Posts for category: ATC Scotland
Huntley’s, Ballater, The Message
Posted by Max Hunter on 14th September, 2016
This week for Monday, Tuesday and today I was working with Dave and Lawrie for ATFW (Inverness). Dave had a group of 6, but only 5 were able to join us for the exped phase of their course. We went to Huntley’s cave on Monday, Pass of Ballater on Tuesday and we all climbed The […]...
Reiff
Posted by Max Hunter on 05th August, 2016
At the beginning of the week I was working alongside Lawrie to support his expedition to Reiff. Monday was good weather and so we had a great day climbing at the Pinnacle Area. We had a brilliant venue for wild camping for 2 nights – and on Monday night we were treated to a sensational […]...
Ciste Dhubh – End Of A Great Exped
Posted by Max Hunter on 17th September, 2015
On Wednesday Jamie’s ATC(S) expedition was on it’s final day, and due to some unavoidable logistic trouble we were unable to finish with the planned scramble – so instead we headed back to Glen Shiel and Ciste Dhubh (Munro at 979m). The group navigated and […]...
Forcan + Ledge
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On Monday I met up with Jamie Bankhead and his ATC(S) team for the exped phase of their SMF course (summer mountaineering Foundation course – 11 days long). Jamie had made a great plan and now all we needed was for the weather to play […]...
Tower Ridge
Posted by Max Hunter on 31st July, 2015
On Wednesday I was invited along to join the ATC(S) (Inverness base) staff team during their staff training expedition. The team had just completed a tough 2 day biking exped, and finished at the Glen Nevis camp site. So, on Wednesday we started from the […]...
Mostly Avoiding Rain
Posted by Max Hunter on 24th July, 2015
At the beginning of the week I joined Jamie Bankhead with his team of Marines on their 3 day climbing exped (working for ATC(S) based in Inverness), looking for dry weather, and a mixture of trad, sport and mountain routes. We started in Cummingston on […]...
Skye, In Pinn and Elgol
Posted by Max Hunter on 30th May, 2015
On the Tuesday Calum Muskett, Ali Rose and I took the team of 6 up onto the Inaccessible Pinnacle. We met Bill Strachan on the way down, who evidently had an earlier start than us! We made best use of the cafe at the Glenbrittle […]...
Skye, The Cioch
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On Monday I met up with Ali Rose and Calum Muskett. Calum was running an RSF (climbing) course for ATC(S) (adventure training centre for the army in Inverness). For the Mon, Tues and Wed, the plan was to head over to Skye to do whatever […]...
Days On Skye
Posted by Max Hunter on 15th May, 2015
A few days ago, I was working for ATC(S)on one of their SMF (walking foundation) courses, alongside Dave Chapman and Mark Stevenson. We had a group of RMP’s (royal military police). On the first day Dave set up an orienteering day with a competitive edge, […]...
Indoors, Dunkeld, Kirriemuir, Redhythe
Posted by Max Hunter on 29th April, 2015
Over the last week at ATC(S) we have been to Inverness Indoor Climbing wall, doing teamwork development tasks and prepping for a climbing exped – we went to Dunkeld, Kirriemuir and Redhythe Point, looking for dry rock. The team started their climbing career 2 Mondays […]...
Huntley’s Cave
Posted by Max Hunter on 24th April, 2015
Today I was continuing the ATC(S) climbing course, working alongside Dave Chapman, and we went to Huntley’s Cave. It was day 4 of the course, and we have been building up on various themes – and today we wanted to look at steep, exposed and […]...
Starting A Climbing Course In The Sun
Posted by Max Hunter on 23rd April, 2015
This week I started a course with ATC(S) – Adventure Training Centre in Scotland for the Army, based in Inverness – and I’m with 6 very motivated soldiers. Working alongside me is David Chapman. We happen to be blessed with sun and high pressure for […]...
