Davie Scott's Blog: 16.5.14

Saturday, 17 May 2014

16.5.14 - Moy rock

With a day of good weather forecast for the Inverness/Dingwall area, Dan and I decided to head north to Moy Crag. I had never been to Moy previously and was quite impressed with the unique climbing experience that conglomerate rock gives, if I had to describe it, I'd say it feels a bit like being a spider climbing up a rough cast wall! Pebbles and blocks of all shapes and sizes protruding from the surface offer a whole range of holds, some of which feel too good at times, leading to mistrust of their security on sighting cracks around them! We warmed up on Corvus 5+** before getting super pumped on Fighting off the vultures 6a+ ** which I totally dog fucked on lead due to epic pumpage (more training required!). After this and some lunch Dan lead up The Old Man of Moy 6a+* and I lead up Moy Racer 6a*. We ended the day on Pebble Party 6a* (which I really enjoyed leading! superb route!) and Moy Soldiers 5+*. We had no sooner got back to the car, before the Lochaber weather had found us and began to piss down. A fantastic venue, and one which I will be sure to visit again! Cheers to Dan for a good day out and some great photos!