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Barry Manilower at Ruthven
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Brin Rock
Duntelchaig
Scatwell
Cummingston
Ruthven
Scorguie
1 Jan 2000
Guidebooks
This guide from Stone Country has a good selection of bouldering in Inverness area. You can buy one from here.
An Inverness area guide is in the pipeline, hopefully out sometime next year.
Links
Here's some links:
Flickr Groups of Interest:
Related Blogs:
- Stone Country / Blog - Scottist bouldering updates and info
- Scottish Climbs - The hub of climbing in Scotland
- UK Bouldering - The hub of bouldering in the UK
- Boulder Scotland - New site from stone country
- Alpha Mountaineering - Nick Carter Online
Flickr Groups of Interest:
Related Blogs:
7+8's list
7a
Old Love - Brin
Blunt arete
The Untrained Ear - Duntelchaig
proper bouldering
Voodoo Working - Duntelchaig
Looks like a skin shredder, because it is
Magic Streets - Duntelchaig
Harder for the short?
Match and Snatch - Cummingston
Easier with good beta
Fingerlicker - Cummingston
Quality traversing action
Birdman - Cummingston
fingery wall
Gorilla (sit start) - Cummingston
steep prow
Ginger Ninja - Cummingston
Cave Man - Cummingston
Long traverse that everyone finds desperate
Razors Edge - Ruthven
Technical
The Dude - Ruthven
Superstar moves
The Big Lebowski - Ruthven
Quality feature, climbs well too...
Pinch Punch - Ruthven
Sit start between Nefertiti and Get into the Groove
Crystal Maze lefthand finish - Ruthven
aka Jeds Traverse
Fly Tip Lip - Scatwell
Makes the most of the good rock
Road to Domestos - Scatwell
"funky"
Herbie - Scorguie Boulder
Lip 40 seconds from Inverness
7a+
Sare - Duntelchaig
More like a solo
Up Beat - Brin
Low ball traverse - needs a clean
Knife Wound - Duntelchaig
curving crack
The Grim Weaper - Ruthven
Say "cheerio" to your skin
Shreddies (sit start) - Ruthven
Couple of bouldery throws to skin destroying edges
Barry Manilow - Ruthven
Nearly impossible rock over
White Russian - Ruthven
Squeased in
The Stabber - Duntelchaig
Extends the fun of the Dagger
7b
Guillotine (sit start) - Brin
Low ball
The Scientist - Brin
Great highball arete
Down Beat - Brin
Similar to Up Beat
Ginger Rides Again - Cummingston
Sine Wave - Cummingston (Gorilla sit start into a reverse of Cave Man, I think?)
The Catch - Scatwell
A classic of the area.
Wooden Nickles - Duntelchaig
Difficulty in pulling off the floor
7b+
Walk the Dog - Scorguie
Steep conglomerate wall
Pit Bull - Brin
climb out a pit. needs repeated
Crocabot - Brin
Roof problem at brin
Farr Side Facet - Farr
Quality problem
7c
Old Love - Brin
Blunt arete
The Untrained Ear - Duntelchaig
proper bouldering
Voodoo Working - Duntelchaig
Looks like a skin shredder, because it is
Magic Streets - Duntelchaig
Harder for the short?
Match and Snatch - Cummingston
Easier with good beta
Fingerlicker - Cummingston
Quality traversing action
Birdman - Cummingston
fingery wall
Gorilla (sit start) - Cummingston
steep prow
Ginger Ninja - Cummingston
Cave Man - Cummingston
Long traverse that everyone finds desperate
Razors Edge - Ruthven
Technical
The Dude - Ruthven
Superstar moves
The Big Lebowski - Ruthven
Quality feature, climbs well too...
Pinch Punch - Ruthven
Sit start between Nefertiti and Get into the Groove
Crystal Maze lefthand finish - Ruthven
aka Jeds Traverse
Fly Tip Lip - Scatwell
Makes the most of the good rock
Road to Domestos - Scatwell
"funky"
Herbie - Scorguie Boulder
Lip 40 seconds from Inverness
7a+
Sare - Duntelchaig
More like a solo
Up Beat - Brin
Low ball traverse - needs a clean
Knife Wound - Duntelchaig
curving crack
The Grim Weaper - Ruthven
Say "cheerio" to your skin
Shreddies (sit start) - Ruthven
Couple of bouldery throws to skin destroying edges
Barry Manilow - Ruthven
Nearly impossible rock over
White Russian - Ruthven
Squeased in
The Stabber - Duntelchaig
Extends the fun of the Dagger
7b
Guillotine (sit start) - Brin
Low ball
The Scientist - Brin
Great highball arete
Down Beat - Brin
Similar to Up Beat
Ginger Rides Again - Cummingston
Sine Wave - Cummingston (Gorilla sit start into a reverse of Cave Man, I think?)
The Catch - Scatwell
A classic of the area.
Wooden Nickles - Duntelchaig
Difficulty in pulling off the floor
7b+
Walk the Dog - Scorguie
Steep conglomerate wall
Pit Bull - Brin
climb out a pit. needs repeated
Crocabot - Brin
Roof problem at brin
Farr Side Facet - Farr
Quality problem
7c
The Susurrus - Brin
horizontal action to campus funk
Put my new shoes on - Brin
has been done without new shoes
The Dude direct - Ruthven
Giant dyno move to sloper
QED - Ruthven
Wobbly Roof flake into desperate bulge
The Settler - Duntelchaig
Hardest in the area?
Gallery
***Winter 09/10***
Scatwell 
Pitbull, Brin Rock
Brin
Cummingston
Brin under a foot of snow*****Summer 2009*****
Refreshments at Ruthven
QED at Ruthven
Farr Boulder in its desolate surroundings 
The 6B/8B roof at Brin 
Sare, highball 7A+, Duntelchaig 
Bit of Cummingston action, The Shield*****Winter 08/09*****
Walk the dog 
Danny Laing on forrest mechanics 
Winter sun at Farr
Richie Betts at Brin
Duntelchaig in snow*****Summer 2008*****
"I am Murdoch" at Ruthven
Richie Betts opening a new line at Ruthven
Dave Macleod's new problem, the Dude Direct 7C, seeing a few repeats 
Jamie Murray's brushed up boulder near Farr
Knifewound wall
The hardest of the knifewound wall testpieces: Settler, Font 7C
Topos
Here's a few online guides to some of the bouldering around Inverness...
from Scottishclimbs.com:
from Alphamountaineering.com:
from Stonecountry.co.uk:
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from Scottishclimbs.com:
from Alphamountaineering.com:
from Stonecountry.co.uk:
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