-
Recent Posts
- The Ben Lui Jaguar crash 27 November 1979
- Viscount aircraft crash Ben More Crianlarich 19 Jan 1973
- The old Man of Stoer and an early ascent. What a classic day out The late Tom Patey and mates thank you!
- While based at RAF Kinloss (March 1949)
- What’s your classic photo? Mid 50’s – Johnnie Lees and John Hinde rock climbing.
Recent Comments
Archives
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
Categories
- Aircraft incidents
- Alaska
- Articles
- Avalanche info
- Book
- Books
- Bothies
- Charity
- Corbetts
- Corbetts and other hills
- Cycle to Syracuse Training
- Cycling
- Enviroment
- Equipment
- Expeditions – Alaska – Himalayas etc
- Falklands Islands
- Family
- Films
- Flora
- Friends
- Gear
- Golf
- Health
- Hill running and huge days!
- Himalayas/ Everest
- History
- Ice climbing Canada
- Islands
- Lectures
- Local area and events to see
- Lockerbie
- medical
- Mountain Biking
- Mountain rescue
- mountain safety
- Mountaineering
- Munros
- Music & Cinema
- Other hills Grahams & Donalds
- People
- Plants
- Poems
- PTSD
- Recomended books and Guides
- Rock Climbing
- Sailing trips
- SAR
- Scottish winter climbing.
- SMC/SMT
- Views Mountaineering
- Views Political?
- Weather
- Well being
- Wildlife
Meta
Category Archives: mountain safety
The old Man of Stoer and an early ascent. What a classic day out The late Tom Patey and mates thank you!
I have plenty of time just now to look back on some classic days . The Old man of Storr was one of these just along the Coast from Lochinver. Its a sea cliff that brings back so many memories. … Continue reading
Hill foods ideas from the comments?
Thank you all I had so many replies from the blog on Hill Food some of the favourites mentioned. In the old days we used to take a few Guinness the night before / not recommended today ? On the … Continue reading
The El Alamein bothy in the Cairngorms a great wee Cairngorm wander.
I put a photo on my Twitter account about a place a small shelter I visited often in the Cairngorms. It’s a great navigation exercise and many team members I was training in navigation had fun finding it in poor … Continue reading
Missing the hills ! It could be a lot worse never forget that.
Many of us are missing the mountains and wild places and I wonder if should continue posting old photos on the blog? I will as it brings back so many great memories of past days. As I am getting older … Continue reading
“Every picture tells a story” The tale of the benighted Sea King in the Northern Corries of Cairngorm in Feb 2006.
I was working in the ARCC at RAF Kinloss when we had scrambled a Sea King helicopter to the Cairngorms for an injured winter climber. It would we thought be a standard incident but the weather was not great. The … Continue reading
Beinn Eighe Liathach and Beinn Alligin attempt Oct 1976 then a call to Cruachan.
I am in Torridon just now the hills are plastered with snow after a bleak morning of rain and sleet. The weather cleared in the afternoon and we had a great wander as we descended the Torridon hills cleared they … Continue reading
Happy Christmas / Dog Tales – Exiled in England and then the return to Scotland.
Chapter 3 In 1982 Heavy was posted to RAF Innsworth near Gloucester there was no Mountain Rescue team nearby. It was awful and when we arrived Heavy was told that no dogs were allowed on the station by the Station … Continue reading
Chapter 2 Dog Tales, visits to Scotland.
Scotland was where my owner loved and we did our first winter climbing course together at Grantown On Spey. The Military said that I was not allowed to be in the Centre, but every night I was in with the … Continue reading
A bit of cheer. Dog’s tales from the back of a Landover. Chapter 1.
We all need cheered up I hope this will help? They say “a man’s best friend is his Dog. This is the tale of a special dog Teallach”. Introduction: I wrote this in several parts in my blog a few … Continue reading
1978 Boxing Day /Christmas Day Avalanche on Braeriach.
I located a photo the other day of a wild call out on the Cairngorms in the Christmas period in the Braeriach area in 1978. I was out with the RAF Kinloss Team at Tyndrum we were staying in the … Continue reading