Hi guys,
On Saturday we went on a
wee day trip. My mum and dad took Scott and I up to Dunkeld. I had been told
that I should head up and give “Hamish teds” a try. At first I didn’t know what
it was so I watched a couple of videos on vimeo and it looked like a good
climb. It was a 7b+. When we got there we grabbed the gear and set off up the
hill. We got a bit lost but in the end we made. On the way up we found a small
waterfall, Scott and I took a drink from it, it was amazing, it was really
fresh.
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| Waterfall below Lady Charlotte's cave. |
A little bit higher up we found a cave. It reminded us a bit of the “Goonies”
if you have ever seen it. When we finally got to the top we met Koon and John
(GCC Climbers), funnily enough it was them who told me about Hamish Teds. My
dad quickly turned round and said that we had left the rope bag in the van, so
mum and I had to traipse all the way back down the hill. It was actually quite
fun going down, but once we had got it we had to go back up. It didn’t take us
too long but I was certainly very tired… At first I tried another 7b+, it was
really hard and I only managed to get to the 2
nd clip. I then moved
on to trying Hamish teds and I certainly had a lot better luck on that as I managed
to get up to the 6
th clip in a couple off goes.
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| Hamish Teds7b+ |
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| Koon on her way down. |
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| Looking up at Hamish Teds. |
I was really proud
to get that far. By this point my skin had teared a little in-between my last 2
fingers. I managed to get to the 7
th clip just not clipping it. My
mum and Scott then gave it a try, my first outing to Dunkeld has went well and I’m
looking forward to going back and getting the tick on the route .
That wasn’t the end of our outdoor adventures this week, on Tuesday we all
went to Kirriemuir hill with TCA outdoor club and our coach Stuart Lyle, Jeans
and Paul from MCofS came along with us.
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| Angus, Scott and my Scott leading his first route of the day. |
We split up into small groups of 3 or 4
and got stuck into some great climbing on a great day with the sun shining.
Sam, my friend Rihanna’s dad has been to Kirrie lots and he gave belayed me
most of the time giving me good beta and encouragement, thanks Sam!
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| Working out my route. |
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| A wee bridge with Sam Belaying. |
I managed to top all the routes at Kirrie except for the last one where I
took a fall hurting my shin, Scott my little brother took a big whipper and
ended up upside down
a few feet from the
ground…. That was a lucky escape!
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| Break time. |
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| Swarming over the crag. |
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| Can't miss a heel hook!!!! |
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| Lots of laybacks! |
After the session finished we stopped in at the camera obscurer for a tour,
had a play on the pirate ship then headed into Perth to relax in the swimming
for an hour or so before heading back to Glasgow for 10pm.
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| At the end of the day...all tired, thanks everyone :) |
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Thanks for reading
:)
