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Ken Applegate - Apple Mountaineering Instructor: Coached Scrambling on Curved Ridge, Glencoe
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CTRL D to add this page to your favourites. Saturday, 17 September 2011. Coached Scrambling on Curved Ridge, Glencoe. Returning clients are great! Keeping things moving, being dynamic with decision making and planning ahead. Using the rope efficiently and effectively and ensuring that both seconds are always protected. Directing both seconds, at times independently. Chris and Kev enjoying the scrambling, with Rannoch Wall behind. At the top of Curved Ridge, with glimpses towards Rannoch Moor behind.
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Ken Applegate - Apple Mountaineering Instructor: Mountaineering on Ben Nevis: Tower Ridge & Ledge Route
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CTRL D to add this page to your favourites. Wednesday, 3 August 2011. Mountaineering on Ben Nevis: Tower Ridge and Ledge Route. We made good progress up the ridge, and were fortunate for the clouds to lift and provide some impressive views out towards Carn Mor Dearg, Aonach Beag and beyond. I've said it many times before, but these spectacular views are very hard to get bored of! The gravity defying blocks on Ledge Route. Ben Nevis this afternoon. Posted by Ken Applegate. The highest instructional mounta...
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Ken Applegate - Apple Mountaineering Instructor: Winter Courses 2011-12
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CTRL D to add this page to your favourites. As another summer passes by, it's time to look forward to this coming winter (not forgetting some autumnal rock climbing! And with temperatures today on the summit of Ben Nevis just above freezing, it won't be long until the first snows arrive. The past two winters have been fantastic, with some great early season conditions, so fingers crossed for a third. Please do get in touch at applegateken@gmail.com. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I am a keen and active clim...
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Ken Applegate - Apple Mountaineering Instructor: Another great day in Glencoe
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CTRL D to add this page to your favourites. Sunday, 18 September 2011. Another great day in Glencoe. One of the great things about living in Fort William is that less than half an hour away, the magnificent valley of Glencoe can be reached, offering countless opportunities for mountaineering adventures in a very different setting to those of the immediate mountains of Fort William. On the South East Ridge of Stobe Coire Nan Lochan, with Stob Coire Sgreamach behind. Posted by Ken Applegate. I am a keen an...
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Ken Applegate - Apple Mountaineering Instructor: August 2011
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CTRL D to add this page to your favourites. Friday, 26 August 2011. Three weeks in the Ecrins Massif, French Alps. Following a day's guiding Tower Ridge on Ben Nevis with Edita and Boris, from Croatia, Scott. Scott enjoying the granite slabs of Ailefroide. Having driven for 24 hours almost non-stop, we chose to ease ourselves in gently, and headed up to the local crag of Sector Engilberge (15 mins walk from campsite! And climbed 'Ma, que! Dawn on the Pelvoux Traverse. And reached the summit of Mount Puis...
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Ken Applegate - Apple Mountaineering Instructor: September 2011
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CTRL D to add this page to your favourites. Sunday, 18 September 2011. Another great day in Glencoe. One of the great things about living in Fort William is that less than half an hour away, the magnificent valley of Glencoe can be reached, offering countless opportunities for mountaineering adventures in a very different setting to those of the immediate mountains of Fort William. On the South East Ridge of Stobe Coire Nan Lochan, with Stob Coire Sgreamach behind. Posted by Ken Applegate. As another sum...
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Central Adventures: Rock Climbing and Abseiling, the start of the season...........
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Saturday, 15 March 2014. Rock Climbing and Abseiling, the start of the season. Today I worked for Active Highs. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Tough New World. Hunting winter last weekend. Max Hunter.co.uk. Kirkhope Mountaineering, Instruction and Guiding, Fort William. A wintery weekend for an intro to winter climbing. The last 9 months. Lindsay's Lungs Live Life to the Max. Sport Climbing with the Small folks. Tollaidh Crags, Lochnagar and the Big Bad Ben. Aoanch Eagach, Grim but Great.
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Central Adventures: Busy week and a lot of catching up
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Monday, 24 March 2014. Busy week and a lot of catching up. Very happy at this moment! Monday 17th, I spent the day in Coire an t-sneachda to brush up and practice skills in preparation for WML assessment. I was out with a number of friends and other WML candidates; Alfie, Steve. Zoe, John and Tom. The weather was warm, wet and windy. Snow was heavy and wet but still managed to get through a good deal of skills while on the slopes of the Fiacall Ridge. Rich B on the plod. Sunday 23rd I worked for myself t...
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Central Adventures: November 2012
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Friday, 30 November 2012. When up in the Ciste we met a few familiar faces all heading for different routes. We stopped to gear up at a large boulder about 75m below and to the right of No.5 gully. Approaching No.5 gully, geared up next to obvious large boulder. Hilarity at the 1st belay. Topping out, the boys are marching on! Monday, 26 November 2012. First taste of winter. Looking back down Glen Nevis. The fun part of the day. Thursday, 22 November 2012. First Route, Red. 5? Saturday, 17 November 2012.
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Central Adventures: November 2013
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Monday, 18 November 2013. After setting foot in snow last Friday the rain and warm temperatures returned and have striped what snow there was. Last week saw me spend a 4 days working inside at Ice Factor, which I was quite glad of. The shifts I worked saw me running taster rock and ice sessions and hit the ice lessons. I also put my hand to some route setting as well. Rich either checking timings or timing Joe? Good slick skills from the lads, made my day easy. Smiles all round o the summit. I got home a...
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