I had a fantastic few days of climbing up in Scotland with my great mate Wilki last week. I'd traveled up on the sleeper (emotional!) from London, and the original plan was to do some routes on the Northwest Buttress of Ben Nevis, but whilst we stood in the glorious sunshine in Fort William, and checked the weather report, it was all looking a little warm (to do mixed routes). Despite being fully kitted up with ice tools and crampons, we luckily also had rock boots and chalkbags so we decided to make the best of the good weather and get out on the rock!

After a good afternoon's climbing in Applecross, we headed further up the North West coast to Stoer to climb an incredible sea stack just off the coast. At 200 feet high, the Old Man of Stoer is one of the most awe-inspiring natural features on our coastline. Getting to the start of the climb required a rather bracing swim across to the stack (naked - with all of our kit in dry bags!). We did two climbs - a 4 pitch VS and a 3 pitch E1. Both took us right to the top and then necessitated a ballsy abseil back down.

Whether you are a climber of just a keen walker, I thoroughly recommend getting out to the Old Man of Stoer if you are ever up in that part of the world. Many thanks to Silke and Trevor, who managed to take some incredible shots of us from the mainland and forward them on! If you want to see something impressive, check out Trevor's blog of climbing all of the Munro's in one epic adventure: http://www.nonstopmunromadness.blogspot.com/