Aviemore New Year 2008 (copyright Alphamountaineering)

Alex's Gallery

29th December 2007 to 30th December 2007

Pictures from 2 days of instruction by Nick Carter. Alex P, DC and I spent 2 days on Cairn Gorm learning basic winter skills - crampon use, cutting steps, climbing steepish snow slopes, digging seats and ledges, belaying, snow anchors, snow holes etc.

Practising ascent on snow with an ice axe, kicking/cutting steps 800x600 Buy Print	DC 800x600 Buy Print	Alex P 800x600 Buy Print	Cutting steps 800x600 Buy Print
Cutting steps 800x600 Buy Print	Waking with crampons 800x600 Buy Print	" 800x600 Buy Print	" 800x600 Buy Print
Alex P turning 800x600 Buy Print	Alex P and me ascending snow 800x600 Buy Print	Crossing snow 800x600 Buy Print	Alex P and DC 800x600 Buy Print
DC and Alex P on Cairn Gorm 800x1067 Buy Print	Alex P, me and DC on Cairn Gorm 800x600 Buy Print	Ascending very steep snow - the orange blob is another group's emergency shelter 800x600 Buy Print	Me 800x600 Buy Print
DC 800x600 Buy Print	Me about to ice axe arrest 800x600 Buy Print	Alex P 800x600 Buy Print	Me, Alex P and DC navigating 800x600 Buy Print
" 800x600 Buy Print	View from half way up Cairn Gorm 800x600 Buy Print	View towards Glenmore Lodge 800x600 Buy Print	800x600 Buy Print
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800x600 Buy Print	800x600 Buy Print	Anchor using a rethreading overhand knot 800x600 Buy Print	Me about to directly belay Alex P 800x600 Buy Print
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800x600 Buy Print	Digging ledges 800x600 Buy Print	800x600 Buy Print	800x600 Buy Print
Alex P belaying from a bucket seat 800x600 Buy Print	800x600 Buy Print	800x600 Buy Print	800x600 Buy Print
DC belaying from a bucket seat 800x600 Buy Print	800x600 Buy Print	800x600 Buy Print	800x600 Buy Print
800x600 Buy Print	800x600 Buy Print	Ascending more steep snow 800x600 Buy Print	800x600 Buy Print
And now it's very steep! 800x600 Buy Print	800x600 Buy Print	Near the top 800x600 Buy Print	800x1067 Buy Print
...but still steep 800x600 Buy Print	800x600 Buy Print	800x600 Buy Print	800x600 Buy Print