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I remember vividly climbing Salamander with Ewan - I took the photo (Although misspelt; it's Maybee). It was, as the photo suggests, a glorious day. I led pitch 1, reasonably good ice over the slabs although rarely deep enough for a full ice screw and failed miserably to spot the obvious belay on the left. I ended up constructing a less than confidence inspiring one to the right, hence the angle in the photo of Ewan on pitch 2, which was actually far better photo-wise. Ewan led the crux pitch well; there was enough good ice but the snow was soft. It was great fun; climbing with Ewan always was.
We descended to the foot of Hells Lum and Ewan decided, as was his won't, to solo another route Kiwi Gully (4/IV). Blanching at that(!) I decided to walk over to Sneachda and do Red Gulley and we met up and walked out together.
We climbed quite a lot in the mid- to late-2000s and early 2010s but that (I think) was my last climb with Ewan as I stepped back for a few years due to work and family commitments. In the years prior to his death I'd bump into him occasionally at the Inverness wall and once, totally out of the blue, in October 2017 when I was heading up Sgurr Choinnich and he was walking out from staying at a bothy.
I still think about him a lot. A lovely man. The only vinyl record I now own is a Special Limited Edition 45 of a single by Television. He knew they were one of my favourite bands and gave it to me. It's a record I treasure; I will always keep it even though I no longer have a record player to play it on.