Wednesday 24th Feb, West Gully, Beinn Udlaidh

Steve in a bucket seat with a buried axe, belaying Andy up pitch 1 of West Gully

There were 3 teams ahead of us in the gully. Here is Mark Hendry working for Jagged Globe with his 2 clients

Mark then sets off into the strong wind and driving snow (and falling ice chunks)


Seconds later the snow flurry passes. Quiet before the storm. Mark heading for the ice

Steve in Red on the left and Andy in Green on the right

This is Marks' second client climbing the last ice pitch

Andy and Steve wanted to learn to lead today, and start to put all the pieces together and get their 'Hands On'. We went to Beinn Udlaidh. The drive down the last few km was a bit worrying with no winter tyres. We got to the car park and found lots of other people with the Beinn Udlaidh idea. Approaching West Gully we found 3 other instructional teams with the same idea, including Mark from Jagged Globe.