This refers to the collapse or failure of a large stack of containers under rough sea conditions. The size of container ships and the number of containers they can carry has increased with the expansion of our global exports and imports, with about 5-6 million of these steel boxes crossing the sea on ships at any one time.Īs ships have become larger and containers have been stacked higher to carry more cargo, the risks of what have become known as stack attacks has increased. From here take the left slanting slab to the summit plateau.Shipping by containers has become a huge industry with more than 5,200 ships in the global container ship fleet now carrying about 20 million shipping containers around the oceans every year. Move up and diagonally right to one large edge, then up onto another. This would mean the final pitch climbs the chimney directly above the small belay ledge. Guidebooks seem to suggest traversing further right to create a belay on a smaller ledge. From a small ledge make some hard moves to gain a bigger ledge / niche where the final belay can be made. Start the pitch traversing easily right around the corner before trending up and right. From here there is a wedged boulder above, pass this on the right side to make a belay in the cave on top of the wedged boulder. This is the belay point for the Diamond Face Route. After this move up and left to another ledge. Make bold moves up steep ground either directly above the belay point or using the right trending grove, then moving left again at the break. Reach a comfortable ledge just out of sight of the start of the route, a belay can be set up here at the base of the slab.Ĭlimb up the slab, trending right at the top to create a belay on the next large ledge. Route finding on pitches 3 and 4 can be tricky and these are arguably the hardest parts of the climb despite the traverse on pitch one getting the hardest technical grade in guidebooks.Ĭlimb up a couple of moves and then traverse left around the base of the stack using one small horizontal break for feet and a bigger horizontal break for hands. In terms of protection, medium, large and even very large cams can be helpful for protecting parts of the route. The route certainly has variety, exposure, a beautiful setting and an incredible abseil finish. The Original Route on the Old Man of Stoer is one of a handful of so called 4 star climbs (4 stars out of 3). Overhang and very poorly equipped (rusting / rotting in July 2022), so The intermediate belay station at 40m is hard to reach due to the It is possible to rock hop and wade across, around 100m north of the stack if there is a very low tide.ĭescent: Make a single abseil off using a pair of 60m Swimming the channel (and setting up a rope traverse) is the alternative if there is no rope in place. There is usually a Tyrolean traverse in situ that can be used to get to the stack (in July 2022 it was tied around a boulder on the mainland with a 4-point traditional anchor on the stack). Standing on the mainland at the first point you reach across from the stack, there is a small steep path down, requiring some scramble that can be damp from run-off in places. It will take roughly an hour to reach the Old Man of Stoer. From there take the coastal path heading 3Km northwards to the sea stack, going over the hill of Sidhean Mor. Approach: Park at the car park near the Stoer Light house (58.237948, -5.400902).
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