Talk:Sgùrr Alasdair

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The claim that the Alasdair summit is the sharpest in the Cuillin range is simply not true, and IIRC the short distance from col to summit is easy and not particularly exposed by Cuillin standards. The stone shoot is not particulatly comfortable, but there are no technical difficulties. Viewfinder (talk) 18:19, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your comments are POV, and not my recollection of the summit peak. I agree most of the Cuillin peaks are highly exposed, but in general terms, it is exposed, hence the comment. WP is for the general population and not for climbers. Peterlewis (talk) 18:57, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here is your reinstatement. With all due respect you provide no reference in support of your claim that Alasdair is the sharpest summit in the Cuillin or that the final part can only be ascended one at a time. There is exposure but no more so than on several other Cuillin summits (IIRC Sgurr nan Gillean felt more exposed, let alone the Inaccessible Pinnacle). Also you reinstated the coordinate duplication which was rendering the coordinates at the top illegible. If you add unreferenced material and that material is reverted, you should go to WP:BRD, not reinstate. Viewfinder (talk) 14:01, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I did not say that SA was the sharpest, and have removed that comment. Gillean is exposed like most Cuillen peaks, and there is also the same problem of single file approach from my last trip to that summit. Mountains out of molehills? Peterlewis (talk) 20:11, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Let's stick to the words of the source. If you want to use the word "exposed", supply your own source. The exposure is already implicit earlier in the paragraph. Although you did not add "sharpest", you reinstated it after I removed it. Viewfinder (talk) 20:24, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW, I'm more a walker than a 'mountaineer' (and definitely not a climber) but I've done a fair few tops on Skye, in Scotland generally and in Cumbria. I walked up the Great Stone Chute to the summit of Alasdair a few weeks ago (June 2012) and, although not a breeze, it presents no difficulty to a fit agile walker. I agree it is not the 'sharpest' summit in the Cuillins and that the scramble up from the col is - comparitively - easy. I don't recall it being a 'one at a time' route (except, possibly, for one section of a few yards). IMO it is neither encyclopedic (nor helpful) to present subjective judgement as fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.172.151.18 (talk) 10:56, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sron na Ciche is an outstanding gabbro cliff high in Coire Lagan beneath the peak of Sgurr Alasdair in the Cuillin, Skye. There are routes at all grades from moderate (M) to E8 (The Gathering)! The cliff is also home to one of Scotland's more famous climbing landmarks, the Cioch block. It appears in the Sean Connery film, Highlander. A photo would be ggod too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.168.55.4 (talk) 13:45, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]