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Skye Trail - Aimed at more adventurous walkers, this 80-mile route takes in part of the Trotternish Ridge and passes benrath the Cuillin. Terry Marsh. We shared the spot with two yachts who anchored overnight, and more than a few deer. It had turned out my rehydrated meal the night before - three years past its use-by date - really hadn’t agreed with my stomach. Much to my relief, it became clear the clouds were swirling and not shrouding the ridge, offering glimpses of the beauty below. Due to Coronavirus transport impacts, European shipping will be suspended until mid January. we made it back to our tent safely, a surreal 19-hour day and only a few jelly babies left in our pockets. A rough walk in with 900m of ascent accesses the ridge. Thirty-five years ago I failed to traverse the Cuillin Ridge. The Cuillin ridge traverse is simply the best mountaineering challenge in the UK. A mountain traverse like no other in the UK, Skye's Cuillin Ridge is an aspiration for many climbers, mountaineers and scramblers. 15 9 Jun. Well done Cicerone Press and Adrian Trendall. Joe was concerned with my slow pace up to Gars-bheinn. This 2-volume set has all the information needed to plan and complete the traverse. Based in Skye and living at the foot of the Cuillin, Adrian is ideally placed to write this guidebook. In addition, Adrian has become the author of a new book, Skye’s Cuillin Ridge Traverse, published by Cicerone earlier this year. With a watchful eye of the weather forecasts we spotted a possible window and made an impulse drive over to Skye to finish our holiday with Adrian Trendall's Cuillin Ridge Traverse guidebook, with a cautious hope that we might have some success. Now, after seven hours since leaving camp, the rock treacherously slippy at times and so slowing us down, and with no visibility or views, we agreed there weren’t going to be enough daylight hours to complete the ridge. The Cuillin ridge is a 12km long ridge of continuous interest to the mountaineer, with eleven of its summits being Munros (Scottish hills over 3000ft/914m). A superbly written and well put together guide book for the Cuillin Ridge and other popular Cuillin Scrambles. This point was brought home to me by a recent successful traverse with a client aged 70. This two-volume guidebook provides detailed coverage of the iconic Cuillin Ridge, a 12km traverse on the Isle of Skye. "Skye's Cuillin Ridge Traverse" by Adrian Trendall is most certainly It was at the bottom of the third of the four tops of Sgurr a’ Mhadaidh that I stopped for a wobble. Planning ahead, we had dutifully stored some extra water at An Dorus (the halfway point of the ridge) the day before, as there is no easily accessible or reliable water source while on the ridge itself. The difficulty of the ridge and complexity of route-finding makes the use of a guide a good idea, especially if you're short on time or knowledge. Whilst [there are a number of] publications [with] route descriptions of the Ridge, Skye’s Cuillin Ridge Traverse is the first print guidebook to purely focus on the traverse. Adrian and his wife, Bridgette, live at the foot of the Cuillin and feel they are living their dream life. What 2019 had taught us was that a wet and claggy start does not mean the ridge is lost, if you continue trudging. We will never spam you, sell your data or send emails from third parties. The Cuillin Ridge. 'I wasn’t expecting to see grey clouds in the distance', 'I wasn’t expecting to see cloud covering the ridge!'. However, not long after the clouds parted, it started to hail, complicating the descent of Sgurr Thearlaich before Collie’s Ledge where hands on rock were needed to navigate the slippy slabs, and I cursed myself for not putting mountaineering gloves in my pack. Skye's Cuillin Ridge Traverse: Strategies, Advice, Detailed Topo Booklet and 10 Classic Scrambles: Trendall, Adrian: 9781786310439: Books - Amazon.ca will be published here following review by the author(s). There is no question that if I had read Adrian Trendall’s superb guidebook Skye’s Cuillin Ridge Traverse, I would have been far better prepared first time around. By late afternoon we had gone back to the ridge to retrieve our stashed water bottles, and the views were incredible. Both strategies have the pros and cons, and Adrian carefully outlines the recipes for success. Hmm I thought. Approaches and descents to the Ridge take a total of 6 hours. This failure has niggled me ever since, and it was another 25 years before I finally made a complete traverse. Read the full review on the Climbing Gear Reviews Blog. The full traverse of the Cuillin Ridge isn't to be underestimated, so there are four (full) pages dedicated to planning and tactics, which give a good impression of the challenge that lies ahead, and provides you plenty of sage advice on how best to deal with it all. We reached the ‘halfway point’ of the route, An Dorus, after about 7 hours on the ridge. Adrian is a mountain guide and photographer