Ask most climbers who first started taking paying clients up Scotland's mountains and you'll get a shrug. The history of mountain guiding in the Scottish Highlands is patchy, but it's a good story. It starts with a handful of stubborn pioneers, a letter in a newspaper, and a lot of wet boots. I've spent plenty of days on Skye and Ben Nevis, and every route there has a name, a first ascent, and somebody's grumpy opinion attached. Here's how we got from those early days to the