With Christmas cheer in the air, and storms ripping across Scotland again, it feels like a fitting time to get some words down from the comfort of indoors! The winter season has started and as usual has appeared for a few days here and there, with occasional spells of settled weather between the storms! Neil and I have managed a few routes thus far (Magic Crack, The Secret, Apache and Tracheotomy) and I will let the pics do the talking. I have also snuck in a few pictures of some impressive ascents, Pete MacPherson and French Eric on Avenging Angel Direct and Harry Holmes and Helen Renard on Sioux Wall (both on Ben Nevis). Have a ho ho ho merry Christmas! Hope Santa is good to you! ;-) And that might just be some settled weather on the horizon.....mmmmmmm
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Neil on the top pitch of magic Crack |
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Walking into Coire na Ciste on the Ben |
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The Secret, good line (the crack in the headwall) |
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Neil on P1 |
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Trying to get started (with difficulty) |
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Neil getting stuck into Apache |
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Coire na Ciste - Wonderful playground |
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Neil and Eric below AAD |
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Eric on P2(?) |
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Harry on the crux pitch of Sioux Wall |
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Coire an Lochain looking wintry |
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The wade |
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Neil starting the groove of Tracheotomy |
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The ubiquitous looking down shot to prove it was white(!) and in nick..... |
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Nothing to ab off, a massive cornice and avalanche prone slopes, oh well, simultaneous abseil it is then! |