3 Peaks Challenge | Reverse Thread of the Needle! The Cobbler Arrochar Alps

[@MountainManJohnFilms]

Another belter. Brought back memories of my visits. Both a good few years ago. 👍

[@smilesandlaughsalot]

Lovely stuff and wonderfully recorded. Thanks gentlemen... oh, and Murray too! ;-)

[@heathercampbell6906]

hi murray were away tomorrow you got sunny weather back out on the A82 am just getting rdy now 2 watch it’s beautiful murray great 2 see jerry and new guy love it 👍👍

[@alasdairmacdonald6730]

A route I've always fancied. Now even more so. Thanks for sharing a great day.

[@redmanwalking74]

Another fabulous video Murray. Thanks for sharing. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧗🏻‍♂️

[@andypotts8062]

Superb shots with the 360 camera makes the climb look even more scarey..great to see Gerry in his Rambo shirt, legend..great climbing by Mark...brilliant video many thanks

[@ScotlandsMountains]

Brilliant - Rambo shirt - thats what I needed to remember for the next time he wears it ;)lol Thanks for watching ATB Murray

[@o.bsoutdoors3871]

What an epic route over such an iconic mountain ⛰️🙌. Always a pleasure to see you out with Gerry and Mark. Banter and incredible views, what more could we want! Brilliant video Murray, as always😊👌

[@steffers178]

Beautiful as always! 😍 Great job...

[@andrewkingdom]

Great I did the Clobber last year on my way back from walking trip on Jura I got stuck threading the eye of the needle lol great mountain and a good example of how wonderful the Corbetts are fantastic video mate cheers

[@suebrown3465]

What a nice day for a climb A lot of energy exerted that day Your knee doesn’t seem to be acting up anymore..don’t want to jinx you Well filmed..I really enjoyed it! Take care 🇨🇦❤️

[@ScotlandsMountains]

Hi Sue , touch wood , the knee has been good. However I do my physio religiously now to make sure the knee is as strong as it can be. Takes time and effort but I wouldnt have it any other way :) Thanks for watching ATB Murray

[@duncantaylor9584]

Brilliant, thankyou for sharing, ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤

[@jbairdexp]

Now that looked like a lot of fun! 🙂

[@coops1964]

Marvellous video Murray, thank you.

[@leemackay7433]

During covid I used to run up this, I think decided I wanted to start tackling munros! Reached 50 this summer, only a few left..

[@ScotlandsMountains]

fantastic - only a few (hundred ) to go ;) Not many Munros as fine as the Cobbler though :) lol Thanks for watching ATB Murray

[@lightanddreamsphotography7140]

Brilliant video Murray! The Cobbler must be the classic proof of why Munro bagging is such a daft thing to do? I've never done The Cobbler, but did spend too many hours in rain and midges ticking off the Arrochar Munros back in the day

[@ScotlandsMountains]

I think all the hills around the Arrochar Alps are belters - always enjoy my trips over there for sure. Cobbler or one of the other Corbetts must take the title as best mountain in the Alps though I think :) Thanks for watching ATB Murray

[@alisonlyons4691]

Hi Murray great wee video, even though the 360 camera gives me the wobbles 😅 Loved the view of Arrochar from the sth peak. I was in Arrochar this week and caught nice weather. I got a decent shot of the 3peaks looking ominous and sun on the forest below. I was wondering what the views were like from up there, now l know. Loved the shot of Mark coming through the needle !!! Thanks Murray, stay safe......Alioban

[@ScotlandsMountains]

Thanks Alioban - always a fantastic peak to photograph is the Cobbler :) Thanks for watching ATB Murray

[@timrosenburgh8597]

Another great video Murray. I loved the comedy scene at the beginning with Gerry the porn star lol. You certainly had great weather for the climb and certainly not for the faint hearted. The view's were amazing. Look forward to the next one.

