Two callouts so far today, with a third ‘almost’. Both have been Hanglider accidents – interesting, since I’ve never been to one of those and now two come along in the same day. The first was a report of a hanglider down just south of Pen Y Fan, but when we arrived, the pilot was […]
While sat downstairs working on my laptop tonight, I was kinda catching up on TV in the background. I had some Sky+ programmes to watch – The Bill, Casualty, Supernatural – nothing particularly high-brow, but good background watching. So I ran out of programmes to watch and one that I was saving to watch with […]
Many years ago, I was taught that Bernoulli’s Principle explains aerodynamic lift and that the layman’s explanation was that air travels further over top of the wing, therefore travels faster and faster air creates low pressure. Higher pressure under the wing and lower pressure above it causes lift. This always sat uncomfortably with me, since […]
About two years ago, I spent about two days developing my own mission statement. I spent a lot of time over it, looking at myself and what makes me tick along with spending time organising and identifying my own wants and wishes. Some people dismiss it as rubbish, but I have to admit that the […]
What a week. I haven’t stopped since I came back from Scotland, between work and cadets and all the rest, trying to catch up on stuff like washing clothes is difficult because I just don’t get the time! (Don’t worry, I managed to get it done, so I don’t smell!) Last night was the usual […]
Avalanche risk: High (cat 4) Ok, so not rain, but certainly bad weather. Snow overnight, 40-50mph winds with gusts of up to 80mph forecast and that was at sea level! A brief bimble around a little loch down the road was great tonic for achy joints and muscles from yesterday’s skiing adventures. Tonight we all […]
Avalanche risk: Moderate (cat 2) Today was skiing day! We went up to the ski lodge, hired some skis and took to the piste. From pretty much first thing until gone 1700 I spent wandering up and down the slopes having masses of fun as one or another of us went arse over tit. Apres […]
Avlanache Risk: Considerable (Cat3) Today was an easy day. A couple of us decided to take a rest – it’s a tough week with lots of walking and several of us are aching a bit. I popped into Aviemore on the bus and pottered around for a while before coming back to the house. As […]
Avalanche risk: Considerable (Cat. 3) Today found us back in Coire an t-Snaechda, this time attacking Aladdin’s Couloir. This gulley is about twice the length of Jacob’s Ladder, though of a similar grade. Wyn and I were climbing together, with Dave and Christian ahead of us. Rhyan, Jon and Huw went up without belaying. I’ve […]
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Avalanche risk: Considerable (Cat. 3) Today was even better than yesterday. Dave and Wyn invited me to join them on an alpine-style ridge today. East of yesterday’s gulley, on the east side of the coire is a ridge called Fiacaill a’Choire an t-Sneachda, or the Fiacaill Ridge. Though there’s a path of sorts along the […]