Have you spoken to Rob Lovell? He is in charge of their guidebook stuff and is a Young Person who like things like Sport Climbing
I suspect this is partly because there aren't any decent modern style bouldering walls in the Highlands.
Quote from: GazM on July 30, 2020, 04:04:32 pm I suspect this is partly because there aren't any decent modern style bouldering walls in the Highlands.3 wise monkeys has been around a few years and is well stowed out most nights, but doesnt seem to have led to many more getting out to glen Tarbet and the likes nearby.
He said decent modern bouldering walls, not 90’s throwbacks 😄
The North coast 500 is whats really changing the area IMO, its turning the nicest part of the UK into a gumball style backdrop to whizz by. That and most of the people who benefit are cafe and BandB owners who moved up there for the peace and quiet so it makes them more stressed.
Thanks for that 3WM info Alex, that impossible overhang in glen nevis looks very possible to me, especially the right arete.
Quote from: teestub on July 30, 2020, 09:04:22 pmHe said decent modern bouldering walls, not 90’s throwbacks 😄I wasn't going to say anything, but yeah...I've been a few times and it's fine although a bit of a sweat box in summer, but it ain't no TCA/Works etc.
most of the people who benefit are cafe and BandB owners who moved up there for the peace and quiet so it makes them more stressed.
But the secret is it the weather is better outside midge season...
Great to see some harder routes in the North-west. For what its worth (skimming this thread as a whole), I love it when people publicise new areas or problems in Scotland, be that through topos/guides, photos or videos. Whilst sitting forlorn in my dank little Manchester house, I need something to aspire to: particularly at the moment. I do however find the notion of 'keeping an area unspoiled' a little difficult to stomach. Firstly, you only need to see Dave MacLeod's recent video of Glen Pean to know that there is endless rock in Scotland for those who want to find the unexplored. Or my own exploits at Sheigra, where you just need to walk 500m further north to find yet another huge jumble of unclimbed boulders. For me, the problem with this sort of rhetoric is that it is sometimes feels like a thinly veiled excuse for 'keeping it for myself'. When I first created my Sheigra guide, I was so unbelievable stoked that others had visited and enjoyed it like I had. Even when Mike Adams climbed that amazing arete I had been eyeing up and was too weak to climb, this just inspired me to go back and try harder. So when I see people like Rob Thomas putting up cool problems at the Barry Valley (and really helpful little topos on UKC), I'm just desperate to try them out and hopefully find some new ones of my own. In short, please don't keep areas quiet but share them (even if you have projects still to do) so this little sad Scot can keep dreaming whilst the world implodes!
Scragrock, there's some great bouldering on the left side of Polin Beach at low tide if you've never climbed on it, might need a bit of a barnacle scrub, but nice for a quick hit.