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Mountain Mad
Приєднався 20 лют 2015
Solo - Inn Pinn - East Ridge
My completion of the Munro's on the Isle of Skye's Inn Accessible Pinnacle. 282/282
My Laughing and hitting my head was due to not paying attention and trying to climb the South Crack HVD in Mountain Boots. Thought I had been beaten by the Inn Pinn, but then I realised that I was not on the Easy East Ridge graded as a Moderate
Had been hit by a heavy winter storm about 45 minutes before hand. Luckily not much loose powder settled on the Inn Pinn
My Laughing and hitting my head was due to not paying attention and trying to climb the South Crack HVD in Mountain Boots. Thought I had been beaten by the Inn Pinn, but then I realised that I was not on the Easy East Ridge graded as a Moderate
Had been hit by a heavy winter storm about 45 minutes before hand. Luckily not much loose powder settled on the Inn Pinn
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Isn’t it crumbling ???
No. You're thinking of the Old Man of Storr.
This felt so much like a liveleak video
Great little video - Thanks!
You're crazy man, big respect for doing this. Do you think it would be safe for me to do if I can climb 7c grades? I really want to do a summit on the black cuillin range but unsure about the difficulty
If you are climbing 7C, then you could run this 👍🏻
@@AugmentedRealityImages I only boulder though and have no rope experience. I assume I would need to repel down from the top of the Pinn right... Or is down climbing doable!? P. S I was there in May and done Sgurr Allisdair via great Stone chute and Bruach Na Frithe, Sgurr Na Stri the following day. Gabbro rock is amazing and my next visit to Skye I'll be aiming for the Inn Pinn... 👍
@@dave990 Yeah it is an abseil off the top so you would need to know how to rig and use one. It's a fairly straight forward climb up the east ridge. About a moderate/diff so ropes and gear are advised as it is very exposed. I wouldn't down climb at all! It sounds like you might be wise to book a guide to be honest.
@@AugmentedRealityImages Thanks for info mate. Ive managed to persuade a friend of mine who is an experienced trad climber to join me next year! Hes done the full ridge before so I'm stoked about having him as a guide. Thanks for your help man 🙏
@@dave990 you’re welcome dude. That sounds awesome and I’m sure you’ll have a blast. Cheers man!
Easy, did this nude last summer 🦁
Hey Dale, I'm thinking of doing it tomorrow. Thanks for showing me how ;o)
You're fucking nuts, and amazing. Well done!
Did this whilst it was snowing. My hands were burning touching the freezing rock. Super climb and not at all difficult.
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Wonderful video and excellent quality. Well done. I did not go up the actual bolster rock. However the guide informed me that it can be considered bagged standing by it, plus walking up to it, you achieve its height. Loved to do it again . Nice one
Awesome - what length of rope do you need and was there a chain already at the summit?
Darwilliam . The chain is there 365 days per year and I believe is regularly checked. It’s set up by the Skye guides.
I believe it's 18m to the ground. I used a 40m rope and it was loads, probably wouldn't want to chance a 35m as it's undercut at the bottom and it'd be tricky to downclimb it, You don't want a twisted/broken ankle there, it's a long walk out!
40m rope
Nice vid, and a good view of Sgurr Alasdair!
The East Ridge is a Moderate climb so could be reversed but the exposure is extreme and the best route off is to abseil down the shorter West Face. To recover your rope to stop it getting stuck walk up the slope until you can pull the rope straight through from the belay hawser
Agree! downclimbing is NEVER as easy as climbing up!
Could you climb back down the east ridge with no rope? Or would this be a suicide mission?
Yes, you could. I've done it that way, and I'm not a climber. Down climbing the East Ridge wasn't any more difficult than the way up.
It definitely looks doable. I'm not a climber either and am not willing to pay the money for a guide lol so looks like I just need to find a decent weather window and go for it 👍
Slawomir, Hi. Perhaps you found it easy, but I would strongly discourage anyone who is not a GOOD climber from downclimbing. You should take abseil gear up with you. If you find you're NOT able to downclimb, it's too late! :-)
James, Hi. You should manage up no bother (the first time I did it, it took me ten minutes, but only because I was out of breath and had to stop for a "blow") but please have a back up plan (i.e. abseil) if/when you find you CAN'T downclimb it!! (The exposure can be quite intimidating)!
it would be a suicide mission