on the top abseil with Blaven behind.
Sam holds the nerve a long way above Coire an Lochain
Turquoise waters of Loch Coire a’ Ghrunnda
