Banished to Room 101: the Inaccessible Pinnacle

October 10, 2018 Trip reports andy hogarth, britain, cuillin ridge, first ascents, hill walking, inaccessible pinnacle, isle of skye, munro bagging, munros, rock climbing, scotland 4 Comments

If you asked a group of UK hill walkers to nominate items for Room 101, some of them might suggest the Inaccessible Pinnacle, a narrow shark’s fin of rock that crowns the summit of Sgurr Dearg, a 978m mountain on the Isle of Skye in north-west Scotland.

A return to the Black Cuillin of Skye

September 26, 2018 Expedition dispatches britain, cuillin ridge, hill walking, isle of skye, munro bagging, scotland 4 Comments

For the first time ever, I’ve hired a guide to go hill walking in the UK. Our aim is to visit the Isle of Skye in north-west Scotland and polish off all eleven Munros on the Cuillin Ridge in the space of a week.