University of Bristol Mountaineering Club

3-13 January 2002

The Cairngorms

A long trip up to sunny scotland, where the sun seemed to have been shinning a little too much and the snow seemed to be melting proportionatly. All was not a washout however, with a run of glorious (if unusually warm) weather, and some good climbing getting done. Barry crapped in his hand, jumped onto Rich's hand whilst wearing crampons and came up with the phrase "Well done you." Surely deserving of a man of the match style award?

Lessons learnt:

Don't shake hands with Barry.
Beer + Sauna = Luxury
Jill can scream quite loudly. And painfully.
Throwing pints of beer over each other attracts the attention of big scotish bouncers.
Sometimes even chocolate isn't enough to please women.
Any more?


What grade II should look like (2001)	Chris Born getting a lot of climbing for his money! (Grade II 2002 style!)
Gareth and Chris.
Before too long... ...the only route left in condition was a bit crowded...
...so Matt "Bloody Cheek" Taylor demonstrates how a mass UBMC overtaking mission is accomplished. (Jacob's Ladder, Snechda).
Claire leads another UBMC mass solo, Fissure, Coire an Lochan
The successful soloists!
But eventually the snow ran out, and we were reduced to rock climbing. Fiacilli ridge, Coire an-t Snechda:
Tom looking pensive atop fiacilli ridge.
Captions anyone? Usual address...
Si's Arse. Not sure why.
And after a hard days climbing, what better than to head back to the hut to be molested at will.