I’d heard that Curved Ridge involved Grade 3 scrambling (Grade 1 is the easiest grade, and the Aonach Eagach is a Grade 2 scramble). I was very enthusiastic and a little nervous about it. I can imagine that in the days before road transport and good maps, this beacon of a mountain must have been a welcome sight to many a weary traveller who’d lost their bearings in the glens. Map showing the location of Buachaille Etive Mor and the Curved Ridge route.īuachaille Etive Mor (pronounced “Bookle Etive Mor”) means the Great Shepherd of Glen Etive. This is a popular scrambling route up one of Scotland’s most iconic mountains, Buachaille Etive Mor. Kieran was quite flexible on locations, and only suggested doing Curved Ridge a couple of days before the event. (For complex reasons, she prefers to remain anonymous.) Kieran needed to train people in pairs, so I invited another climbing friend to join us.
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When I contacted Kieran, he asked me what kind of climbing I’d be interested in learning, and I told him I wanted to learn how to use ropes to make myself and others more secure in rocky terrain. It all started several months ago, when one of the organisers in a climbing Meetup I belong to circulated a message saying that in order to qualify for his MIC (Mountain Instructor Certificate), a man called Kieran was looking for volunteers to take two days’ climbing instruction. Having said that, this all helps me to get even more enjoyment from the great outdoors, and to climb exciting mountain ridges, and that does bring out the thrill-seeker in me! An opportunity to try outdoor climbing Or for if there was a section that I felt confident walking over, but others didn’t. I wanted to learn how to use ropes – if needed – to secure myself and others during hillwalks where we might encounter steep, rocky terrain.
My motivation for participating in this recent expedition was actually to learn more about outdoor climbing techniques that could make me and my hillwalking friends safer in the mountains. And while I do enjoy an adrenaline rush, I don’t think I’m really a thrill-seeker. If you’ve read my Aonach Eagach and Bidean nam Bian posts, you will no doubt think I’m an adrenaline junkie, constantly chasing new thrills. It’s not pinpoint accurate, so please don’t try to use it as a map! The pink line shows roughly the route we took up Curved Ridge.
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