Category Archives: Scottish winter climbing.

Self Reliance ( meaning “reliance on one’s own powers and resources rather than those of others”) on the mountains a few thoughts.

Posted on October 15, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

It is what many of us call this is the “silly season” it’s already started in my mind. The daylight hours are now shortening and the weather changing. Mountain Rescue Teams are getting busy as the weather, daylight catch folk … Continue reading →

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Some good comments from yesterday’s blog on Training in wild conditions.

Posted on October 13, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

Please note yesterday’s blog was not an ego article but an insight into the mindset of the times. The point I was trying to make was that we trained very hard to do the job we did. I got to … Continue reading →

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The point of Training hard for the worst that the weather can do on the mountains.

Posted on October 12, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

I have written a few blogs recently about mistakes I made on the hill. The point I wanted to make was to show how little things can escalated and can turn into an epic . I spoke to Dan Carrol … Continue reading →

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Early lesson – Leaving your bag below a route in winter ? I learned about Mountaineering from that.

Posted on October 9, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

In the mid 80’s at the “invincible stage” in my mountaineering our annual winter course was held over 2 weeks in the Cairngorms and Lochaber. This was when young team members from the 6 RAF teams came for a winter … Continue reading →

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New easy Routes – “sporting lines” in winter Slip, sliding away!

Posted on October 2, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

I was looking at a few old photos. It’s great as the memories come back especially when you went a new way up a mountain. Often you did not know what to expect but often the route gave you a … Continue reading →

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The Torridon hills some memories.

Posted on September 28, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

The other day I was up a lovely wee hill An – Ruadh Meallean near Torridon that gave me a great view of the West side of the Torridon Munro Beinn Alligin. I have done several big call outs on … Continue reading →

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Are you ready for the change to winter?

Posted on September 23, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

Hopefully we have still got some summer left but I have not been out for a while but heading West this weekend. So I had a look at my kit. My summer bag was light. I have added some more … Continue reading →

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Staying in touch and a short winter wander Cha-no to that nearly ended with a serious injury.

Posted on September 20, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

I often get asked why I write the blog it’s easy to answer as I get so many stories contacts from it. It is great to hear from past friendships and from other mountaineers some now gone and families trying … Continue reading →

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Sea King Helicopter Memories.

Posted on August 25, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

My first memory of the. Seaking was getting dropped of on Ben a Bhuird for winter climbing in the late 70’s. After being so used to the Wessex it was so big and we could get many more on the … Continue reading →

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The Beinn Eighe Lancaster crash by Doctor Brewster The Moray Mountaineering Club.

Posted on August 21, 2021 by heavywhalley.MBE

This was given to me a long time ago it was from the Moray Mountaineering Club Journal (1981) This is the story of the search for a missing Lancaster aircraft on Beinn Eighe the article was written 30 years ago … Continue reading →

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