The final day on my three day adventure turned out to be very windy, but with not a cloud in the sky. My last mountain was Beinn Eighe and it turned out the finest photographs of the whole trip!
New Website Standard
With ever bigger monitors now becoming commonplace at home and work, I've decided that most new photographs will now be 1000 pixels tall. With my new monitor at home having a 1920x1200 resolution, the extra ~40% size this new height offers makes a big positive impression to the viewing experience on this site. If I have time, I'll be resizing all existing photographs from my digital camera to the 1000 pixel height standard.
The Corrag Bhuidhe Pinnacles on An Teallach
11th - 12th May 2009
After a three week period of work in Holland, a week off was the perfect opportunity to climb three further mountains on the west coast in glorious weather conditions. New content has now been added for the first two mountains: An Teallach and Slioch.
Beinn a' Chlaiddeimh seen from Sgurr Ban
11th - 12th April 2009
My third attempt on a round of the Fisherfield summits proved successful. On a two day trip, I managed to collect a lot of new photographs for this wild region.
Mount Keen seen from the north
23rd March 2009
A wild and showeryday out, in a week of poor weather. My mountain of choice was Mount Keen. On foot from my house, I was able to add a few shots to the page.
1st February 2009
This day marks the 10th birthday for my website! Very few personal websites last this long, with most at best being abandoned by their owners after the novelty of having a website has worn off. I decided to stick with it and communicate my knowledge and passion for the hills that I have had the priviledge of being able to climb. The result is a quality guide (for scotland particularly) whose content can compete with many scottish guidebooks. With myself being based in Ballater, long may that continue!
Looking west from the Glen Shee summits
5th January 2009
With one day left before my holidays were up, the forecast was good and I headed out to climb the munros to the west of the Glen Shee ski centre.
Looking east from Beinn Liath Mhor
28th December - 2nd January 2009
With some of the most persistent good new year weather ever, I went with some ex-university friends to Loch Carron. Five good walking days out of six yielded many photographs of the Glen Carron summits.
Beinn Ghlas in the final minutes of daylight
6th December 2008
A weekend trip to the Loch Tay region on a good weather forecast gave rise to a short, but very fine mountain day on Meal nan Tarmachan. The snow was deep, and the mountain road to the Lawers visitor centre was under snow and ice, but the clarity of the air made for a very rare day in the UK.
Looking west from Ben Tirran, Glen Cova
26th November 2008
After finally completing my assignment in Singapore, I returned home again to another snowy episode. This time a visit to Ben Tirran was a highlight of my week home.
The summit of Lochnagar
30th October 2008
On my next visit home, we had an unseasonal start to the winter. As part of my visit, I decided a trip up to Lochnagar was called for.
Pass of Glen Shee summits
20th - 22nd September 2008
Continuing my visit home, I climbed some local deeside hills
Ballater and Surroundings
12th-21st September 2008
On my next visit home, I went to visit my parents and famity, along with settling down into my new home in Ballater.
Sunset over Doi Suthep National Park, Thailand
16th June - 1st July 2008
Rather than going home to Scotland from Singapore, this time I took two weeks off in Thailand for a sightseeing tour.
Beinn Dearg and Choire Ghranda
13th - 16th May 2008
My visit home to Scotland took me to the summits north and south of the Garve - Ullapool Road. The second half of the journey was a traverse of the Beinn Dearg mountain range north upto Seana Braigh which is illustrated here
The Fannichs with An Teallach behind
13th - 16th May 2008
My visit home to Scotland took me to the summits north and south of the Garve - Ullapool Road. The first half of my journey was a full traverse of the Fannich ridge which is illustrated here
Walks and Scrambles in Norway
This hardback guidebook, co-authored by myself, Ian Robertson and John Baddeley is the first of its kind covering the mountains of Norway in english. With over 300 pages, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to mountaineering in this country.
Further information and purchase, including a sample chapter, can be found at Rippingyarns.com.
The book is currently priced £24.95.
Brief status about myself As of June 2009, I'm now working offshore in the Forties sector of the North Sea for two weeks at a time. Having spent a lot of time beforehand in Rotterdam, my assignment is now just a half hour ride away by chopper.
So far this year I have now completed all the Fisherfield munros, along with An Teallach, Slioch and Beinn Eighe. I now have just Liathach and some Skye summits to climb before I complete my 2nd round of the munros.