Aonach Mor Winter Skills..

Jeremy, Martin and I were at Aonach Mor today doing some essential skills for mountaineering.

Hopefully, we will get the chance to put these into practice over the next couple of days. It was certainly much warmer this afternoon on the hill which has increased the avalanche hazard considerably even at quite low altitudes.

http://www.alpine-guides.com/

Over the last two weeks, Team Petzl have been here in Scotland to experience our quality conditions. Despite the tricky weather they have amassed a respectable tally of routes including Darth Vader, Babylon, Route One Direct (Ben Nevis) and Central Grooves (Stob Coire nan Lochan).

Ueli Steck, famous for his speed ascents on the Eiger, Matterhorn and Jorasses also, did the fourth ascent of Andy Turner's route 'The Secret' (IX,9) in about 20 minutes with three runners! For full details of their trip have a look at the Team Petzl Blog's for some pictures and video..

The Secret http://ueli-steck.petzlteam.com//index.php/post/2009/03/02/Scottish-Ice-Trip-Day-6-the-Secret