David Lintern enjoys a rock route that’s so good he did it twice!

LIKE MANY scrambles, the Lagangarbh Buttress looks completely improbable from the glen floor. It seems even less plausible as one moves closer to it and the vantage point is foreshortened. But therein lies the charm and challenge of scrambling. Like a jigsaw puzzle in three dimensions, the job is to unlock the secrets of the route… without falling off.

I hadn’t visited Glen Coe since before the pandemic, but it never fails to amaze and surprise me, especially in bright spring sunshine. The circumstances for this morning’s return were a little unusual. Working as a researcher, I was due