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Episode 11 - Scottish Haute Route with Roger Wild
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In this episode I speak to Roger Wild - my father - about (some of) the history of ski touring in Scotland before moving on to describe our 2010 'Scottish Haute Route'. This 7 day journey from Ben Nevis to Gairnshiel near Ballater was around 155km in length with 10,000m of ascent. We pre-placed food caches, stayed in bothies, and skied on Nordic free-heel skis carrying our overnight gear with us. The route linked up the high ground through Lochaber to the Cairngorms, ascending numerous Munros and Corbetts along the way.
Roger is a retired British Mountain Guide and a former Royal Marines Commando.
Notes:
1. We talk about grip wax which goes on the ski under your foot on nordic skis to allow grip when that foot is weighted - not to be confused with the wax used to improve glide on downhill skis (and tips/tails of nordic skis)
2. Dr Adam Watson (1930-2019) was 85 when we met him near Banchory in 2016
3. For some reason I said I was a student in Aberdeen in 2010 - I'm not that young and was in fact a junior doctor then
4. We mention skimo race skis a lot but don’t acknowledge that of course modern standard touring setups have gotten way lighter too - most people seem to like something in the ‘light standard‘ range rather than full race skis - which are harder to ski in some conditions, less stable, more expensive and less durable. For long journeys obviously low weight is key.
If you want to buy me a cuppa to help support the podcast, thank you and please do at: https://ko-fi.com/finlaywild
44 epizódok
Manage episode 285332637 series 2729389
In this episode I speak to Roger Wild - my father - about (some of) the history of ski touring in Scotland before moving on to describe our 2010 'Scottish Haute Route'. This 7 day journey from Ben Nevis to Gairnshiel near Ballater was around 155km in length with 10,000m of ascent. We pre-placed food caches, stayed in bothies, and skied on Nordic free-heel skis carrying our overnight gear with us. The route linked up the high ground through Lochaber to the Cairngorms, ascending numerous Munros and Corbetts along the way.
Roger is a retired British Mountain Guide and a former Royal Marines Commando.
Notes:
1. We talk about grip wax which goes on the ski under your foot on nordic skis to allow grip when that foot is weighted - not to be confused with the wax used to improve glide on downhill skis (and tips/tails of nordic skis)
2. Dr Adam Watson (1930-2019) was 85 when we met him near Banchory in 2016
3. For some reason I said I was a student in Aberdeen in 2010 - I'm not that young and was in fact a junior doctor then
4. We mention skimo race skis a lot but don’t acknowledge that of course modern standard touring setups have gotten way lighter too - most people seem to like something in the ‘light standard‘ range rather than full race skis - which are harder to ski in some conditions, less stable, more expensive and less durable. For long journeys obviously low weight is key.
If you want to buy me a cuppa to help support the podcast, thank you and please do at: https://ko-fi.com/finlaywild
44 epizódok
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