Couple Of Days In Torridon
Posted by Max Hunter on 22nd November, 2014
Earlier this week, I was working for ATC Scotland, and I met up with Dave Chapman and his group (Rob, Gav, Chris and Kyle) on the exped phase of their MSF course. On the Monday we walked in to find a good place to camp, ready to do Slioch (981m) the next day. We then […]...
Dundonnell ATC Course
Posted by Max Hunter on 02nd November, 2014
For the last 2 weeks I have been working on an Adventure Training Course, run through Cameron Barracks in Inverness (ATC Scotland). I was working with a group from the 2 Royal Anglian (Infantry) and they were with me to do their Summer Mountaineering Foundation […]...
End Of Course At Kingussie
Posted by Max Hunter on 16th October, 2014
On Wednesday Jordan and Danny wanted to lead their first trad climbs, so we headed to Kingussie. The day was always going to be a little short, because everybody had to get back to Cameron Barracks early to do lots of kit admin, and do […]...
Polldubh In October
Posted by Max Hunter on 15th October, 2014
On Tuesday, I was again out with Danny and Jordan, who are on their ATCS Climbing course, which included the Foundation course last week. They wanted a little more guided climbing as well as continuing the process of learning to lead. We started on The […]...
Dry Rock Climbing In Polldubh
Posted by Max Hunter on 13th October, 2014
This week I’m working for ATCS and supporting Jamie Bankhead on his RSF course. We took the Infantry Soldiers to Glen Nevis, Polldubh for a quick afternoon on dry rock in warm temperatures. It’s middle October and we’re climbing in t-shirts – fantastic. We did […]...
Pippet Slab
Posted by Max Hunter on 05th September, 2014
On Wednesday I was with Moffett and Ally who were keen to do another climb in the hills, so we headed off to the Northern Corries. This time we walked over to Stac an Fharaidh to do Pippet Slab (S***), which looked really good in the […]...
Sport Climbing – Creag Bheag
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On Tuesday this week working for ATC Scotland, and working with Mark Stevenson, we headed off to do a little sport climbing at Creag Bheag – Golspie, with 6 of the group of 10. The other 2 teams with Dusty and Matt were in the Northern Corries on ‘Pot of Gold’ and ‘Savage Slit’. We […]...
Pot Of Gold
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On Monday this week, we started the 3 days of ‘exped phase’ with the group at ATC Scotland, who completed their RSF (Single pitch rock climbing foundation) course on Saturday. The 10 soldiers were split into 3 teams of 2 and a team of 4, […]...
Kingussie, Cummingston, Duntelchaig
Posted by Max Hunter on 31st August, 2014
This week I’ve been working at ATC (Army Adventure Training Centre) Scotland, based out of Inverness. The course has been a RSF (Single Pitch Rock Foundation certificated award) – for 5 days. I have only had 4 in my group – Cunny, Howey, Moffett and […]...
Duntelchaig, Drum
Posted by Max Hunter on 18th July, 2014
On Tuesday I went to Duntelchaig, to introduce the team to easy multi-pitch-climbing. We had Drum (VD*) in mind. It was my first visit to the crag and it took me a few minutes to find an easy access route to the climb, so after […]...
Afterthought Arete With Gurkhas
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Last Monday I joined the staff team (Matt and Dusty) at ATC Scotland, to support their final phase of their 2 week climbing course. There had already been a lot of drop outs from the original course line up, due to injuries, but there were […]...
Reserves At Moy Rock
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With the Reserves last weekend, we went to Moy Rock, in the Northern Highlands, just North of Inverness. This is a great little sport crag, close to the road. This is a relatively recently developed sport crag, and a great deal of forestry has been […]...
Reserves At Kingussie
Posted by Max Hunter on
Over the last weekend I was working at ATC-Scotland, with a group of Reserves (used to be known as the T.A.). It was an intro weekend to the sport of climbing, with a focus on fun,challenge, and possibly identifying who had sufficient interest to go on to […]...