living on Skye. You must be joking, I thought. By this point, we had been on the ridge for just under 10 and a half hours and so as to not descend in darkness we decided to avoid Naismith’s route and Bhasteir Tooth, and instead took the Northern bypass and then summited Am Basteir by its eastern ridge via the surprisingly tricky Bad Step. Just sign into your account to access them. The idea is that you leave the first volume in the valley, and take the second with you on the traverse. After a very traditional schooling and a BA in history from King’s College, London, Adrian devoted himself to climbing and photography. After pulling myself together we continued. The Cuillin Ridge Traverse is arguably the finest climb in Britain. Together, they run a guiding and photography company, All Things Cuillin, and have set up the very popular Facebook group of the same name. He says: “I remember during my first trips post-redundancy on Skye, I was frustrated I couldn’t find what I felt was a useful guidebook for a Cuillin traverse. to us then please use our contact form. We reached the final peak, Sgurr nan Gillean as the sun was setting, after 12 hours on the ridge, and by the time we reached the path that winds down the valley, it was time to put the head torches on. Mike Lates has been a mountain guide on Skye since 1995 and has completed more than fifty Traverses including a Greater Traverse and two in full winter conditions. Due to Coronavirus transport impacts, European shipping will be suspended until mid January. You'll need a good combination of fitness and scrambling ability to complete two demanding days and an overnight bivouac on the ridge. We are always grateful to readers for information about any discrepancies between a 14 Skye’s Cuillin Ridge Traverse Preparation and training 15 Become slick Part of the US Navy SEALs’ mantra is ‘slow is smooth, smooth is fast’, and this is what you need to aim towards. This was back in April 2019, when we attempted the traverse during a week's camping trip to Skye. On a sunny winter’s day the ridge definitely looks alpine. It contains a myriad of detail and information that will greatly assist the completion of the Cuillin Ridge Traverse in both summer and winter. It felt very quiet and eerie at first, without much visibility the rocks loomed out of the clag, and occasionally we could hear voices in the distance, but see no people. Skye’s Cuillin Ridge Traverse is written for the more general mountaineer. Certainly no bottleneck like the guidebook describes. I had never climbed on Skye before, and naively thought that a 9am start from Slichagan would give me enough time to complete the route and meet my new girlfriend at the other end in Glen Brittle at 5pm. Its an amazing challenge for lovers of narrow ridges, massive exposure and exciting climbs. We will never spam you, sell your data or send emails from third parties. The Cuillin ridge traverse is simply the best mountaineering route for shredding your footwear in the country! This 2-volume set provides all the information required to complete the main ridge traverse on Skye's Black Cuillin. We walked as fast as our weary legs could take us, and after a mild navigational error taking us past a group of fairy-lit, mairjuana-smoking campers (!) The traverse form end to end is itself about 12km with another 3000m of ascent, before … Despite living and working on Skye as a mountain guide and photographer, the winter ridge traverse had never really appealed to me. By the time we reached Sgurr Alasdair we were mostly out of the cloud. Much of the ridge is narrow and exposed. Over two volumes, this guide covers everything needed to prepare for and complete a successful traverse over this spectacular ridge. The newsletter you will want to read! On the crest of Sgurr a’ Ghreadaidh, Joe nearly took off as a gust of wind caught him unawares. Join over 30,000 enthusiasts from around the world. After our failed attempt in 2019, we vowed we would never again make the boggy trudge from Glen Brittle campsite. The traverse is relatively straightforward until it gets to the Thearlaich Dubh Gap. A book that will join me on my working and personal trips on the ridge from now on instead of a plastic bag full of bits of paper. Looking at the map, it’s relatively near the end of the route, but it wasn’t until Am Basteir that it felt like it was going to be possible to succeed. Having just finished writing a guidebook, Skye's Cuillin Ridge Traverse, for Cicerone Press, which required a lot of photos, I thought I’d write down a few thoughts based on the most frequent questions I am asked about my photography. Here's some inspiration to help get you through in the meantime. You'll need a good combination of fitness and scrambling ability to complete two demanding days and an overnight bivouac on the ridge. All great guidebooks are labours of love, and clearly a huge amount of local knowledge, experience, thought and care have gone into this production. 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