Date: Saturday 20 November 2021Time: AGM – 5:30pm for a prompt 6pm start. Dinner – 7:00pm for 7:30pm served.Venue: Sunninghill Hotel, ElginCost: £35.00 for dinner. The AGM is free. “At a meeting of mountain lovers held at Richmond Lodge on 15th November 1931 a club was formed to be known as the Moray Mountaineering Club…” This is the first line from the hand-written minutes of the inaugural meeting of the club, the original of which is in the club’s archives, with a copy available online. On 15 November 2021 the Moray Mountaineering Club will be NINETY YEARS OLD. To celebrate, the committee is organising a dinner at the Sunninghill Hotel in Elgin. The…
Night Navigation, 27 November 2021
Date: Saturday 27 November 2021, from 2pmLocation: Cabrach and DufftownCost: £nil Night Navigation Training session led by Sandy Muray and Alistair Jeffs. Meet at Alistair’s house in Dufftown at 2pm for an hour of so of navigation theory (and may be some tea and cake!), before heading off to the Cabrach before dusk. Do some night-navigation practice on the moor, aiming to finish around 8pm. The event is open to all Club Members. A map of the area will be supplied. Contact Alistair Jeffs to book your place and/or if you have any questions.
Nominations for the President’s Award, 2021
If anyone has a suggestion for a worthy recipient of the President’s Award, please have a quiet word with El Presidente, Ben Watson.
Meet Report, Crianlarich, 2+3 Oct 2021
The weekend’s weather forecast was not looking good and several members developed last minute coughs. Nevertheless, a hardy band of mountaineers / drinkers turned up for what turned out to be an excellent weekend. The long lost Dave G turned up on Friday with a crate of lemonade and, despite making remarkable progress through this, he was up early and off to bag a Corbett or two. There’s nothing in the BRB, but it was a hill to the west of the A82 and sunscreen was not necessary. Adrian M and Minie went up Beinn Chabhair from Beinglass Campsite. “Started with no character but managed to build one by the end of the…
Meet Report, Geology Walk on Cairngorm, Sunday 25 July 2021
A group of enthusiasts set out from Coire Cas car park fairly early : Alistair (leader), Maurice, Jake, Simon, David, Lenny, Babs, Ella, Shelagh, Graham, Annika, Rob. At least, these were the starting numbers. Alistair had done a previous reccy of the route and led us down towards the Sugar Bowl, out to Chalamain Gap, up (steeply!) to summit of Lurcher’s Crag, out to the plateau and onto top of Coire an t-Schneachda, up to Cairngorm summit, out to eastern tors, down to top of Coire Mhearaid and back down path to car park, a route of about 17k and much ascent. Alistair had put a fantastic amount of work into…
Weekend Meet Report, Glen Brittle, 4&5 Sept 2021
The joy of moving on rock: visiting 6 Munros avec des amis dans le grenier 6 Skye Munros over the two days. Day 1: Am Basteir and Nan Gillean from the Slig (Alistair, Carol, Graeme, Adele) After minor navigational alterations seeking bare rock we ended up on the North East Ridge to Sgurr a Bhasteir. This yielded pleasant scrambling and a bonus introduction to the day. After cutting under the Tooth we quickly followed the ridge directly to the ‘Bad Step’. Overcoming this with a short abseil to the left we summited and were soon back at the ‘Bad Step’/ VDiff slab which we all decided to solo rather than…
Weekend Meet Report, Shiel Bridge, 6 & 7 August 2021
A few plans were made for something to do on the journey over to Sheilbridge and changed many times which is usual for me. With all the toys onboard I decided on a paddle from Plockton so left and headed through the small islands towards Kishorn couple of lumps of merely there getting dismantled probably. Flat calm as I hugged the coast back round and landed on a wee island with a massive well built cairn on it would be interesting to know what for. Lot of seals going about. Saturday had a late start and headed straight up Ben Screel steep going up and steep coming down. Clear till just…
Sports Climbing Workshop, 23 & 24 October 2021
Date: 23 and/or 24 October 2021Location: KingussieCost: £15.00 per person per day There will be a Club Sports Climbing Workshop, led by Ben Gibson from Mountaineering Scotland, at Kingussie on the bolted crag (see UK Climbing). This is a great opportunity for members to do some sport climbing, practice safe techniques and learn new skills & techniques. The workshop is open to all Club Members and will be tailored to participants needs, experience and skill levels. You can be an absolute beginner, intermediate or advanced. All equipment can be provided or you can bring your own. You can attend one or both days. Contact Alistair Jeffs to book your place.…
Order of the Golden Boot Award, 2021
Have you (or more likely a fellow club member) ever set off with only one boot, ascended the wrong hill, or got lost in the car park. If so, it’s time to submit your nomination for the annual Order of the Golden Boot Award – simply email a description of the event to Alistair Jeffs by 31 October 2021. The “winner” will be announced at the 90th Anniversary Dinner. See here for the illustrious list of previous winners.
MMC Calendar 2022
Time to look through all the magnificent photos you’ve been taking of Scotland over the past twelve months (approximately) and select a few gems for consideration for the 2022 MMC calendar. Send your photos to moraymountaineeringclub@gmail.co by 31 October. Photographs should preferably be taken during the past twelve months (ish) and have some connection to the club’s “raison d’etre”… landscapes, wildlife, club meets, social events, activities etc. If there are any recognisable faces in the photographs then please confirm that you’ve obtained permission. Landscape format only. High resolution is preferable so that the pictures can really shine!