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John Davidson on the ice wall at Ice Factor Kinlochleven. Picture: BL6.co.uk<\/figcaption><\/figure>Recovering from a busy weekend of ice climbing on Saturday and ‘snow shoeing’ on Sunday – both of which I was trying for the first time.<\/p>\n

The ice climbing<\/a> was fantastic, a real challenge and something a bit different from the usual winter mountaineering I am used to.
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Wearing snow shoes was a bit of a revelation – they aren’t very popular in the UK but they really seem to help conserve energy when you would otherwise be wading through snow. I might return to a bit of this again!<\/p>\n

You can read about both experiences in the Inverness Courier<\/a> over the next month or so. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, I’m getting back to giving my arms and legs a wee bit of a rest before returning to the running this week!<\/p>\n

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On the slopes on Toll Creagach wearing snow shoes. Picture: John Davidson, BL6.co.uk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recovering from a busy weekend of ice climbing on Saturday and ‘snow shoeing’ on Sunday – both of which I was trying for the first time. The ice climbing was fantastic, a real challenge and something a bit different from the usual winter mountaineering I am used to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5M0xs-9O","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6134,"url":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2019\/12\/17\/coire-an-t-sneachda-offers-first-blast-of-winter-mountaineering-fun\/","url_meta":{"origin":608,"position":0},"title":"Coire an t-Sneachda offers first blast of winter mountaineering fun","author":"John Davidson","date":"December 17, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Snow and ice transform Scotland\u2019s mountains into a unique and beautiful landscape but it can also be a somewhat hostile environment.","rel":"","context":"In "Active Outdoors"","block_context":{"text":"Active Outdoors","link":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/content\/active-outdoors\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cairn-Gorm-and-Sneachda-12.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cairn-Gorm-and-Sneachda-12.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cairn-Gorm-and-Sneachda-12.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cairn-Gorm-and-Sneachda-12.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4664,"url":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2019\/01\/28\/let-it-snow\/","url_meta":{"origin":608,"position":1},"title":"Let it snow!","author":"John Davidson","date":"January 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Weather can cause all sorts of problems for people in the mountains, not least during the winter. 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