My friends Amy and Will headed up to join me in Scotland this weekend with the intention of going winter climbing, with the rare combination of good conditions and a reasonable weather forecast we hoped to tick a **** classic route.

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Saturday morning dawned bright, clear, and cold. Plus it had snowed a lot up high on Thursday and Friday. This was the weather I had been hoping for for some time to get out and climb Bowfell Buttress in winter-nick.

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After yesterday up on Pavey with glorious blue sunny skies and dry warm rock today was again brilliantly sunny when we rolled out of bed! What’s happening, two great days of weather, in winter, and at the weekend…

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Wow, the first awesome weather in the Lakes for what seems like weeks and weeks, and we were at home…

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Lack of exercise over the hols made it seem necessary to attempt at least one "peak"

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Fueled with enthusiasm from last weekends winter climbing, I was feeling psyched to get out again, all I needed was a partner and a plan...

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I headed to the Cairngorms on Saturday with my friend Koon for our first winter climbs of the season...

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I took part in the final round of the Scottish Tooling Series held at Glasgow Climbing Centre at the weekend. I wasn't sure what to file this random and bizarre sport under...

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