John Biggar : Mountaineering Instructor
Site last updated Tuesday 29th April 2008.
My contact details appear below.
Galloway Climbing & Skiing Stuff
Climbing in
Galloway A big
new index page to further information pictures of the best crags and rock
climbing in Galloway. Including photos, topos and route descriptions for
many of the best routes on over 20 of the best crags....
Winter Climbing in
Galloway Some general
information and pictures of snow and ice climbing in Galloway.
New Climbs in
Galloway Some new routes done since the December 2004 SMC
guidebook.
Skiing in Galloway Ski
mountaineering and touring in Galloway. It's not big and it's not clever.
Other Stuff
Personal Profile All the dull stuff about me.
Andes
The guided skiing and climbing business I run.
Guidebooks
The climbing and trekking guidebooks to the Andes I have authored.
Favourites A few photos of my favourite mountains and climbing areas round the
world.
Ski Mountaineering A link thru to a ski-mountaineering website www.piste-off.com which I run.
Tips and Tricks Some tips and tricks for climbers, not all of them
useful!
Links Some other sites that might be of interest.
Contact
If you'd like to try climbing, winter or summer, whether guided ascents or learning to lead, or if you just want any other help advice or instruction, get in touch with me, John Biggar. Contact me by phone on
01556 503929
or write or call in at 37a, St. Andrew Street, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, DG7 1EN, Scotland.
or email me at
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Climbing at Crammag, Galloway, February 2008.

Climbing the Merrick on Skis, March 2008.
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The banner picture on this website is of Io and Jupiter, the sidebar is a remake of a picture of new blue stars in the N90 region. Both are "copyright free" images courtesy of NASA - see the original beautiful shots here and here.


