Stone Boulder - Bloc de Pierre
A recollection of some of my bouldering moments.
Wednesday 13 March 2024
Sunday 18 February 2024
Wednesday 14 February 2024
Tuesday 11 April 2023
Bouldering in Ard Scalpsie Point - Isle of Bute (mini-topo II)
The coasts of Port na h-Aille and Ard Scalpsie Point have some small outcrops and screes. Most of the rock is made of a flacky mica-schist (too many holds). The stones are often too small and covered of lichens. A huge vein of igneous rock (basalt) crosses the peninsula and forms a decent south west facing crag.
Here are a few decent problems and their locations.
- Groovy, SS, 4+
- Pinch the nipple, 6a
- Sidestep, 5
- Descent route, 3
- Canadian barndance, 4
- Boston two steps, 6c
- The floor is lava, SS, 6c
- Time is of the essence, SS, 7a+
- I spy with my little eye, SS, 6a
- The rail, SS, 5
- The wall, SS, 4
Friday 17 February 2023
Sunday 19 June 2022
Bouldering in Scalpsie Bay - Isle of Bute (mini-topo)
1. Crackers, 4
2. Shark nails, 4
3. The rail left (sit-start), 5
4. The rail right (sit-start), 5
5. The P3 wall, 3
6. Hidden, 7a+
Monday 6 June 2022
Bouldering in Dunagoil - mini-topo of the north cliff.
- The slab of death, f3+
- The arête of death, f4
- Morning glory (eliminate) f4+
- Morning sunshine, f4
- Rock over, f5
- Reachy, f4
- Awkward, f6A
Wednesday 11 May 2022
Hummell Rocks - Gullane Bouldering update VI
Àrd-ealain (crimp variation) , 7a
Joey the lips, 6a
The sand level has slightly dropped again since the picture above was taken. So here are the revised grades revised as of April 2022
- Green: An t-sliseag, 6b
- Red: Shit-Start, 6b
- Blue: Àrd-ealain, 7a
- Purple: Overhang Lip Traverse, 6b at the moment.
Wednesday 27 April 2022
Bouldering in Dunagoil mini-topo II
Boom! 6a.
Don't slap, it's sharp, 6b.
To be or not to be precise, 7a.
Am bàl dòrnach, 5.
It's not how you fall, it's how you land, 6b.
The seamstress low-start, 7a/7a+?
Coup de maître, 6a (probably my favourite problem at Dunagoil)
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