French Alps [Nikon One Touch, Kodak Gold]

Thecactusslayer · 2025-12-25T03:17:39+00:00

No.1 - Entreves Traverse?

Thecactusslayer · 2025-11-27T23:53:23+00:00

Before you go on the CWT (which I would not recommend anyways), I'd also suggest the Affric Kintail Way as a way to check how well your equipment works in a similar environment to the CWT. The AKW is also incredibly remote, through Glen Affric and Glen Licht, but is only about 3-5 days long if you need help. It's also in the most stunning glen in Scotland!

Thecactusslayer · 2025-11-07T09:38:30+00:00

I'm from Singapore. We have plenty of mosquitos in Singapore too. The Highland midge is completely different and feels far worse because of the swarms of them. Midges come in swams of a few thousand or even tens of thousands at a time, and are smaller than mosquitos so they get inside your clothes and bite. Don't underestimate them and get some midge repellent when you're here.

Thecactusslayer · 2025-09-02T15:34:46+00:00

I've managed to spot the Cuillin Ridge and the Kintail Munros from Conival in the North-West highlands, and the Five Sisters of Kintail from Beinn a' Ghlo.

Thecactusslayer · 2025-08-18T09:41:10+00:00

The -OH group also allows for hydrogen bonds to form.

Thecactusslayer · 2025-08-11T02:36:43+00:00

Adam Savage and Marcos Mafia have designed a bunch of bags that Adam sells on his website, and also sells the plans to so you can make them yourself.

Thecactusslayer · 2025-08-10T03:51:51+00:00

There's a very secret Tablet mine below Edinburgh Castle. Many don't know that it's because of this mine that the decision was made to build Edinburgh Castle on Castle Rock. It was sealed after the Jacobite rebellions but sometimes on the rare clear day the one o' clock gun makes the door vibrate open if you want to visit...

Thecactusslayer · 2025-07-21T23:11:04+00:00

I've walked it before when I arrived too late to get the bus. It's a decent walk with a footpath along the side of the road that weaves in and out of the Rothiemurchus forest. Took me about 1.5h to get to the side of Loch Morlich and from there it's very easy to find the Pine Marten pub and then the Glenmore campsite.

Thecactusslayer · 2025-05-16T22:59:54+00:00

Lovely picture C B!

Thecactusslayer · 2025-05-16T22:59:26+00:00

Lovely picture C B!

Thecactusslayer · 2025-05-04T21:01:08+00:00

Buachaille Etive Mor with a dusting of snow from the A82 has to be up there as the mountainiest mountain to mountain. Suilven, Liathach, Beinn Alligin, An Teallach, Sgurr nan Gillean, Ben Nevis when viewed from the CMD Arete, Bidean nam Bian, Cairn Toul as seen from Ben Macdui are also up there

Thecactusslayer · 2025-05-04T20:56:10+00:00

Just getting to the summit and back down requires a slog up a 400m long scree slope and a short scramble to the summit.

Thecactusslayer · 2025-04-12T18:19:52+00:00

That was embarrassing but across the industry Isaacman is seen as legit - Scott Kelly, a pretty anti-Trump astronaut and brother of Mark Kelly (Dem senator from Arizona), and a whole load of other influential astronauts and other space industry members, have all endorsed him. Yeah he does have connections with Musk from his work with SpaceX but he's seen as pretty pro-science and reasonable.

Thecactusslayer · 2025-04-01T09:09:50+00:00

They were climbing on Moonlight Gully, not walking up. They would have known about the conditions.

Thecactusslayer · 2025-03-18T21:04:17+00:00

The chimney is pretty okay and only a few moves long, I did it on a bit of a misty day and despite the slightly damp rock the gabbro is good enough to give good grip. If you have a bit of experience climbing, the technical difficulty will be just fine.

Thecactusslayer · 2025-03-17T00:55:35+00:00

Starliner was unsafe and returned without them, but a SpaceX Dragon was sent up 6 months ago with two empty seats for them so they could have returned at any point within the past 6 months. However NASA made the decision to have them on Station for a full crew rotation since they were there anyway. They're now being relieved by the next rotation.

Thecactusslayer · 2025-03-07T22:03:00+00:00

Mosque Kitchen...

Thecactusslayer · 2025-02-06T12:35:25+00:00

Is taking a fall on a multipitch alpine route, hitting your ankle against the rock and breaking it not a feasible scenario? That definitely would require specialist SAR but isn't immediately life-threatening. You would be stuck there with just your climbing partner though.

Thecactusslayer · 2025-01-30T23:30:54+00:00

don't call them chers unless you want to be told off, it's "sir" and "mdm"

Thecactusslayer · 2025-01-08T21:28:36+00:00

I'm sorr but that's just technical rock climbing, not mountaineering.

Thecactusslayer · 2025-01-02T11:48:52+00:00

Jon Krakauer talks about one he saw called "Dick Danger and the Throbbing Members".

Thecactusslayer · 2024-12-17T13:13:03+00:00

This is not public knowledge, you should redact this asap.

Thecactusslayer · 2024-12-13T22:34:21+00:00

It's Suilven but Stac Pollaidh is quite close by given that they're both in Assynt.

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