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Pinnacle Achievement

The Inaccessible Pinnacle is the summit point of Sgurr Dearg, one of the 3000ft Munro peaks on Skye's Cuillin ridge. It is the only 3000ft Munro peak in Scotland that requires rock climbing skills and a head for heights to reach the top.

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Sofian Anwar 8 months ago

great....

Björn Billing 9 months ago

Ah, this one warms a climbers soul!

Colin Bell 9 months ago

A great shot John, such good scale shown.

Franz Schumacher 9 months ago

!! :-)
Gruss Franz

zifoz 10 months ago

successful photo, congratulations

John Parminter Thanks Zifoz, JP

Richard Spurdens 10 months ago

Impressive capture John, certainly got to like heights

John Parminter Cheers Richard.

martin zalba 10 months ago

Great shot!

John Parminter thanks Martin

Paul Davies 10 months ago

very good John.....this sums up the pinnacle, my own experiences always included rain and students with a worried look on their faces! nice to see it on a nice day

John Parminter Cheers Paul. There was a mixture of guided clients and very competent climbers when I was watching, the guy at the top was very self assured I'd say....

Istvan Lichner 10 months ago

Great shot!

John Parminter Thank You

Peter Svoboda 10 months ago

Very nice John, person standing on very top of the rock adds a lot to the atmosphere,beautiful composed, compliments

John Parminter Cheers Peter.

SAEED FX 10 months ago

wow , great shot!

John Parminter thanks Saeed

Marsel van Oosten 10 months ago

Very nice. Not a place where I would like to stand.

John Parminter Cheers Marsel, me neither, JP

Liav 10 months ago

great view.
i liked the casual "men at work" mood...

John Parminter He was pretty cool Liav, JP

Phyllis Clarke 10 months ago

John, Quite a view...I guess very good balance is also required...it seems like a small spot to head for..and stand on...Glad you had a good day waiting it seems from this capture it was worth waiting for....Congrats..Phyllis

John Parminter thanks phyllis, its an image I have wanted for a future project so yes it was worth waiting for.

JP

Ben Goossens 10 months ago

...from an high level:-)
nothing for me anymore!

John Parminter Why ben, its never too late..

Papafrezzo (Frédéric) 10 months ago

scary!

John Parminter Entertaining for me.....

Dare Turnsek 10 months ago

A touch v classic, i like it ... takes me in a crazy young years :))

John Parminter Cheers Dare, it is actually a very exposed scramble up from the other side but this side it is graded V Diff as a climb. Most folk climb the other side then abseil off this side.
JP

Dare Turnsek Want to say: touch of classic ;) ... not about difficulty ... i don't care about it anymore, lying below is much more fun :))

Cheers John!

Benjamin 10 months ago

Haha.
=8-D
Ye, the bloke at the top!
He looks like he is casually rollling himself a cigarette!
Good one, John.
You didn't fancy HDRing this one, then?
;-)

John Parminter He was actually casually taking photos as he did a 360 turn on top, an adrenaline junkie I think.... no HDR as you have guessed benjamin.

Guido Brandt 10 months ago

An unusual JP image!

John Parminter Cheers Guido, I'm branching out a bit.

Mohammad Reza Mokhtari 10 months ago

very good

John Parminter Thanks

dido 10 months ago

that's the word, impressive

John Parminter I was quite impressed with that geezer who nonchalantly stood on top without any apparent fear.
JP

KPK 10 months ago

Impressive!

John Parminter Cheers Peter

Nicolas Marino 10 months ago

great and unusual shot with people on it, John!

John Parminter I know, my standards are falling I fear......

:-)

Risquillo 10 months ago

Great image John.....!
Have a fantastic time, again!

John Parminter thanks Risq, it was a great day out.

Kim Ayres 10 months ago

So were you on an adjacent pinnacle to take this photo, or di you have a very big zoom lens?

John Parminter I was sat on my arse lounging around drink tea on the adjacent top about 20yds away. I'd climbed Sgurr Dearg early in the morning with specific intentions to wait around for the climbers to tackle the In Pinn as I knew they would have to if they were successfully going to crack the whole ridge. A very enjoyable few hours lazing in the Sun, my previous published shot is the view from where I was sat, or more or less.
Cheers kim,
JP