A selection of the accounts of ascents of those completed routes are now added to this website. They will be added to as we go along and I hope it inspires more climbers out there to choose from the remaining climbs left unallocated and join us in this celebration. Selected articles are also appearing in the MCofS's magazine, The Scottish Mountaineer.

1836 climb - The Tourist Route 1880 - Pinnacle Ridge 1889 climb - Witche's Step 1892 climb - Tower Ridge 1895 climb - Waterpipe Gully 1900 climb - Crowberry Ridge Direct 1901 climb - The Cairngorm Club Crack 1906 climb - West Buttress 1907 climb - East Buttress Ordinary rt. 1908 climb - Black Spout Buttress 1911 climb - The Cuillin Ridge 1918 climb - The Crack of Doom 1922 climb - Piggot's Route 1927 climb - Knight's Peak 1930 climb - The Last Eighty 1936 climb - Agags Groove 1940 climb - The Long Climb 1941 climb - Eagle Ridge 1942 climb - The West Wall Route 1944 climb - Kellet's Route and The Slab Climb 1946 climb - Crows Nest Crack 1947 climb - Archers Ridge 1948 climb - Crystal Ridge 1954 climb - Spartan Slab 1956 climb - Centurion 1958 climb - Hellfire Corner 1963 climb - Jug Rib 1964 climb - Inbred 1966 climb - Old Man of Hoy 1968 climb - Steeple 1974 climb - The Bug 1982 Climb - Millennium 1996 climb - Prophesy of Drowning

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A Climb Through History is a millennium event by the MCofS and the descriptions and photos shown here as part of that event are not to be reproduced in any form except with prior permission of the MCofS.