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Easter Sunday 31st March 2024 and Aspect Mountaineering's first visit of the season to Auchinstarry Quarry with Carol & Nikki. 😀
Carol & Nikki wanted to experience rock climbing and being lowered from a route in preparation of their trip to Skye to tackle the famous Black Cuillin and hopefully make a successful ascent of the infamous Inn Pinn. 👍
Access Route within the car park area of Auchinstarry Quarry is perfect for this. The rock is of a similar angle and the route itself is similar in grade to making an ascent of the Inn Pinn. 👍
All in all, a cracking afternoon with lots of sunshine with all aims and objectives ticked off! 🧗♀️
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More from Saturday 30th March 2024, following on from the session with Lexi & Em's who successfully rigged and tested all the routes in the morning it was time to meet the next group. 😀
As always its nice to have returning clients. Marika, plus friends and Lesley Aspect newbie. Marika and friends wanted to prepare for an upcoming trip to Skye and hopefully an ascent of the Inn Pinn, whilst Lesley wanted to try something new. 🧗♀️😀
With all the rigging complete, and once kitted up it was straight into lots of climbing. The whole group completed an impressive haul of routes including: Easy Gully D, Y-Crack VD, Punk Rock HVS 5a, Curving Crack HVS 5a and Willie's Route S. Finishing the session with lots of abseiling! 💪
A huge thank you to all that came along, it was a super fun session to run! A huge thank you to Euan & Val who were there to shadow. 😀
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Saturday 30th March 2024, and the Easter spring break started with typically Scottish weather. 🤦♂️ Just as we arrived at a sunny Neilston Quarry it clouded over, we enjoyed a short but brief hale storm ⛈️ followed by a spell of rain 🌧, returning to sunshine 🌞 later in the morning. Thankfully as always, Mum was well prepared and so was Lexi & Em's. 👍
The weather did not deter the girls, but we did need to change plans. We changed the focus of the session to getting the girls to rig all the routes for the adult group that would be arriving later in the day. With the promise they got to abseil and "test" the routes. 😀
Lexi & Em's selected Y-Crack, Curving Crack & Willie's Route from the guide book 📖 as the routes they wanted to rig. We set to work with Lexi placing the off-sets and Em's tying the clove hitches. Once rigged, it was abseil time and of course time to "test" the routes.👍
Conditions were challenging, Lexi made successful sends of Y-Crack VDiff, Punk Rock HVS 5a, Curving Crack HVS 5a and Willie's Route💪, whilst Em's sent Y-Crack VDiff and faced up to her past nemesis Willie's Route with a successful send! 💪🧗♀️😀
Another awesome session with these two mini mountaineers, and a huge thank you to Mum for allowing me to share the photographs.😀
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Last session of 2023 was back in November with Lexi & Emily. Despite the abundance of winter sunshine 🌞, it turned out to be a much colder 🥶 day than anticipated. Thankfully Mum was well prepared with gloves, hand-warmers and lots of snacks to keep these two mini mountaineers going. 👍
It was to cold to be standing around at the base of the crag, so we opted for a slightly different approach to this session. We did the usual, I lead a climb with Lexi & Emily belaying and then seconding for me. Once we were all at the top of the Quarry and in the sunshine it was much warmer. 😃
The focus of the session now became placing gear to rig a bottom rope, learning how to tie a clove hitch and figure of nine on the bite. Once we finished rigging, there was nothing else for it. Other than to go and test the routes Lexi & Emily had rigged! 🧗♀️😃
Another brilliant session with these two mini mountaineers, and thanks to Mum for allowing me to share the photo's of another top day! 😃
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Aw BRILLIANT stuff and great photos! Well done this is whit young yins need nooadays! X
A much drier than expected day at Neilston Quarry back in October last year with Joanne & Beth. This was the first time Joanne & Beth had climbed outside, they were both very nervous and very anxious. 😬
We chatted for a little while whilst we kitted up to ease the nerves and then I briefed Joanne & Beth as to what we were going to do. First up was tying in and setting up the belay devices, followed by myself checking there belaying skills. They both picked it up very quickly. 👍
I started to climb Pinkerton's Slab, pausing every now and then to place protection and to explain how to remove the protection. Once topped out, I set up the belay, now it was Beth's turn to climb and she made it look easy. Next up was Joanne, and again she made it look easy and even brought the abseil rope. 🧗♀️😃
Joanne and Beth both helped to set up the abseil and once set up I arranged Joanne and Beth on the rope in a stacked abseil. I went down first followed by Beth and then Joanne with myself backing things up from below. 🧗♀️😃
We climbed a further four routes including: Y-Crack, Crack Corner, Intrusion Line and finished with the crag classic Willie's Route. Descent from all routes was via the abseil Joanne & Beth helped to set up. A totally awesome session! 🧗♀️😃
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