Hangdog Climbing Gym - Hangdog Gallery BananaFingers Climbing Equipment | Climbing Shoes, Harnesses & Gear Mountains and hills of Scotland Scotland is the most mountainous country in the United Kingdom. The area north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault is known as the Highlands, and contains the country's main mountain ranges. Scotland's mountain ranges, in a rough north to south direction are: The Highlands & Islands, The Hills of the Central Lowlands, the Southern Uplands. The zone includes Britain's highest peaks, especially Ben Nevis at over 4000 feet, with several similar peaks in the Cairngorms. Sgurr Fiona and the Corrag Bhuidhe pinnacles on An Teallach The formation continues to the north with gigantic peaks such as An Teallach near Ullapool and Stac Polly in Sutherland. The mountains exhibit many notable individual peaks and many exceed 3000 feet in height, so qualifying as Munros. The approximate southern-boundary of the Cairngorms range runs from slightly east of Braemar, west along Glen Dee to White Bridge, through Glen Geldie to the head of Glen Feshie. Hills of the Central Lowlands[edit] Listings[edit]
Plas y Brenin | The National Mountain Centre Rock Climbing Tech Tips: Building A Home Wall Building A Home Climbing Wall The "Woodie", or home climbing wall is a project many a climber has dreamed into existence. Late night sketches on the back of drink coasters, and avid discussions of angles, holds, size, location, and so on, has lead to many a half-hearted construction. Usually a serious attempt is only made when opportunity knocks. My "gym" is actually a cave, being a free standing cube (approximately 3 metres tall, and wide) with a roof and an inclined rear wall. Above Right: Me mucking about on the roof of the cave. The cave is outside, and thus incurs the full sun and rain. The holds are secured with T-nuts (pictured right) allowing me to move them at will from inside the cave. I picked up the holds at a bargain price from our local hold manufacturer because they were the "seconds" and unwanted ones from larger batches. On the ground beneath the cave I've laid down wood chips, like they do at children's playgrounds. Size is another major consideration.
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