[@ScotlandsMountains]

thanks Tim , was a fine mountaineering outing Thanks for watching ATB Murray

[@merkyw4187]

Fantastic ..Great to see Mark leading the pitches.. 3 very experienced impressive mountaineers there .. and then you say lol a wee 3 peak challenge to us mere mortals :).... as always in awe. M ☘️

[@ScotlandsMountains]

Thanks Merky, twas a fine outing on a unseasonably warm day on the cobbler :) Thanks for watching ATB Murray

[@Simon_J_Hodge_Outdoors]

That looks like a brilliant route! Excellent as always

[@human_lover]

Nice 👍🏻❤

[@juliebarker-4245]

Another enjoyable video Murray. Definitely need a good head for heights on this one. Seems to be a popular area . Look forward to the next adventure. ATB.

[@ScotlandsMountains]

Probably one of the most popular mountains in Scotland - and for good reason - not quite a. Wilderness area (most of the time 😂👍

[@ChristophersMum]

A fabulous mountain climb...good to see all the boys together...ATB

[@G.J..Journeys]

Great footage whilst climbing. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@ScotlandsMountains]

Thanks - much appreciated 🙏

[@ibrstellar1080]

Another quality video Murray with fantastic angles of the climbs. Can't beat a nice ridge fest👍.

[@ScotlandsMountains]

Twas a lovely ridge fest too :)

[@mitchellman1975]

Did this last year, stunning mountain.

[@ScotlandsMountains]

It certainly is - one of the best 👍

[@joanhuggett5164]

Climbs like this must be tough to film, Murray, but so glad you do because it's awesome for us. Great to catch up with Gerry again and Mark. I think Mark was the one who got that pretty spectacular footage of you from base camp on another video, wasn't he? Loved the abseiling, loved the Eye of the Needle, loved everything.

[@ScotlandsMountains]

Thanks Joan - absolutely , the filming faff goes to another level when you include the climbing gear faff factor too - lots of things to consider TBH :) hope it came across ok :) Thanks for watching ATB Murray

[@murchiesmountains2820]

Enjoyed that Murray 😍..Looks great fun ….These are on my bucket list..Did the crux feel difficult to climb…The Needle can be super slippery as you say..Iam surprised there’s not been more accidents. Cheers Robert

[@TheMarco99]

Ah the Cobbler! It really is such an iconic mountain isn't it. Was up there end of July on a brilliant sunny day with a mate and only saw three other hikers probably due to it being during the week. I have so many fond memories in the glen where it all began. Bealach a Mhaim as well as it reminds me of where my journey began. Another great video Murray!

[@ScotlandsMountains]

it certainly is Marco - a fine fine mountain :) Thanks for watching ATB Murray

[@gillianmir6387]

Thanks for another great video guys

[@Neohurricane]

Nice to see Gerry and Ben Arthur. I bought Gerry's book this year and climbed this as part of a very short trip in August (our weather was more typical Scottish Summer so we didn't thread the needle on the wet rocks!)

[@ScotlandsMountains]

It is a fine book :) yes the rock can be very slippery when wet for sure and its not a place to slip , one to keep for a nice dry day I think Thanks for watching ATB Murray

[@yvonnefarrell1029]

Cobblers in my family are either Anglo- and Anglo-American shoemakers, or a nice dessert made by Mom :-) In the mountains there, they are quite something else. What a fantastic trip of climbing and wonderful views.

[@Neohurricane]

I believe it was named the Cobbler because it looked like one. It's real name is Ben Arthur BTW.

[@tonystrange7224]

Stunning video Murray, you really do keep on producing absolute gems. Some fantastic camera work on this one. Just brilliant. Thanks, as always, for sharing. ATB

[@ScotlandsMountains]

thanks Tony - very much appreciated :) Thanks for watching ATB Murray

[@lyndseywilson9462]

Awesome day out

[@petermcculloch663]

Hi Murray, great video! I spent my youth on the Cobbler during the early '50's. Was lucky enough to go up a route with one of the guys from the Craegh Dhu club. Thanks for the memories!!!

