The Inaccessible Pinnacle Climb, Skye. What its like for a Munroer. The In Pinn. SELECT 1080p HD.
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- The Lowdown on the In Pinn. The toughest of the Munros. Mon 11th June, 2018.
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00:00 Guide, Scott, solo climbs the East Ridge
00:46 The rope uncoils as I wait below
02:44 Time for me to go! Onwards and upwards!
06:33 Reach Scott, first pitch done. Phew!
08:23 Scott secures my position then solo climbs the 2nd pitch
09:06 Scott reaches the summit, I unclip my slings.
10:16 I start 2nd half of the ascent
12:53 The Summit. Handshakes!
13:21 Slight descent to abseil point
13:38 Prepare for the 18m abseil off
24:25 Scott starts his abseil, takes my photo.
25:04 I start my abseil
28:30 I'm down! Elation!
29:50 Walk up to (lower) ridge crest for a breather.
33:02 Descend to start point for rucksacks
33:23 Photographs
I am a walker with 203 Munros under my boots - but not a climber.
Go Pro chest cam running for the duration of the climb/abseil off.
This is what its like for a walker doing Munros.
First book your weather, then your mountain guide.
My guide, Scott, was top notch, one of the best.
Meet at the Glen Brittle Memorial Hut.
Leave room in your rucksack for a climbing harness and helmet.
Climb the West ridge of Sgurr Dearg, facing the hut.
Do some scrambling practice on your way up
Takes 2-2.5 hours to get upto 3000 feet and the In Pinn.
You will be hot and sweaty when you get up there.
First view is of the West ridge for the abseil off. Breathtaking!
5 mins descent to the start point for the ascent of the East Ridge.
Join the queue. I had a 20 min wait so put on your windproof top and hat to stop getting chilled.
Guide Scott goes up first trailing 40m of rope behind him.
Takes 5-10mins then he shouts me (can't see him) to start climbing.
Here we go, its squeaky bum time.
Up I go, steeply, good holds, just look at the centre of the two foot wide crest as I go up it.
5 mins to reach Scott who is waiting on a ledge and tied on to safety slings.
Scott ties me to the safety slings then carries on the second half of the climb, disappears out of sight.
Shouts me 5 mins later to continue climbing.
The crest gets narrower, cloud is swirling about, then suddenly I am at the summit with Scott. Elation!
Short descent to the abseil area. Connect the carabiner to the belay chain around the base of the tall block.
Scott connects my friction device then abseils off himself, takes two photos of me sat by the block, as he goes.
I go next, difficult to lean back, not natural, but that's the way to do it. 5 mins and I am on Terra Firma. Phew!
Absolutely elated but mentally and physically drained.
Descend the Sgurr Dearg slope back to the start point where we had left our rucksacks. The ravens hadn't been at them, fortunately.
Now for the 2nd Munro of the day, Sgurr Mhic Choinnich!
The two Munros took 8.5 hours with 4,022 feet of ascent.
Wonderful day, been building up to this over 20 years of Munroing.
The Isle of Skye.
Made from Mountains.
You will always want to go back. - Sport
Excellent video, bravo. Thanks for also showing the abseil down.
Glad you liked it!
Well done m8. Excellent effort 👍
Superb video - vey informative and gives a great insight into the experience. Congratulations on your ascent (and descent)!
Thanks for that!
I will be back on Skye next week to do Sgurr Dubh Mor, weather permitting.
That will be my 12th of the 12 Skye Munros.
But will definitely be back, in years to come, to repeat the twelve. (as they are so special)
The Isle of Skye.
Made from Mountains.
You will always want to come back.
Phew....to think i climbed this about twenty years ago, thanks to guide snd climber Darren. Luckily it was in a thick mist so i could not see the drop off the sides! He has to strap me to him to abseil down.
Well done! One of my ambitions, but I don't when, heights do strange things with my head!
Good job!
Cool climb and rappel
Nice, thanks!
Well done mate your video was fab iam doing this in 2 weeks time 👍
Pick a good day. Let us know how you go on. Enjoy!
I am going to have nightmares tonite! I don’t even like to climb ladders🤪🥴😱
👍
This is absulutely brilliant, I have been hill walking for years, and I really need to move on to something like this, I like a challenge and I like danger. This is for me. Any info how to progress from hill walking to this would be much appreciated ☺
Hello Leigh,
Hello Leigh, tell me your age and any scrambling experience you have and I will point you in the right direction. Ruben.
