It is every climber’s worst nightmare. In this extract from his thrilling book about the glorious – and treacherous – Cuillin Ridge on Skye, Simon Ingram recalls the day its wild peaks almost took his lifeI had been out of signal for most of the day, so when my phone suddenly stirred in my pocket, I decided to have a look. Remembering a climbing maxim – “Don’t try to do two things at once” – I shouted for my friend Kingsley to hang on, stopped and took out my mobile. The message was junk, but I took the opportunity to… Source – Full Article https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/sep/08/every-climbers-worst-nightmare-sliding-drop-writer-fell-mountain-cuilllin-skye-black-ridge-wild-peaks