Soggy Bottom

After having a nice walk in Glen Coe yesterday where the sun was out for most of the day. We had were met with rain all day today, completely soaked through before we even got to the Achintee. Fortunately it was a short day.

If You Got The Balls....CHECK THEM!

This is the message the Hartson Foundation are trying to spread. John Hartson was diagnosed with Testicular Cancer after ignoring a lump for 4 years, John admits himself that if he was aware of how easy it was to get checked and that Testicular Cancer is over 90% curable if caught early enough he probably would not have had to go through the brain operations, lung operations and over 60 sessions of chemotherapy.
To raise awareness for this Jon and 60 of his friends and supporters were walking up Ben Nevis today. We had good weather and everyone made it to the top. Afterwards it they hit Fort William for a pub crawl, literally crawling between pubs!
To find out more click here.

Cycling the Three Peaks

Today I was up the Ben with four chaps who were cycling between the three peaks. Today was their last day and it was safe to say they were feeling the strain! Hoever they got up and down in good time and raised lots of money for charity. Well Done Lads!

View from the zig zags

Breaking Things

As usual a few of us headed to the Garry this Thursday. The weather was pretty miserable but luckily that doesn't matter too much when paddling.
Johann had a little accident that he shrugged off at the time but a couple of days later the doctors confirmed he broke his hand. Hopefully he will return to full strength soon and it doesn't affect his climbing too much.



Ron Cameron



Soggy

I was working on the Ben today, for Mountainandglen.com, luckily it was just the Ben because I was completely saturated by the time I got back to the carpark. The team I was with were raising money for children with Brain injuries and so far had raised a staggering £30000 which is absolutely brilliant. I hope they mangage the rest!

The Guys soaking on the Summit

Despite the bad weather it wasn't stopping the masses attempting the climb the summer traffic has arrived.

The Regatta

I went along to the Lochaber Yacht Club regatta this evening. Paul Biggins took me out on Loch Linhe in his boat the Bird of Spray. It didn't start out so well due to the lack of wind however after the wind picked up it became much more exciting.



Paul Biggins waiting for the wind

After the wind came in

More Club Sessions

I was out with the Nevis Canoe Club on Loch Eil. This was for their beginner/improver sessions. We had a nice journey up the Loch and looked at some simple skills.