@@rubensano7213 Hi there, watched the video again, I find it inspiring. I'm in my 40s and the only experience I have apart from walking is I've been up Ben Nevin half a dozen times, but that's all track so that doesn't count. Been up a few peaks in the Lake District including Scarfell pike at night, also Snowdon, I have done a lot of abseiling. Some grade 1 scrambling, but I like to push myself, and I like to be on the edge, dangerous sports etc.
Hello Leigh . You are half way there! To push yourself harder, scrambling-wise, first try Ben Nevis via the CMD (Carn Mor Dearg) arete, to come down via the track.
Then build up your scrambling prowess with the following, easiest first (NOTE. only scramble in good weather)
Striding Edge and Sharp Edge - Lake District Grade 1
Snowdon Horseshoe via Grib Goch Grade 2
Aonach Eagach , Glencoe Grade 3
When you have done these and feel confident, you are ready for the Isle of Skye and the mighty Black Cuillins.
Try Bla Bheinn and Bruach na Frith first, to get a feel for the rock, both not too difficult for a walker. The other 10 Skye Munros, get more serious, the In Pinn being the hardest. You will need a guide for this one. Lot's of people use guides for all the Skye Munros, I just used a guide for two. You need to feel confident and have good weather. I carried a confidence rope with me in case I got stuck. (does happen) The problem is usually when climbing down, not climbing up, There is lots of exposure but usually good holds. Exhilarating if you are confident, (frightening if you are not). Hope this info helps.
Ruben.
@@rubensano7213 hey Ruben, Thank you so much for your comments, they are really helpful, It sounds all doable, it sounds as though I just need to get out there and get as much experience as possible, however, to enable me to start off on the right foot, I think I will look at going on a scrambling grade 1 course, so I start off in the correct way, and then look to go on a scrambling grade 2/3 course. I know these courses are no substitute for experience, however I feel if I do go on these courses, I can then build experience with some knowledge of what I have learnt from the experts. Once again many many thanks for your comments/help and the video. Good luck with your ventures ☺
@@leighstephenson6164 Good luck with the scrambling courses Leigh, they will really build your confidence. I can also recommend a book for you. "50 Best Scrambles in the Lake District " by Bill O'Conner. Very informative for beginners, Grades 1 to 3. Enjoy your scrambling. Ruben
It's no the fall that kills ye, it's the sudden stop at the bottom!
Who's belaying the guide from below as they're leading the climb 🤔 ?
I think he free- climbs, no belay,
If they can make a tunnel all the way to France why can't they make a spiral staircase inside this pinnacle for ordinary hill walkers?
Guys is that chain for abseil is always there?
Yes
Hi! Would you be able to tell me where you hired your guide Scott from?
Hello Joel,
I booked Scott via (website) skyeguides.co.uk.
Contact mike@skyeguides.co.uk.
Give Mike a call to discuss your requirements.
Mike organises a pool of mountain guides on Skye.
Seems like a pretty risky way of guiding leaving a totally inexperienced non climber alone on a belay like that. Not a huge amount of gear placed to protect the second either… you’d have taken a horrible fall if you’d fallen off just after leaving the belay…
You would need to put protection every 1metre to be completely safe from a fall. It’s extremely narrow so a fall is going to result in a swing. The guide knows exactly what he’s doing and protected this route the way almost every other climber who’s done it has, although it appears you know better.
@@Merkhhhhh maybe I do.
Mega doubtful. At best you might have some indoor experience and perhaps some industrial experience, at best, but theres no chance you know how to protect the inn pinn better than guides who do it on a weekly basis, good luck with your journey of learning.
@@balke7935
Your guide didn't even tie stopper knots in the end of the rope on rappel. This kills climbers every year.
For what purpose? He has guided this route probably tens of times and knows his rope reaches the ground so he knows he is not going to fall off the end. He also knows each end of rope is even as he mentioned the half way mark on the rope being used.
@@joecoll1781 It really does not matter how many times you have done a route. Good practice is to always be consistent and close the system on every climb no matter what.
@@car_seat there is no need because the rope is much longer than the route. There is no danger of him abseiling off the end of the rope.
@@hewhosits Well that is your opinion then isnt it? I like to do the same thing every time. Be CONSISTENT
@@car_seat The guide had a duty to teach good practice. ALWAYS have a stopper knot at the end of the abseil rope. A friend fell into the sea attempting a new route on North Stack, Anglesey. He had used the last of the spare rope to secure his dog at the top. He managed to swim , with one smashed arm , two ropes around his shoulders and a ton of gear, onto some rocks. Be CONSISTENT, be SAFE.