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automaticman


Aug 19, 2004, 10:02 AM
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Where would you climb if you only had a week in Scotland?  (North_America: United_States: Utah: Salt_Lake_-_Utah_Counties: American_Fork_Canyon: Hell_-_The_Hell_Cave)
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I’m planning on visiting Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee and it would be great to find some good climbing near there. I would however go out of my way to climb some place really great in Scotland. Any recommendation on where great sport climbing and bouldering can be found will be appreciated.

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mingus


Aug 19, 2004, 10:05 AM
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Bonus points for good bouldering near to good distilleries!


sorry automaticman, I can't help but would like to hear suggestions, too.


Partner tradman


Aug 20, 2004, 2:41 AM
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Hi automaticman,

I'm living in Edinburgh just now, so hopefully I should be able to provide a few pointers... will you have access to a car?


automaticman


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We'll be renting a car for a few days for the purpose of checking out the country side and finding something to climb.


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Automaticman,

I could send you a massive list of top class venues (there are dozens), but for a good summary, try looking at the routes database and asking on the forums here:

http://www.scottishclimbs.com

Folks are pretty helpful and bound to give good suggestions. Just say what kind of grades you're looking for, but remember we use french and british grades here, not V and 5. numbers!

My username's "niggle", I'll keep an eye out for you.


sungam


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i also live near edinburgh... i suggest you take two days to climb all of the 4000'ers... those are in the caingorm range and the nevis range.


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How about the best boulders and sport climbs (only able to bring limited gear on trip), and will have access to a car.


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