Andy Hyslop's Blog

[...] . The descent back down Coire Gorm was in much better condition than in March. Coire Gorm at 7am March Burn (not) I had a speculative trip across the plateau to see if I could get down the March Burn [...]

[...] year but it wasn't until July this year when I was lying in the small hollow at the top of the March Burn with a pulse of 186, that I knew I was in trouble. I managed to get back to the main MacDui [...]

[...] back downhill. 09/07/2014 Went walking/running in Cairngorms. Got an AF attack half way up the March Burn 2.5-3hrs out. Heart rate around 140 at the time. Hadn't drunk or eaten much. Happened shortly [...]

[...] everything together for an early start on Cairngorm 4000 tops. I got up at 6.00 am and left the car park at 7.30 am fully prepared to skin up to the summit. Luckily I bumped into my anonymous mate at [...]

[...] had permission to drive up to Rothiemurchus Lodge from where we were able to ski right from the car park. Huge amounts of snow had been dumped in The Ghru, transforming it into a 50M wide piste. [...]

[...] and headed back. Heart still between 186 and 160bpm. Took a couple of hours to get back to the car park. Went straight to health centre who confirmed AF. Suspect I might also have had AFlutter at that [...]

[...] several routes in the area but didn’t record them. I returned two weeks later with John Topping. We found some more interesting crags and one very impressive overhanging buttress. I thought [...]

[...] I had a brilliant trip to Spazzacaldeira with John Topping. We were both moving well on the long granite routes which all involved multiple abs to get [...]

[...] would have been possible. As it was already 11am and the weather was changing I settled for Carn Liath; the shallow south east coire just east of the summit looked like it might have some good snow. [...]

[...] Cog and Cynthia. Climbing at Turon My last long tour of the season was along the ridge from Carn Liath to Creag Meagaidh, then on to Beinn a Chaorainn. I would liked to have continued on to Beinn [...]

[...] lethal), snow structures down to 500M. Cárn Dearg Mor 20/03 An afternoon trip with Rob Edmond out the back of Aviemore. We cycled from High Burnside up to the commercial forest gate then [...]

[...] . Strangely enough, all my other long term back and pelvic stiffness has completely disappeared. Rob Edmond was telling me about some new research into back injuries which suggests that a general [...]

[...] Necks 6b (Coln Moody Photo) Il Ritorno dei Nomadi 6c+ Per I Nostri Amici 6b Swordfish 7a (Colin Moody Photo) The Riddle 7a (Colin Moody Photo) White Wall 7a (Colin Moody Photo) [...]

[...] climbing using thin cracks and bridging; my kind of climbing. New E4 6a at Poll nam Partan. Colin Moody Photo I drove back east with the setting sun behind me. The hills looked incredible, still brown [...]

[...] but still skiable for most of its length down to Strath Nethy. Loch Avon and fresh tracks Coire Gorm 30/03 Another trip with Rob Endmond to the shallow burn line in the NW slope of Sròn na [...]

[...] but they are very icy right now. Probably good for climbing but terrible for ski touring. Creag Meagaidh was plastered but I kept driving to Fersit. Surprisingly there seemed to be less snow on the [...]

[...] . Climbing at Turon My last long tour of the season was along the ridge from Carn Liath to Creag Meagaidh, then on to Beinn a Chaorainn. I would liked to have continued on to Beinn Teallach but the [...]

A good start to the season on Cairngorm. Nice snow in Coire Loagh Mor yesterday and great to be able to ski right down to the bottom car park (almost) [...]

[...] drugs first. The rest was pretty straight forward. I did a bit of research, found the number one AF guy in the UK and made an appointment. Richard Schilling was rather more upbeat about my prospects. [...]