Bouldering near Crichton Castle

Pyramid - The right hand side and arête of the obvious pyramidal block in the left hand side of the upper quarry. 4+

Cheops (eliminate) - Climb the obvious arête in the left hand side of the upper quarry. Eliminate any holds on the sides. 5+

Follow the line - Traverse R-L along a ledge from a groove to the left of Griby's shelf. Reach up for a high edge in the middle, match and then drop back on small edges to finish in the far corner. 4+

Bouldering near Crichton Castle

 

Bouldering near Dunsapie Loch, Holyrood Park

 

I'm pretty sure bouldering near Dunsapie Loch is forbidden. But if it wasn't...

Bouldering in Ravelston, Fire Starter boulder

 

• Not so fast, 4
• Firestarter, 5+
• Crossfire, 6b
• Carbon Monoxide, 6b+

 

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

• Rock over, 4+
• Wall direct, 4

• 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

Bouldering in Corstorphine

 

 

 

 

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+

Bouldering on the Isle of Bute

Bouldering in Dunagoil - mini-topo of the north cliff.

 

 

 

1. The slab of death, f3+
2. The arête of death, f4 
3. Morning glory (eliminate) f4+
4. Morning sunshine, f4 
5. Rock over, f5 
6. Reachy, f4 
7. Awkward, f6A

 

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.