ten of the best fogs in literature.

One fog on the list:

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Marlowe and some mad pilgrims travel up-river in search of Kurtz and, as they get beyond the reach of colonialism, they see something strange. "When the sun rose there was a white fog, very warm and clammy, and more blinding than the night. It did not shift or drive; it was just there, standing all round you like something solid". From its heart they hear a cry "of infinite desolation". They are entering another world.On Saturday 13th December Greg Boswell and Guy Robertson kicked off their Scottish winter season early by making the second winter ascent of Culloden (Winter) IX/9 at ??? .

With deep snow on the approach, Greg and Guy made the two and a half hour slog without a specific goal in mind, preferring instead to see what conditions allowed for before choosing Culloden IX/9. The route was first climbed by Ian Small, Gordon Lennox and Tony Stone a few years ago and involves three pitches followed by a final easier exit pitch.

Guy on pitch one of Culloden © Guy Robertson

Greg commented in his blog: "Guy offered me the crux second pitch, which I gratefully accepted, so he took the first and third up the big steep face of the