Time tae TRAIN!!!!!!!!!

I am noo a man with a car! she's fixed! and so with that, training will start today!! I'm going tae heid tae the lodge later today, gym then wall (with schmoolz) and start the pain. I've not got a lot of time tae get back in tae shape after such a long time oot, but you better believe that I am going tae try.

First comp at the worlds is the 15th of January I think, it's in Italy.

Condition as you might well have guess...snow. Not huge amounts but enough tae make climbing harder work and skiing nae bad. High winds a the tops, so there will be a lot of drifting.

Stay safe.

Gloves and Weather Up-date

So the Black Diamond Guides have been, so far, very good. However the temperature has risen since I bought them. But I can feel the quality tae the usual pish I buy. As for the Specialist's I've not been climbing, so I can't say. My car is ill at the moment as the bearing collapsed and I got two flats! My snow tyres came today so my little beauty should spinning aroond anytime soon.

As for the weather, the wind has picked considerably and the temperature is what you would class as tropical! Jumper weather, hats, gloves and jackets can stay at home! Hopefully this thaw doesn't strip all the snow, cause a good base at this time of year would be brillant. It is due tae get very cold again next week. Climbing should be in good condition.

As the car will be better soon, I can start training for the world cup. Hopefully going tae Italy and Romania. Training at this time of year is hard for me as it's time tae be festive and fat, also my local climbing wall is no longer, so I will have tae train at Glenmore Lodge. This isn't ideal, as Glemore doesn't have a 13 meter roof! In fact there isn't alot at all.

Anyhoo, we will see what happens. Stay safe.

COLD HANDS!!!!

Right. Are you ready? Are you for a rant? Alright, here it's comes!
Gloves. Bloody expensive, ill fitting, useless pecies of clothen! Do you we need them? In winter? AYE! AYE WE DAE!! but can I really remortgage ma hoose tae pay for a pair, oh wait two because skiing and climbing gloves are totally different! And yes I know people might read and think, 'dude just get this gloves you can feel sooo much through them'. That's true, but not if yer circulation is as shite as mine.

So I did it. I went against every fiber of ma scint climber bones, and handed over the green (well it was a credit card). I bought a pair of Black Diamond Guides and, yes bloody expensive and, a pair of Black Diamond Specialist.

I have always spent the very little on gloves, why, cause I didn't have the money (not even plastic form), and I knew, all be it from what climbers told me from the beginning, that they will fall apart in a season or two. Now watch this space. Cause if ma hand get cold....I mean white, god dam that's going tae turn black and drop off cold. Your going tae hear aboot it, and if I drop ma in tire rack this season cause they're clumsily biffa gloves that wont cut it either.

Apart from that the climbing in the gorms are still oot, but the skiing is definatley in!

Stay safe.