Bouldering in Corstorphine, Edinburgh

Daliath and Govid (eliminate) - Sit-start as for 'David' and 'Goliath'. Eliminate the holds on the left and the big vertical edge on the right. from the high crimp, launch directly to the top holds. 7a.

Deuteronomy - A few meters left of the Goliath boulder. Climb the wee overhang from a sit-start on a low flake. Launch to small crimps then to better holds higher up to top out. 6a+

Hummell Rocks (Gullane) - Get Lucky link

 

Get Lucky - Sit-start as per 'Dumb Luck' but instead of going up, continue to traverse on poorer holds to reach the lip of the 'Mini-roof'. Follow that line rightwards to bridge back to Neanderthal and climb down easily to finish. 6b-ish?

Bouldering near Crichton Castle

Pyramid - The right hand side and arête of the obvious pyramidal block in the left hand side of the upper quarry. 4+

Cheops (eliminate) - Climb the obvious arête in the left hand side of the upper quarry. Eliminate any holds on the sides. 5+

Follow the line - Traverse R-L along a ledge from a groove to the left of Griby's shelf. Reach up for a high edge in the middle, match and then drop back on small edges to finish in the far corner. 4+

Bouldering near Crichton Castle

 

Bouldering near Dunsapie Loch, Holyrood Park

 

I'm pretty sure bouldering near Dunsapie Loch is forbidden. But if it wasn't...

Bouldering in Ravelston, Fire Starter boulder

 

• Not so fast, 4
• Firestarter, 5+
• Crossfire, 6b
• Carbon Monoxide, 6b+

 

Bouldering in Ard Scalpsie Point - Isle of Bute (mini-topo II)

The coasts of Port na h-Aille and Ard Scalpsie Point have some small outcrops and screes. Most of the rock is made of a flacky mica-schist (too many holds). The stones are often too small and covered of lichens. A huge vein of igneous rock (basalt) crosses the peninsula and forms a decent south west facing crag.

Here are a few decent problems and their locations.

• Groovy, SS, 4+
• Pinch the nipple, 6a
• Sidestep, 5
• Descent route, 3

• Rock over, 4+
• Wall direct, 4

• Canadian barndance, 4
• Boston two steps, 6c

• The floor is lava, SS, 6c
• Time is of the essence, SS, 7a+
• I spy with my little eye, SS, 6a
• The rail, SS, 5
• The wall, SS, 4

Bouldering in Corstorphine

 

 

 

 

Bouldering in Scalpsie Bay - Isle of Bute (mini-topo)

 

 

1. Crackers, 4

2. Shark nails, 4

 

3. The rail left (sit-start), 5

4. The rail right (sit-start), 5

5. The P3 wall, 3

 

6. Hidden, 7a+

Bouldering on the Isle of Bute