[@ScotlandsMountains]

Thanks Peter - that’s a good memory to have and to share a route with 👌👌👍👍

[@DAoutdoors]

Hi there gents. Great to see the three amigos back together again. What a fabulous route. Looks like you had a bit of an audience in the background at one point! 🤣 All the best, Dave 😀🥾⛰

[@ScotlandsMountains]

Its a busy place and there was a crowd at the top waiting for us ;) not a scottish wilderness but a fine fine peak :) Thanks for watching ATB Murray

[@BoredManOutdoors]

Excellent camera work showing that wonderful hill of at its absolute best Cuddles.... It really did look fantastic from the alpine angles.. I've had it a few times to myself but climbed in the dark.. Excellent stuff from all three of you. 🤜🤛

[@ScotlandsMountains]

Thanks Jim - I can imagine a late (or early start) would be the only opportunity for some solitude on this one :) - a cracking mountain it is too though - jealous you have it on your front door 🚪 👍

[@simonrobbins815]

Had the top of North Peak to ourselves in June. Was in the middle of a thunderstorm though, so that might have had something to do with it!

[@ScotlandsMountains]

Ooft / hope you got down ok 😂😂

[@simonrobbins815]

@@ScotlandsMountains Yes, thanks. Was climbing Wither Whether and got a bit withered by the weather unexpectedly.

[@erinmcgrathejm4985]

Well done, Cuddles! That looks like it was a fab day. You tend to have so little sleep on trips like this…are you still resilient enough to power through, of do you need catch up/recovery day(s) after a weekend trip like this? Cheers and ATB

[@ScotlandsMountains]

Sometimes it can be a little tiring - however - always worth it :) Thanks for watching Erin ATB Cuddles

[@harrylinsdell8114]

You can see somebody getting the wrong idea watching the video and seeing you, Gerry and Mark with all the gear on climbing to the top and see someone with their trainers and shorts on beside you there

[@ScotlandsMountains]

think there were a few people put off going through the needle when they saw us (not realising we had come up the SE ridge!

[@PMCKnivesAndTools]

Awesome

[@martingruffalump5484]

i used to climb there a long time ago when those paths didnt really exist and people were few on weekdays!!! the route up the outside of the eye is a great way tho, as u say, u do need to be able to climb a bit and not mind exposure too much!! winter is best and the midgies are nowhere to be seen!!! magnificent climbs on the North summit - right angle bend looks oh sooo much harder and scarier than it really is - there were victorian pitons still rusting away !!!

[@theScottexan]

Excellent shots, Murray. I've heard that the Cobbler was named such because it's said to resemble the man leaning over his shoe work but tbh I can't see it at all. Can you tell me if the south peak is the man? 🥴

[@AlpinistGGerry]

Nope. Centre peak is Cobbler. South peak is Cobbler’s daughter… Jean’s peak. North peak Cobbler’s wife. Strange but true.

[@ScotlandsMountains]

Thank you 🙏 I am with you - I dont see the resemblance at all either 😂😂👍

[@natalieminnis]

That looks like a fabulous route! But I would NOT want to downclimb the South Peak! I tried to scramble up it once with a group but it was a damp, murky day and we thought better of it and walked round the back instead. What length of rope do you need for the abseil? It looks like a long way down.

[@colinmacdonald404]

Thanks 👍

[@pencil123ify]

❤

[@alistairthow1384]

Was 'Steaming foot' Gerry's 70s pseudonym?

[@ScotlandsMountains]

Haha - it may well have been 😂😂👍

[@John71]

Thank you Cuddles, Colefill, Mark 🤣 for a beautiful video of The Cobbler and the magnificent three peaks. Got to see it for myself in real life a few weeks ago Murray but from much lower down. Hope to see it up close one day which would be amazing. I hope the next video isnae 18 rated...

[@ScotlandsMountains]

Thanks John - I can confirm the next video is only PG rated 😂 Thanks for watching ATB Cuddles 😂

[@John71]

@@ScotlandsMountains 😄🤣

[@watp6528]

How do you get your rope back if it's hooked up top?

[@ScotlandsMountains]

good question but if you noticed there a re two strands we abseil down , then at the bottom you pull the rope through from one end (if that makes sense :) Thanks for watching ATB Murray

[@234cheech]

i tackled this when i was 15 good times