Am Buachaille

Am Buachaille is a sea stack, or vertical rock formation composed of Torridonian Sandstone, Шаблон:Convert south-west of Sandwood Bay in the Scottish county of Sutherland. It lies at the tip of the Rubh' a Bhuachaille headland around Шаблон:Convert north of Kinlochbervie.

The stack is Шаблон:Convert high and was first climbed in 1968 by the mountaineers Tom Patey, Ian Clough and John Cleare. At least four climbing routes are identified on Am Buachaille which is considered a "famous" sea stack climb and has been called the "most serious of 'the big three' Scottish stacks" and a "truly great stack". The easiest route is graded Hard Very Severe (HVS) and access to the stack involves a Шаблон:Convert swim at low tide.

The name means "the herdsman" or "the shepherd" in Scottish Gaelic.

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