"The most wild and wonderful tale" – climber makes first ascent of remote sea stack in over a century

Jagged dark peaks on the Ocean -.

In order to find new routes, rock climbers have to go increasingly further into the wild these days, and in the case of one Scots climbing team, that meant traveling hundreds of miles of the north west coast of Scotland.

It's been nearly a century since anyone lived in the St Kilda archipelago, but these remote islands still call forth explorers seeking off-the-beaten-track adventures such as whale watching and rock climbing.