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Braemar Meet Update
1. We have 8 places. 6 people have expressed an interest so far. To secure your place you need to pay your hut fees (£12 pppn) to Cathy Burgess as soon as you can..
2. Looks like I won’t be there myself. I’ve got a clash with a DofE award program I’m involved with. However I’ll stay meets organiser. I can do with someone acting as deputy nearer the time, duties shouldn’t extend beyond setting up a WhatsApp group and knocking out a meets report..
3. Some confusion between me and the Cairngorm Club meets Sec re the booking. Now sorted – 8 places for 8 nights. Should miss bank holiday traffic while enjoying long daylight hours.Thanks
Richard Pegram
OK Bob, you’re very welcome. I think I need your mobile number to get you in the WhatsApp. You could email it to rpegram64@gmail.com
There are 11 of us going now, so I’ve increased the number of beds booked with Ochils MC (who own the hut). If anyone else wants to go, can you let me soon. Ochils MC are getting other enquiries re bookings- thanks
Please note ,- If you want to reserve a place on this meet, you have to contact Kathy Burgess and pay a deposit on your hut fees. 8 of us so far. I’ve booked 10 beds and could probably get more. Thanks
Meet Report – Well after an epic journey there and back, taking in the usual rest breaks at the Kiosk Cafe on the A66, Cafe Areite in Moffat and Graham Tiso’s, this is how the trip went:
Monday – most of us climbed Moruisg: Me, Richard Craig from FRCC, John, David, Goeff and Pete. Climbing in the mist and bitterly cold wind and quite a dull hill, but I enjoyed the descent. The demoted Munro by it was more interesting.
Tuesday – me, Geoff, Peter and Helen climbed Liathach in perfect conditions. What else can I say? John and David did Maoile Lunndaidh and Richard Maol Chean Dearg.
Wednesday – Geoff, Helen and Peter endured buffeting winds to climb a munro on Beinn Eight before retreating off the ridge. Me and Richard turned back already, at the triple buttresses. John and David completed the Plockton cafe horseshoe – challenging but rewarding apparently.
Thursday – With Storm Babet arriving, with forecast comments like “red alert”, “unprecedented rainfall” (in Scotland!} and ” hurricane force winds” we all decided to bugger off home, via the usual cafes.
Note: I’d flag up that Torridon YHA was great: clean, comfortable and friendly with a full range of facilities, including a lounge with panoramic views and, it even looks like we’ll get a couple go days refund on our early departure. Recommended. I might start using hostels more often.I’ve set up a WhatsApp group for this meet. Please let me know if I’ve neglected to include your name.
Intro to bouldering meets report
New members Kim Swallowe and Mark Connah turned up and, at the end of the day, assured me they had had an absolutely fantastic time. A wide selection of problems attempted from 4a to 5b on the Brickette, Brick, Armoured Car and Useful Boulder at Burbage South. Kim and Mark got to practice smear footholds, pinch grips, pockets, layaways, mantel-shelves and rockovers. A great first day on gritstone boulders.
So that anyone who wants to can take part in the crag clean and go bouldering, I’ll move the bouldering to the afternoon. Phone me on 07956032843 if you need to co-ordinate meeting up, otherwise see Geoff’s clean up meet details.
For the bouldering I’ll have my mat and guidebook, you just need rock shoes and appropriate clothing. We’ll have a go at a wide range of grades on a variety of boulders. Whatever grade you.normally climb at, or even if you’ve only just started climbing, they’ll be something you can do. Improve your technique, get stronger and have a laugh – I absolutely guarantee that you’ll have a fantastic time
