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Another amazing year at SheClimbs hosted by Plas y Brenin!

Last weekend, we had the pleasure of supporting Plas y Brenin’s annual climbing event for women. From beginners’ courses to advanced crack climbing masterclasses, there was something for climbers of all abilities. Seeing so many women out crushing was inspiring!

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recently completed his not very restful ‘King of the Rest’, a new round in Arrochar, Scotland featuring Precious 7C, Club Crack E2 solo, Wild Country E7 and Messerschmitt 8a+:

'I got the idea from the King of the Pass day out in North Wales as a single day test of all round climbing across the disciplines, and just a big fun day out. I did my 24/8 round in 2018 in Lochaber, but the feedback I had was that it’s just too hard for folk to repeat. Both those rounds are also very hard to get in condition. So I thought a summer round that is difficult but often in condition and achievable for a good allrounder. Arrochar and the Rest and be Thankful Pass is a really important climbing area for Glaswegians, but maybe less well known outside Scotland because people tend to travel to Glen Coe or Lochaber. In place of a winter route, I added an easy free solo, so it makes it more than just about being fit and strong - you have to have a solid head for climbing as well.

I started off with the big ship’s prow boulder ‘Precious’ (7C) first climbed by Michael Tweedley in 2004 when myself and Michael were opening hundreds of new boulders in The Rest. That summer I hitched from Dumbarton to Arrochar nearly every day and opened over 100 new boulders. Precious has become the most popular and is definitely a king line. After that myself and Masa Sakano walked straight up the Cobbler from Precious and I did the first solo of Club Crack (E2 5c). Club Crack was possibly Scotland’s hardest route when it was done by Pat Walsh in 1954, after it had rebuffed Dougal Haston, Jimmy Marshall and others from the Creagh Dhu club.

Next I did Wild Country E7 6b. It was first climbed in 1979 by Dave Cuthbertson, again the hardest route in Scotland and possibly the first E7 in the UK. It is still the hardest route on the Cobbler, which is why I chose it over the much more famous Dalriada (E6 6b) nearby. Afterwards we walked off the back of the Cobbler to The Bunker sport crag on the other side of The Rest, and I finished with Messerschmitt (8a+), first climbed by Willis Morris in 2022.'

Meg, Lara, Bella, Gabi, Charlie and Will set out to sail from Ullapool in Northwest Scotland to Greenland in July on Kingfisher. Along the way they stopped off in Iceland before making it to Kulusuk. Here they've been dealing with some engine problems but also taking the chance to climb locally before heading on to their planned destination of Graah Fjord. Inspired by Sir Robin Knox Johnston's account in his book 'Sea, Ice and Rock', as well as the climbing and sailing experience they've been building over recent years, the team hope to combine their skills to make first ascents in a spectacular and adventurous setting. Updates maybe sparse for a while but we're excited to see how they get on!

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This one caused some arguments in the office... who has heard of this term? Let us know below 👇

The Naturfreunde Alpinkader take 6 young female mountaineers and, over the course of 2 years, help improve their skills and knowledge. Mountain Equipment has supported the group since it started, providing clothing and equipment to the squad.

Recently, the team took part in their high-altitude mountaineering module. They learnt how to rescue each other from crevasses, control falls on steep snowfields, and climb even more efficiently. Above all, however, it taught them how to read the mountains, take responsibility and make decisions, skills that are becoming increasingly important for mountaineers every year as a result of climate change. For their training, thawing permafrost, rockfall, and unstable weather meant that route selection was very challenging.

They settled on the Jardin Ridge for part of the module. It has everything that makes for a great high-altitude climb: a ridge stretching for kilometres with numerous abseil points, a bivouac at almost 4,000 metres, and an alpine approach. However, with recent weather being so hot, it was one of the only routes that was safe to take on.

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Landschafts- und Bergsportfotografie Silvan Metz and recently completed the first repetition of Rottalhorn West Face (6b, 1000m)... plus many hours of alpine ridges descending via Jungfrau and Rottalgrat.

They are still out in the mountains, but they've sent through some pictures and a few words:

"We were surprised by how steep the upper pillar was: a 450m near-vertical rock face towering above the distinctive limestone band. The climbing was delicate and demanding because of the choss. After topping out on the glacier calotte, we decided it wasn't a proper route if we took the train down, so we continued to Jungfrau and descended via Rottalgrat. 19 hours from hut to hut felt like a proper alpine adventure!"