Got a text from Matt Watts on Friday afternoon telling me he’d seen my photo in MCofS magazine Scottish Mountaineer, so checked my newly-arrived copy as soon as I got home and, sure enough, there it was… one of the pics Dave MacLeod took of me on Secretaries Superdirect at Polldubh:
Trad climbers operating in the low E-grades or below can sometimes lose hard-earned fitness from winter indoor climbing due to the nature of the easier trad climbs. Peter Duggan getting a good psychological, but not physical, workout on Secretaries Direct (HVS), Glen Nevis.
(NB the grade is right but it is indeed the Superdirect.)
Dave’s article (which I’m so surprised to feature in that I’ll forgive him that rather cute caption!) is also available online at http://www.mcofs.org.uk/assets/getactive/mcofs%20coachwise2%20by%20dmacleod%20(paged).pdf. And, Matt (if you’re reading this), I’ve had one of Dave’s pics up on my Climbing Home Page for some time. :-)