George McEwan

@coldclimbs

Mountaineering Instructor (WMCI). Personal account. All views & opinions expressed my own. Native anarchist. He/him. #Scotland

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George McEwan@coldclimbs· Jul 25

Current state of fire at Glenmore/Abernethy area. Significant loss of habitat & related ecosystems will take decades to recover. BBC coverage utter shite. Imagine if this in the Cotswolds or New Forest I suspect very different coverage. Governments need to pull their fingers out re response.

Screen shot from https://firemap.live/ shows current extent of the ongoing fire at Glenmore/Abernethy showing the dignitary area currently affected and burning.

George McEwan@coldclimbs· Jul 24

Sometimes you just need to lay on your back and look up at a tree. If you’ve never done it I’d recommend it. Very calming.

Photos shows the view looking up into a tree with the limbs of the trees and leaves with dappled sunlight and small patches of sky showing thorough them.

George McEwan@coldclimbs· Jul 24

Fantastic Barbie exhibition down at Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Well worth checking out. Ps did attend with my nine year old daughter.

Photo shows 2 x Barbie and 2 x Ken dolls from 1964

Photo shows me posing in Barbie box. I’m Ken I’m a 10 or rather a 5!

George McEwan@coldclimbs· Jun 6

My grandfather landed with the 51st Highland Division shortly after D-Day. He was a veteran of El Alamein, and Sicily. The role of the 51st Highland Division in the landing was as a second echelon division to support and fill in behind the first wave.

An original copy of Eisenhower's address to the Allied invasion forces prior to the invasion on 6th June 1944.

A photo showing a group photo of my grandfather's ambulance unit. He is the Sergeant front row fourth from the right.

George McEwan@coldclimbs· Mar 6

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!

Photo shows a blazing sun in a perfect blue sky above the heavily snow covered cliffs of Coire an Lochain (Cairn Lochan) Northern Cairngorms

George McEwan@coldclimbs· Dec 22

With alt text. Apologies - forgot in original.

Photo shows an outdoor fire in a fire pit in the pitch dark with several people standing next to it. In the background are the lights of a house.

George McEwan@coldclimbs· Jun 10

Lovely day down in Sma Glen for this years Community of Practice Workshop for Mountain Training Scotland Providers, Trainers, Assessors and Tutors. We spent the day looking at the Hazards and Emergency Procedures section of the syllabus. Stunning weather and great input from everyone.

Event participants scoping out a section of steep ground. Lovely warm day with blue skies.

Participant ascending short rick outcrop whilst being observed by three others.

Wide angle view showing group setting up three different rope systems for safeguarding a group member.

Group assembled in a semi circle discussing emergency procedures.

George McEwan@coldclimbs· May 10

Bees! Tree bees seemingly. But very cool!

George McEwan@coldclimbs· Apr 2

First ride of the summer. Great to shake the cobwebs off! #mountain #bike #shred

Photo shows a very sunny day with blue skies and the Cairngorms in the background. In the middle foreground is a plantation forest. In the foreground the front wheel of a mountain bike facing dry ground.

George McEwan@coldclimbs· Mar 30

Lomond Mountain Rescue Team training day. Due to lack of winter we’d a revised training plan for the day which involved looking at options for escorting a ‘stuck’ but mobile person from ‘irregular ‘ terrain.

Photo showing group of mountain rescue personal on training day scrambling on the rock strewn slope of Ciste Crag in Coire na Ciste

Photo showing two mountain rescue personal on training day practising confidence rope technique on the rock strewn slope of Ciste Crag in Coire na Ciste

@Coldclimbs in midflow whilst training mountain rescue personal on training day looking at options for managing ‘stuck casualty’ and helping safely egress on the rock strewn slope of Ciste Crag in Coire na Ciste

George McEwan@coldclimbs· Jan 21

For those contemplating some wild camping this spring. One - don’t get your ideas from AI. Two - follow the SOAC www.outdooraccess-scotland.scot/doc/guidance... and any local fire safety warnings.

George McEwan@coldclimbs· Jan 18

A rather depressing view of the Northern Corries of Am Monadh Ruadh. I can’t recall when I’ve seen the hill so devoid of snow at this time of year. Here’s hoping (and there are signs!) it’ll come back. #KeepTheFaith #Winter

A late afternoon photo with a fine alpen glow of the northern coire of Braeriach devoid of snow except for some very sparse patches.

A late afternoon photo with a fine alpen glow of the Lairig Ghru again devoid of snow except for some very sparse patches.

A late afternoon photo with a fine alpen glow of the Coire an t-Sneachda and Coire an Lochain devoid of snow except for some very sparse patches.

A late afternoon photo with a fine alpen glow of Coire Laogh Mor and Coire Cas devoid of snow except for some very sparse patches.

George McEwan@coldclimbs· Jan 3

Wee mini adventure today. There are actually two people in this photo. See if you can spot them? 😜

Photo showing a man and a young child squatting in the snow around a small fire pit sitting on a fireproof mat.

George McEwan@coldclimbs· Dec 19

Visiting a Neolithic hunter’s camp this morning. Had moss bites and bone with some raw meat for breakfast. Yum…

Small child standing beside a makeshift tent made out of a climbing frame and blankets (meant to be hides).

George McEwan@coldclimbs· Nov 13

A wee ascent of the classic Zero Gully on #BenNevis. The zoomed out shot shows me and ma buddy on the 4th pitch. The closer zoomed in one shows me leading up the crux. Whilst the last one is me moving out from the wee cave at the crux. #Coldclimbs #Winter #Climbing

Image taken from a distance showing two climbers on Zero Gully on Ben Nevis. They are high up the climb which is set amongst the snow and ice covered rocks of the north face of Ben Nevis with blue sky above.

A more zoomed on close up the previous picture. It shows a diagonal gully of snow and ice running up to the top left of the picture, with steep snow covered rock to the right. One climber is belaying the other, who is leading up some steep ice/snow and has stopped to place some gear.

This is a close up of the lead climber clad in blue trousers and a red jacket with a yellow rucsac leading up up a steep section of snow and cie. The phot shows the climber swinging their left ice tool in the act of placing the ice axe in the ice. Blue skies behind.

George McEwan@coldclimbs· Nov 13

Some pics to brighten up this sparse account! Some pics from an extended climbing trip to Colorado a long while back.