Monthly Archives: May 2018

Enjoy the sun but here is a few tips on staying cool in the hills?

Posted on May 31, 2018 by heavywhalley.MBE

The weather had been incredible but very hot, with wee ones especially you have to watch. Sun damage can affect them for ever. A Hat is a must? It may look daft but so effective. I spent 13 months with … Continue reading →

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Memories of Everest 2001. The summit is only half way home. The Mountains will always be there the trick it make sure you are to.

Posted on May 30, 2018 by heavywhalley.MBE

I sit here like a wimp after a wee fall and my bruised ribs on the bike so no bike or hills for a while and the sun is battering down and so many are having fun. It is great … Continue reading →

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The wild fires still are ongoing. Falling of a bike part 2.

Posted on May 29, 2018 by heavywhalley.MBE

Yesterday I mentioned the fires that are ongoing in the West especially Wester Ross and as I headed to Elgin there was a gorse fire near Hopeman the smoke filled the air. The firemen were on the road sorting out … Continue reading →

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Your never to old to learn or fall off a bike / a journey of pain and incompetence!

Posted on May 28, 2018 by heavywhalley.MBE

This new game of cycling is hard going especially for a mechanically dyslexic person like me! I went to see my mate Kenny who was my Deputy in the RAF MRT and then became my Team Leader! He is a … Continue reading →

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48 years Service Ewan MacKinnon Skye MRT

Posted on May 27, 2018 by heavywhalley.MBE

I have just been told that Ewan MacKinnon is retiring after 48 years with Skye Mountain Rescue Team even longer than ex TeamLeader Gerry Ackroyd. Sadly I will miss the farewell part but what an incredible Service to the Skye … Continue reading →

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Skye Mountain Rescue Team Leader Retires – Gerry Ackroyd M.B.E a true legend after over 40 years service.

Posted on May 26, 2018 by heavywhalley.MBE

Gerry Ackroyd. From Skye MRT – Gerry Ackroyd Skye MRT Team Leader Retires. Gerry was the Team Leader since 1975. Over these years, he was patiently supported by his wife Joan who did a lot of organising behind the scenes … Continue reading →

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More on helmets – a must ? Climbing, scrambling, bouldering, cycling?

Posted on May 25, 2018 by heavywhalley.MBE

From Pete Hill MIC “A friend of mine had a big fall in Glen Nevis last week. Apart from the outstanding skills of the Belford hospital staff and the brilliant and swift action of Lochaber team members, you can see … Continue reading →

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Helmets when scrambling – to me a no – brainer? Yet I still make mistakes.

Posted on May 24, 2018 by heavywhalley.MBE

The sun is out and many are out climbing and scrambling. It is amazing how still so many do not wear helmets yet now when cycling the great majority are now wearing them. Here are two stories. In the RAF … Continue reading →

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A few thoughts on looking after our own? Depression, Suicide , Cancer, Alzheimer’s.

Posted on May 22, 2018 by heavywhalley.MBE

Some may think this is a strange post for me to write but over the years sadly some of the same things keep happening. I noticed many years ago that lovers of the outdoor tough men and woman though they … Continue reading →

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A visit with Geoff a relative of the Beinn Eighe Lancaster crash crew to the Memorial at RAF Lossiemouth.

Posted on May 22, 2018 by heavywhalley.MBE

2018 May a visit to the Lancaster Memorial at RAF Lossiemouth it’s nearly completed. Yesterday the body was struggling after a busy few days and I was walking like the “tin man”but after sorting out my gear I had a … Continue reading →

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