http://www.petestack.com/blog/climbing/running-on-a-patchwork-quilt.html Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:35:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.petestack.com/blog/climbing/running-on-a-patchwork-quilt.html/comment-page-1#comment-182 The Caolasnacon Posse « Petestack Blog Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:31:43 +0000 http://www.petestack.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-182 [...] my mind were The Posse and What’s the Story above Caolasnacon (scene of last Sunday’s misdirected search for ice in the wrong place). So that’s where we went today, although we only had time for the [...] [...] my mind were The Posse and What’s the Story above Caolasnacon (scene of last Sunday’s misdirected search for ice in the wrong place). So that’s where we went today, although we only had time for the [...]

]]> http://www.petestack.com/blog/climbing/running-on-a-patchwork-quilt.html/comment-page-1#comment-168 admin Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:36:20 +0000 http://www.petestack.com/blog/?p=1254#comment-168 Re. cascade, it turns out I'd been misdirected and should have been looking about half a mile further up the hill, where I might have found the waterslide described on p259 of the current SMC Glen Coe guide. Which explains why 'my' cascade (despite being the only substantial fall at the location I'd been given) was not only not 'in', but failed to meet the description of a two-pitch iced slab of comparable stature to Steall Falls, and means that a return visit with climbing gear and a partner has to be on the agenda! Re. cascade, it turns out I’d been misdirected and should have been looking about half a mile further up the hill, where I might have found the waterslide described on p259 of the current SMC Glen Coe guide. Which explains why ‘my’ cascade (despite being the only substantial fall at the location I’d been given) was not only not ‘in’, but failed to meet the description of a two-pitch iced slab of comparable stature to Steall Falls, and means that a return visit with climbing gear and a partner has to be on the agenda!

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