Hiking, Scrambling, Mountaineering, and Climbing

Lawers is cheating. Car parks nearly at the top.....

True!

Fucked if I know! Possibly.

That would definitely work, but then there's nothing protecting the stitching, etc. under the toes, at the front of the boot.

I have some meindl island in the 'blue grey' in UK10 that are a bit small for me. Excellent condition.
If anyone is in the market., DM me.

Could be tempted, would want to try them on though.
I'll PM you.

I've got a pair of Scarpa Instinct VS size 39 for sale. They have a tiny tear in material by the pull tab on the left shoe - shown in the first picture. Simply too small for me, literally worn for about 10 mins.
Anyone interested? £60 posted seems reasonable as cheapest online price I can see is around £110.

https://imgur.com/a/anSP3rW

https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/the_climate_crisis_and_the_future_of_mountaineering-12453 Thoughts?

It's so depressing I'm not sure what to say that the article hasn't.

We've seen glaciers we climb on lose 75m+ in a single summer. We've seen mountain huts collapse because of the melting permafrost. Every winter trip seems to be warmer and snowier.

Shits changing.

From a climbing perspective, rockfall is a much bigger risk than it was.

Not ashamed to admit that I sometimes find myself standing on rock where it was ice only a few years earlier with tears in my eyes.

I remember going up on the mer de glacé to do a route, only for the start to be around 30m off the deck as a result of the glacier receding so much. That was 2014.
And we ended up climbing mostly on the aiguille rouges instead as all the classic rock routes on the other wise get far too much rockfall now as the freezing level has risen so much.

Yep, I’m surprised at how many people in the comments are trying to argue that mountain glacier melt “happens anyway” and that we need to stop freaking out about man made climate change, based on their selective reading of certain scientific papers... though glad to see there are many others with their heads screwed on..
For the author (me 😬), it’s good to get out of the bubble and read input like this. I think there needs to be much much more of a focus on climate/changing mountain environments in climbing media imo..

Great article, can't say I enjoyed reading it for obvious reasons though.

It's when you talk to the locals that you get a better idea of how much change there has been. We were in Saas Fee during a cold snap a few years ago. It was -25 in the mornings. The owner of our apartment reckoned that when he was a kid it'd be close to that cold in the mornings for two months straight. Now days, a once every two or three year phenomenon.

Enjoyed the article, lost an hour on the comments. Would bang my head again +

the irony of people mourning the loss of natural habitats they flew there to look for entertainment is remarkable

It's a fair point. Although most climbers I know drive. But even so....

This.

I've still got the last of the Wainwright's to tick off, some of the Welsh 3000's and virtually all of the Munro's to do.

I really don't need to fly anywhere although I do need a camper van for the Munro's.

Keen to get some hiking and camping in the diary next year. Looking for some recommendations on where is good to go in Scotland. I'm happy to wild camp and have all the equipment needed for that. Considerations would be that I don't have a car (though would be willing to rent one).

Where's good for a week or so of stomping? And what time of year is good, I've heard varying advice re: midges / wet weather. Cheers!

Torridon, in late April/May. It's some of the best scotland has to offer as the Munro's are from sea level. Plenty wilderness to get lost in. There are bothies near there too, Easan Dorcha is an easy off road cycle too and Coire Fionnaraich.

You could get a train from inverness to Strathcarron then walk over to Torridon, resupply then walk back to Strathcarron, using the two bothies to sleep in. Bearnais is a bothy south of there if you wanted a bit more walking.

I got the coach there the first time, drove the second.

The pics of round there look great

Bit of a fuck up on my part. Off on a trip in 48 hours and have left it too late to buy some hardware.

We need a bunch of screwgates, ice screws, pulleys, slings etc. Just general crevasse rescue hardware really.

Anybody know any shops that stock this sort of hardware in London? Does Ellis Brigham? Haven't been in there in years.

I popped I to Decathlon and sorted carabiners and slings. Found some extra ice screws in the kit bag. Just pulleys to go.

Go Outdoors or Cotswold?

Cotswold do snow anchors and ice screws from their website

The shop up at the Castle?

Turns out that Amazon do next day delivery on Petzl fixe pulleys so grabbed four of them to save some time.

Thanks anyway.