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Following the recent Extreme Rock 2 thread here's another list to get ticking.

https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/ticklists/the_great_mixed_climbs_of_scot...

Nobody has done them all. Who'll be first? It's a pretty big ask.

I'm on 9 with maybe another 7 that would be realistic.

The book is out October 20th so just in time to stoke the winter psych!

In reply to DaveHK:

Do you get the tick if you do them in summer carrying a token axe and some micro spikes on your pack?

In reply to JLS:

Yes yes.

Much better climbing them with skin and rubber than trashing them with bits of metal.

In reply to DaveHK:

Nice. Thought there would be a lot more IXs and Xs. As it is, plenty of VIs and VIIs, making it feasible for the keen enthusiast to complete a fair few. Even better, there are lots of crags, including a couple I’ve not heard of. Might have to come out of winter semi retirement…

In reply to JLS:

No. You only get the tick if you do them in winter but when the rock isn’t rimed. That is the modern way. 

In reply to DaveHK: Surprised Guy Robertson hasn’t done them all - Perhaps just Talliban missing?

In reply to DaveHK:

Thankfully there's a few VIs in there. I'm on a grand total of 1... 

In reply to Ian Parnell:

There's at least one of them that's unrepeated and Guy didn't do the FA. I sort of wasn't including him anyway as it's his book!

In reply to Misha:

Now let the debate start about inclusions and omissions...

In reply to DaveHK:

Not that many routes, so it’s more a case of omissions. I’d say it’s more about showcasing the crags and style of climbing. Compiling a winter routes book is always going to be so much harder. The photos will do doubt be stunning and it looks like there are quite a few pages dedicated to each route. 
 

Edit - I don’t feel particularly qualified to comment on inclusions and omissions anyway but interested in others’ views. 

In reply to JLS:

😀 😃 🤣 

That's the only way I'd get up any of them 😉 

In reply to DaveHK:

Great Game or Pobble..?

In reply to Misha:

If you end up completing the routes in the main body of the book there are always the named routes in the season-by-season documentation of Scottish winter climbing development that Simon Richardson (plus others) have pulled together, picking up where Cold Climbs left off … 😀