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"I asked for a climb, and for my sins, they gave me one"

Read more of this epic ascent of Sgorr Bhan - A 33,600 inch nail of rock hammered up through some of the most extreme weather on Earth...

http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=135

In reply to JoH - Editor:

Thoroughly enjoyable.

In reply to JoH - Editor:

class!

In reply to JoH - Editor:

ace stuff!

In reply to JoH - Editor: LOL Haaaaaaaar

In reply to JoH - Editor:

Seriously though this buried sheep belay idea is fantastic as it saves carrying a deadman

In reply to Diggler:

and a sheep weighs less than a 'dead-man'

In reply to Scott_M@c:

And tastes much better if you have to eat it.

(The skin also makes warmer blankets than a deadman- unless he's a hairy Greek deadman)

In reply to JoH - Editor: What a SPIFFING yarn.
I checked all the guidebooks, and cannot find any guides to any other 30 thousand inch mountains in Scotland? Can anyone help with this?
I fancy topping a virgin or two.

TTG

In reply to JoH - Editor:
myths and legends to tell and retell to the grandchildren...

In reply to O Mighty Tim:

I seem to recall this particular [ex] virgin throwing us all off her circa May 2005?....lifted up her skirts briefly to reveal a tantalising glimpse of her uppermost crevices - anticipation, heavy breathing, sweat beading on our bodies as we surged forth with single minded focus....before she slapped us round the face and sent us running for oor mammies before we could summit.

Bitch.

forgot I had submitted this ages ago.
The result of an alcohol fuelled evening sat in glencoe on our firt ever trip to Scotland in winter.

After reading great books like RUM DOODLE we just had to have a go ourselves.

In reply to JoH - Editor:

Wrong, it goes at ED3 with the sitting start and A3 if you use the in situ frozen cadaver of a polish airman.

In reply to John Rushby:

Sir

Speaking as a member of the first ascent party, I feel I must challenge your downgrading. The original grade was proposed taking the local ethics into account, and hence allows for the copious amount of medicinal Bowmore 17 consumed during the ascent. In particular, the sitting start certainly deserves more than ED3 due to this factor...

I consider an ascent in any other, more sober style to be disrespectful to this fine mountain; not to mention being downright un-British.

Ben

In reply to welshdragon:

Well I and several hundred others are very glad for that alcohol fuelled evening Sir. Great stuff.