Remember sitting on those belay ledges in the sunshine looking down rannoch moor - amazing situation

It's a fantastic route. Maybe the best V Diff in Scotland.

What a greate Tour, looks of a greate climbing fun. Best of guide, gerate respect of scottish climber.

nice archive Murray 😀

THX Again

Another great video Murray, I must admit Glen Coe and The Black Cuillins were my favourite destinations, my leader Ewen always used to shout down at me telling there is a path like a motorway at the top, I always believed him 😯

Thanks

Another note of thanks for bringing back memories of an absolutely fantastic day on Agag's Groove. I left the other half on Curved Ridge with an old video camera, the film made it to VHS and was sadly overwritten. Being a beautiful warm day when we did it our problem was the queues of climbers and the time it took. My lasting memory is of sitting alone on a belay waiting on those ahead clearing and drinking in the scenery. A classic indeed! Fantastic.

Just Brilliant and scary loved watching this Murray 🤘

Cracking watch as always Murray.👍 Can't believe someone decided in the middle of a rock climb to have a Barry White on the rock face😅

Thanks for taking the time to 're edit Murray, stunning views and great footage. A pleasure to watch. Thanks again and as always stay safe.

Another great video in a stunning (one of the best in Britain) location. A celebration pint in The Kings House always well deserved.

Well that brought back memories. First climbed it in 1972 a few months after my twentieth birthday! Went on to do other routes on Rannoch Wall such as January Jigsaw and Red Wall. Happy Days.

Woo in my younger days I would have loved that! Now a days I get the vertigo on a step stool getting the spaghetti pot down from the top shelf! 😆 Thanks for taking us back to your archives!!

Enjoyed your climb. My fear is to great to actually climb, so I get to enjoy it vicariously through your video!!

Sensational Murray! Thanks for sharing 👍 There's definitely an upside to you being locked away and that is we get to see some of the archives. Keep them coming 😉

@ScotlandsMountains

4 жыл бұрын

still got lots to go through to, Brian- lots of old films tat were removed off youtube for one reason or another - lots of editing to be done now;) Take Care, stay safe and thanks for watching ATB Murray

So glad that you managed to get this footage up again Murray. This is the video that got me hooked on steaming boots films. I had a grand idea that I was going to organise a mountain guide to lead me up Agags . The old film gave me the confidence that I would manage it. I thoroughly enjoyed being brought up as a second. It still is the best day I've had in Scotland's mountains. We continued all the way up to the summit and walked down the hillwalkers way. Classic route Cheers

Hi Murray, you guys made that look so easy.... respect . G would give a ibex goat a good run out on that face 😂 What a great rush loved it..... Stay safe 👍🏔

One time on Curved Ridge looking across to a pair on Agags Groove, the second was having a bit of a moment and asked his lead for advice on how to proceed. The response from above... Use the force! It made the day. I have since adopted this bit of 'helpful' advice on many climbs since. It never fails to get a laugh.

@ScotlandsMountains

4 жыл бұрын

haha - I'll have to remember that one !! :) Take Care, stay safe and thanks for watching ATB Murray

I am not a climber just a walker/scrambler but I enjoyed the video, thanks, Murray. away to watch some more of your oldies

Great. Nostalgia isnt what it used to be. Notice you didnt mention my motivational words when you announced that the rope was stuck just as I committed to the crux moves😂😂 good job ...

@ScotlandsMountains

4 жыл бұрын

Didn’t want the video to be banned for expletives !! 😂😂

@AlpinistGGerry

4 жыл бұрын

It is called “ attention grabbing” made you focus😂😂.. must have loads of this old stuff.

Excellent! This is a great video - thanks Murray!

A fantastic climb in a great place!

Hi Murray just caught up with this and fantastic (if vertigo inducing) as always. I've now got an image of someone taking a dump on the side of a rock face and that is a new level of extreme🤣😂 Thanks for the share ATB Brian.

Stunning route i must have climbed it a few weeks later in the same year had to clip my toe nails on pitch 2 due to my climbing shoes being one size too small. Brought back great memories and thanks for sharing

Omg...that was crazy! You were so high up. Some of the rocks you were hanging onto looked like they’d come loose. Enjoyed that! Take care 🇨🇦 ❤️

Who'd have thunk a Douglas could've been found that far above the tree line.

Enjoyed that Murray, made me think of my younger days in Norway, were I would be weekended in Oslo. The company where I was loading from (HGV driver) often offered me a trip along the Fjords in a Kayak/ with camping (I even though I can't swim and still can't, (reside on a narrowboat now) they said I had all the ability of a bolder in water!) I was well out my comfort zone, but hey ho I gave it a try on several occasions just glad I did. later in life as a railway signal engineer I would happily go up a 30/40' post only held in by a concert filled 45 gallon drum but still get nervous at looking at the same height drop on a walk

Scotland's Mountains!!!

