Stewart Mountain Skills

26/06/2022

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09/04/2021

Stewart Mountain Skills has moved.

I am still busy working as a Mountaineering Instructor, but I will be doing this in partnership with Scotch on the Rocks Guiding - Sandy Paterson.

My own business focus will be on Trail Running Scotland

For mountaineering work you can contact me at [email protected]
For Running you can contact me at [email protected]

07/07/2019

Wow, another record falls!

16/05/2019

We are a group of people (mostly ex Nightwatch), who over the years have been inspired by a truly incredible person, Dave. In order to show our love and support for Dave and his family during this difficult time, we have decided to push our limits and attempt a mammoth 1520km relay from Lands End...

13/02/2019

2 days of mountaineering training for Southampton Climbing Club

13/02/2019

20/01/2019

“It always seems impossible until it is done” The quote that inspired my New Year adventure on the Rigby round - Read more at http://trailrunningscotland.com/news/14/28/Rigbys-Round-A-winter-attempt

20/06/2018

Our Mountain Leader Assessment course dates for the end of the summer are now online.

We are running these courses from Kingussie/Aviemore area which will allow us access to a great range of mountain areas.

24th - 29th September 2018 (Assessment) - https://mt.tahdah.me/course/detail/34068

22nd - 26th June 2018 (Assessment) - https://mt.tahdah.me/course/detail/34359

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12/06/2018

Wow, what an incredible achievement, 8A boulder problem, E8 trad route, 8A sport route, grade 8 winter route and 8 Munros in 24 hours!! It shows what an accomplished all round climber Dave is, but it also shows what an incredible winter of conditions we have just had!

Established by Dave MacLeod on the 19th March 2018, the '24/8' might be one of the hardest all-round climbing challenges around; an 8A boulder, 8a sport rout...

02/06/2018

The waiting around was killing me, 2 weeks of resting meant I was itching to run, I had arrived early at registration on Saturday so I had all afternoon to sit and wait, chatting nervously with a few other racers before the briefing, then dinner and back to the house to wait, pretend to sleep, up ea...

01/06/2018

Thanks to for sharing some pictures from the last week. Here I am looking very pleased to be nearing the end of a very wet and cold day 2 through Knoydart!

Thanks to for keeping me warm and dry and for keeping me moving!

01/05/2018

With just one day of good weather this week we went large yesterday on Skye. A 10 hour day covering the southern half of the black Cuillin.
Perfect conditions and great company!