Cuillin Ridge

"anthony kavanagh" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hi ,
Iv'e just joined this group and hope to make some contribution once I've

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the feel of the group. In the meantime can I ask for some info about the

TD

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gap on the Cuillins? Is it possible to skirt around it? My guide books are
not at all clear. I want to have a go at the entire ridge in May this year
but not carry a rope or do the In Pinn again.
Tony

Yes, from where the Sgurr Dubh Mor ridge thing meets the main ridge, it is
possable to skirt round the top of Corrie na Grunnda to Sgurr Sgumain from
here only the "Bad Step" (and this can be bypassed by a small flatish
chimney down to its right) is in the way of Alasdair. The next bit is a bit
tricky getting along that vertigo enducing ridge that drops down to Collies
Ledge, a quick blast up kings chimney! ...... then over the top of Sgurr
Choinich and onto the ..... Surely your not going to do the whole ridge
without taking in the in pin ..........

http://www.stuartstuart.fsnet.co.uk/munros/

You can see the relevant area in the first picture here
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Tony Simpkins

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You can see the relevant area in the first picture here
http://tony-simpkins.fotopic.net/c295841.html
You can enlarge it by a left click on the picture followed by a left
click on the red enlargement logo in the bottom right-hand corner.

Tony Simpkins

The best picture I've ever seen from the long side of the InPin. Thanks.
Your site is added to my favorites.

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Tony Simpkins <[email hidden]> said

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You can see the relevant area in the first picture here
http://tony-simpkins.fotopic.net/c295841.html
You can enlarge it by a left click on the picture followed by a left
click on the red enlargement logo in the bottom right-hand corner.

Nice pics, well done .. .. but why do they call it 'InPin' when
everyone-and-their-auntie seems to have had their photo taken on top? Or
does Inaccessible have a different meaning over there ('no wheelchair
access'?).

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Stuart said:

The next bit is a bit
tricky getting along that vertigo enducing ridge that drops down to Collies
Ledge, a quick blast up kings chimney!

or take Collies Ridge and detour back if you're not feeling so brave
:-)

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"theo" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Your site is added to my favorites.

Cheers Theo. I'm still ploughing through my chaotic slide collection
which goes back over thirty years. I know I've some more Cuillin
slides to scan but I have to find them first !

Tony

"GSV Three Minds in a Can" <[email hidden]> wrote

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.....why do they call it 'InPin' when
everyone-and-their-auntie seems to have had their photo taken on

top? Or

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does Inaccessible have a different meaning over there ('no

wheelchair

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access'?).

It was named "Inaccessible" because the early Victorian climbers
thought it was. It was attempted frequently by local climbers before
being successfully climbed by the Pilkington brothers in 1880
(Fifteen years after the Matterhorn was first climbed!!). It's not a
difficult climb for experienced rock climbers but Munro baggers would,
I think, regard it as the most exciting summit on their list.

Tony

"anthony kavanagh" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hi ,
Iv'e just joined this group and hope to make some contribution once I've

got

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the feel of the group. In the meantime can I ask for some info about the

TD

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gap on the Cuillins? Is it possible to skirt around it? My guide books are
not at all clear. I want to have a go at the entire ridge in May this year
but not carry a rope or do the In Pinn again.

If you've done the Pinn then I presume you're looking at this from the angle
of being a strong scrambler? It is possible to skirt the TD gap - follow on
round on the left until you reach the bad step and have a look at that (as
far as you can go) then, if you're like me you'll retreat a little way to
the scrambler's chimney and climb that instead. If you find this tough,
there is much more to follow, so be prepared to split your journey in two.

Graham

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"GSV Three Minds in a Can" <[email hidden]> wrote

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.....why do they call it 'InPin' when
everyone-and-their-auntie seems to have had their photo taken on

top? Or

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does Inaccessible have a different meaning over there ('no

wheelchair

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access'?).

It was named "Inaccessible" because the early Victorian climbers
thought it was. It was attempted frequently by local climbers before
being successfully climbed by the Pilkington brothers in 1880
(Fifteen years after the Matterhorn was first climbed!!). It's not a
difficult climb for experienced rock climbers but Munro baggers would,
I think, regard it as the most exciting summit on their list.

Thanks for that info .. so what changed, better climbing technology, or
just a matter of someone discovering 'the right route'??

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"GSV Three Minds in a Can" <[email hidden]> wrote

.. so what changed, better climbing technology, or

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just a matter of someone discovering 'the right route'??

It's the usual story of climbing development. Once the easiest route
has been climbed, ( in the case of the In Pin the long East Ridge
which, by today's standards is not much more than a scramble, though a
very exposed one ) climbers then start to look for different, harder
routes. There are several on this pinnacle. According to the 1st
(1923) edition of the SMC Club guide to the Island of Skye, after the
1880 first ascent the East Ridge was repeated in 1881 and then not
climbed again until 1883. The West Ridge was climbed in 1886, the
North-West Corner in 1898 (solo by H. Raeburn) and the South Crack in
1906. I don't know how many routes there are these days but I suspect
quite a few.

Tony

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I don't know how many routes there are these days but I suspect
quite a few.

Only 9, between Mod and HVS.

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Marvellous replies, ta very much. Great photographs as well. It is a bit
daunting the ridge as a whole. I think I've had 4/5 weeks on Skye over 30
years and have done most of the ridge, but in sections and therefore would
see the whole ridge in one go as an immense achievement.
The best comment I read about the In Pinn is that " there is a drop vertical
and to infinity on one side and steeper and longer on the other" When I did
it I kept my nose about 6 inches away from the rock all the way up the"easy"
route and so nothing to right or left.
"anthony kavanagh" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi ,
Iv'e just joined this group and hope to make some contribution once I've

got

Quoted message said:

the feel of the group. In the meantime can I ask for some info about the

TD

Quoted message said:

gap on the Cuillins? Is it possible to skirt around it? My guide books are
not at all clear. I want to have a go at the entire ridge in May this year
but not carry a rope or do the In Pinn again.
Tony

"anthony kavanagh" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Marvellous replies, ta very much. Great photographs as well. It is a bit
daunting the ridge as a whole. I think I've had 4/5 weeks on Skye over 30
years and have done most of the ridge, but in sections and therefore would
see the whole ridge in one go as an immense achievement.
The best comment I read about the In Pinn is that " there is a drop

vertical

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and to infinity on one side and steeper and longer on the other" When I

did

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it I kept my nose about 6 inches away from the rock all the way up

the"easy"

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route and so nothing to right or left.

SMC *Skye Scrambles* is good if you're a Cuillin nutter! :-)

Graham