Sod that mate, lol. Amazing stuff :)

Great looks tuff 😫

Led it same year, it is a 4 star fir the grade. Its special.

Toe-curling stuff. Rather you than me though. Im too chicken for adventures like that 😀😀 Excellent video as always

@ScotlandsMountains

4 жыл бұрын

The jobby on the ledge was certainly toe curling Gary ;) !! lol speak soon M

Can’t wait to get out for some hill walking again. Hopefully early July up Beinn a' Chrùlaiste if allowed for some photos of the Buachaille. Great video!

Of all the places to come across a "tom tit" ha ha! Brilliant Murray! Great film again, I've climbed the Curved Ridge twice and hope to get up it again this year and while doing so i always sit and watch climbers heading up the Rannoch Wall. Think i will continue to watch from afar as it takes a bit of concentration i would say :) Thanks for uploading and stay safe, peter.

I had vertigo just watching that 🙈Such stunning views though. Can't wait to be able to get back to the highlands for our next trip!

@ScotlandsMountains

4 жыл бұрын

Hoping we can all get back out soon to enjoy these days :( no idea how long its going to take though :( Take Care, stay safe and thanks for watching ATB Murray

Murray!!!

Oh no! . My stomach churns looking down. I know the go-pro makes it looks worse than it is but it's a no no for me lol. Great footage Murray.

I just could not do that views were superb but no head for heights

I probably would of needed a change of nappy when that rope snagged...

Another great Classic route is Ardverikie Wall which is graded 'Severe' as opposed to Agag's Grove at 'V Diff'

Enjoyed that Murray. Way beyond me but it’s good to dream. I still need to do curved ridge yet. Nice one 😎👍

@ScotlandsMountains

4 жыл бұрын

You have to do curved ridge - one of the best days out Scotland has to offer :) Take Care, stay safe and thanks for watching ATB Murray

@TheSoloSummiteer

4 жыл бұрын

Scotland's Mountains it’s defo on my list Murray 😎👍

Would have been something else if you had a drone then. Still a fantastic vlog, breath taking.

Lovely climb, with spectacular views 👍 So someone left a chocolate torpedo half way up a mountain 🥴

@ScotlandsMountains

4 жыл бұрын

they certainly did - a smelly one at at !!lol Take Care, stay safe and thanks for watching ATB Murray

I noticed you didn’t have any W.H Murray books I think you would enjoy them. Mountaineering in Scotland and the evidence of things not seen. Mabey your a relative ? Great video

@ScotlandsMountains

4 жыл бұрын

Undiscovered Scotland and Mountaineering Scotland on the shelf below the one in the vid 👍 great books 👍

@bennevis6843

4 жыл бұрын

Scotland's Mountains yes good books do you have any good books you recommend

Great stuff Murray - Classic Rock was our Bible in the 1980's and 1990's - Agags is certainly a great route and it was good to see your day on it. Cold hands are never good on the rock and that jobbie can't have helped. Never fancied Clachaig Gully or the Chasm in the Coe. Have you done them? Thanks again for keeping the videos coming !!!

@gerryp6gmg

4 жыл бұрын

M hasn't...Gerry Has done Clachaig scoped out Chasm and would advise you not to bother with either...unless you are a Victorian Mountaineer

@ScotlandsMountains

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Graham - haven’t done either the chasm or the Clachaig gully - I literally couldn’t feel half my hand on this one 🥶🥶 it had been so warm in the weeks leading up to this climb too 🙄😖😂

This was always high on my list but I never got around to it. I did, however, have a great day on North Buttress and, to my eternal shame, was winched off D Gully Buttress after thinking I was on Curved Ridge (it's a long story). It was a long time ago! Classic Rock was my bible. Well, one of many bibles including Murray"s 'Undiscovered Scotland'. Sadly, photography started to get in the way of climbing and I got out of the habit. Perhaps one day I'll start again, especially as I live in the best rock climbing area on mainland Britain. Our Craig yr Ogof on Craig Cwm Silyn is very similar to Rannoch Wall. Contentious? Come and have a look for yourself :)

@ScotlandsMountains

4 жыл бұрын

The first time I went to do Curved Ridge we ended up going up D Gully Buttress and by the time we got to the top we thought this scrambling malarcky was a bit tough - wasn't until a solo climber caught up with us and informed us we hadn't actually done curved ridge did we realise our mistake!! Take Care, stay safe and thanks for watching ATB Murray

Nice video and looks like a nice fairly moderate route. I’m visiting Scotland in a about a week and a half on a tour but I’m going to take a day to try to climb on 8 September. Can anyone recommend a good guide for some climbing near Fort William similar to these routes. I’m a fairly experienced climber but just learning to lead Trad. Would like to find someone to guide myself and another climber in the 4A to 4C range.

I needed an anchor just to watch this, thanks but no thanks.