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South Post with direct ascent, He he! it was quite tenuous getting those Warthog peg/screw protections in. With Mark Sinclair (Cheeky) 1974. Post Face, Creag Meagaidh. Formal RAF Mountain Rescue activity. A marvellous winter climb in excellent condition. Probably my first “big climb here. Photo credit Mark Sinclair.

#year 1974 #ice climbing #mountaineering #climbing budies #chuinard frost axe #terordactyl hammer #me #tom macdonald collection

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A family photo taken at Firkin Farm (Alistair's croft), Loch Lomond side. 1950′s. In here William MacDonald (Dad), Cathy MacDonald (Aunt), Janice (sister), Granny MacDonald, Tom MacDonald & Alistair MacDonald (Uncle) + family dogs.

#year 1950 #family heritage #countryside #rural life #firkin farm #loch lomond #tom macdonald collection

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Sherpa family brother and sister team hard at work with the chadhe excavation/tilling hand tool at Nepal rural farm. A splendid insight to rural Nepali culture.

I am making a field for planting potatoes, where I am using hoe to make the field more fertile and better. This traditional tool or hoe is known in Nepali language as Chadhe, which is used to dig the field mostly in Nepal.

#nepal #agriculture #nepali heritage #farming #rural life

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Saxifraga oppositifolia (Purple Saxifrage), a great favourite of mine. Partly due to it’s early season flowering status in our upland habitats and hills, generally the first montane angiosperm to flower in the British Isles. Here showing off on Ben Vrackie 28/3/2019, near to Pitlochry, Perthshire. Photo by Tom MacDonald.

#year 2019 #botany #wild plants #uplands #nature #wildlife #ben vrackie #saxifraga oppositifolia #tom macdonald collection #scotland

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East Corrie (Coire Olc) of Sgoran Dubh Mor, Glenfeshie Hills from Glen Einich. Cairngorm Mountains. A special and difficult place by all accounts, a place where intrepid botanists occasionally venture.

#year 2006 #sgoran dubh mor #glen einich #upland habitats #botanical interest #cairngorm mountains #scotland #tom macdonald collection

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Myself on Eagles Ridge, on Lochnagar with Roy Henderson of Glenmore Lodge (belaying). Photo credit Roy Henderson. [poor photo but trying to record the memory]

#year 1990 #mountaineering #eagles ridge #lochnagar #me #climbing buddies #scotland #tom macdonald collection

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Tomnabroilach derelict croft dwelling below Beinn a’ Ghlo, Atholl Hills. Photo by Tom MacDonald, 2/2/2018.

Informative link for Tomnabroilach locality > http://www.borenich.co.uk/Homesteads/BreakachG_homestead.html

#tomnabroilach #atholl hills #built heritage #countryside #uplands #croft #farming #tom macdonald collection #year 2018 #scotland

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Your Mom taught you well Datengi, what an amazing Sherpa family you are. I am so honoured to be a family friend.

In the last day , mom and brother were planting the potato in the field

#friends #agriculture #potato planting #nepal #nepali heritage #rural life

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You have your cows well trained to strategically drop their pats well spaced in the target Potato field lol. For goodness sake mind and wash your hands ... and feet !!! He he you are doing a grand job Datengi, I love it.

Preparing fields for planting potatoes( tatties) in first day. I am spreading cow dung in the field. This is a bit difficult to do with bare hands.

#friends #nepal #agricultiure #potato planting #cow dung #land preparation #nepali heritage #rural life

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The two Scottish RAF MR teams of the time meet up for a joint training exercise; good buddies most of the time although stiff competition was the rule of thumb lol. In here with a bit of memory loss; Terry Moore, Al Green, Andy Craig, Nick Sharpe, Les Boswell, Mark Sinclair, Mick Trimby, Jim Morning, Cas Taylor, Bob Anderson, Tom MacDonald, Eric Hughes + others to add as informed..

#year 1975 #raf mountain rescue #mountaineering #scotland #me #tom macdonald collection

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Carhuacocha Lake with the magnificent array of Cordillera Huayhuash peaks, Peru. Our RAF Mountain Rescue 1985 expedition base camp was at the far end of this lake, a beautiful spot indeed. Expedition member Jock Cameron featured here. Photo by Tom MacDonald.

#year 1985 #carthuacocha lake #cordillera hauyhuash #raf mountain rescue #peru #mountaineering #tom macdonald collection

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A nice perspective of Carhuacocha Lake, our RAF 1985 expedition base camp was at the far end of this lake, a beautiful spot indeed,

Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru Saclashuayi, Alex Strohl

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Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta, female bird), at Ciste Mhearad, Cairngorm mountain. Photo Tom MacDonald 2019.

#year 2019 #lagopus muta #ciste mhearad #cairngorm mountain #nature #wild birds #countryside #upland habitats #tom macdonald collection

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Myself on ‘The Wand’ in icy condition, Creag Meagaidh. 3/1/1999, Photo credit Ian Jones (Jugs). Excuse the poor photo quality he he.

Informative link > http://leeharrisonclimbing.blogspot.com/2010/02/the-wand-v5-creag-meagaidh.html

#the wand #creag meagaidh #ice climbing #winter mountaineering #me #tom macdonald collection #year 1999

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RAF Kinloss Mountain Rescue training activity. In here; Pete Weatherall, Stu MacKenzie, Tony Dunning, Rick Hamblin & Bob Gray, 1972 somewhere in the Scottish Highlands. Photo credit George Bruce.

#year 1972 #raf mountain rescue #team budies #tom macdonald collection

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Jirishanca peak (west face) photographed from our expedition acclimatising/recce camp, Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru. RAF Mountain Rescue  Expedition. An abandoned project due to logistics and probable overwhelming technical/safety issues. Photo by Tom MacDonald, 1985.

Informative link > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jirishanca

#year 1985 #jirishanca #cordillera hauyhuash #peru #mountaineering #landscape #raf mountain rescue #tom macdonald collection

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Equally splendid from the ground !

Castle Sinclair Girnigoe, Scotland by jameslloydcole