Between ports of call Kinlochbervie and Lochinver, we passed the prominent sea stack known as The Old Man of Stoer. Climbers reach its base by traversing a rope slung beween it and the cliff foot. The Skipper failed in an attempt to climb it on a cold Easter day many years ago, but redeemed himself the next day by leading a climb up an
ice-bound gully on Quinag. Other well known sea stacks passed on this
trip have been The Old Man of Hoy and Am Buachaille at Sandwood Bay.