petestack

Born Glasgow, 1963, but haven't specified my age so I don't have to change it every November!

Hillwalking since the year dot, started climbing with EUMC in 1982, quite active (at a very average level) throughout my twenties and now again in my forties.

Employed as school music teacher and living in Kinlochleven since 1989.

Email petestack.

Location
Kinlochleven, Scottish Highlands

Best Climbing Experience
Too many good ones to label any 'best', but some significant milestones might be:
1. Spartan Slab, Etive Slabs, May 1990 (first big VS lead).
2. Mount Hood (Oregon, 11,240ft) by the Cooper Spur & Mount Rainier (Washington, 14,411ft) by the Kautz Glacier in July 2006.
3. The Pause, Etive Slabs, September 2008 (climb of great symbolic significance to me).
4. The Wand, Creag Meagaidh, February 2010 (first time on Grade V ice *and* first V lead).

Favourite Climbing-Related Discussion Topic
Climbing history, since my enjoyment of routes (and especially the classics) is so enhanced by knowing who did what, when, and in what circumstances.

Recent Postings

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Latest Blog posts BETA
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• Up Two down Four 10-Apr-13
• Red Gully, Sgor na h-Ulaidh 06-Apr-13
• Humidification for woodwinds 17-Mar-13
• Blackwater bog loop 03-Mar-13
• December 31-Dec-12
• Invergarry mystery tour 24-Nov-12
• The accidental piper 09-Oct-12
• Middling Ben time 02-Sep-12
• And we in dreams 26-Aug-12
• Excalibur 11-Aug-12

Personal Webpage
http://www.petestack.com/

Interests Outside Climbing
According to my website, 'music (again) and creative art of various types, sailing (especially yacht racing), climbing and hill running, spending far too much time at my computer, and Scottish culture in general.'

About My Photography
Got Panasonic G2 June 2010 (+ added GF2 January 2011) after debating Micro Four Thirds since its introduction, but most of the recent photos here were taken with one of these:
1. Panasonic FZ18 superzoom (great fun camera at tolerably compact size/weight, with good user control and huge versatility, but ultimately limited by the small sensor that makes most of this possible in such a tidy package).
2. Nikon P50 (handy pocket size with decent grip, but more limiting settings and not so sharp at its longer end).

PHOTO GALLERY Click to View all 58 photos in petestack's gallery.

Click to list photo comments written by me. (106 comments)
I've voted for 11 photos, average vote 4.1.
(72% superb - 0% good - 9% average - 0% poor - 18% rubbish)

Anything Else We Should Know
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User Profile

registered 30/Sep/07
updated 03/Feb/11

Been Climbing For
More than 20 years

Best Onsights
Trad - E1
Winter - V