In reply to Doug:
Too long ago, Doug. I first met you on a driech which turned into bleedin' wet trip on the Aonach Eagach (so typical of students then to offer such a trip as the first outing of the year inc. 1st years!) with Pete Bilsborough (Researcher / Sports History and damn good climber) and a guy whom I later knew of through Ochils MC member Geordie Skelton but whose name escapes me. Because I'd been climbing for some years, I was a tad more experienced than most on the trip and Pete asked me to accompany two newbies who were clearly out of their depth. Anyway, you may recall, the trip was abandoned and we, correctly headed down without descending Am Bodach.
You, I recall, had two research trips to The Alps which enable you to climb; perhaps more than research?