Yesterday Sarah (my sister) and I did a short day on the Mess of Pottage. We did a route called The Haston Line IV/4, even though it had quite a bit of build up it still had a few tricky mixed steps in the lower half of the route. James and my dad did Hidden …
On Sunday Adam and I did two very good routes on Fiacaill Buttress. We did a IV/6, called Escapologist which had some good ice on the lower slab and a steep pitch near the top. Due to the good ice this made it hard to protect but easier to climb. We then did a second …
Today Adam and I headed into a very wind Sneachda. We headed for Aladdin’s buttress and did a route called The Paramedic VII/7. This was an awesome route with some good but thin ice on the first pitch which made it hard to protect, but Adam kept his head together on the thin sections and …
Today James, my Dad and I had a good day in Sneachda. We did Broken Gully Left hand Start III/4 which had good ice coverage on the last pitch. We then came back down and did Fluted Buttress Direct IV/5 which was a really good route with some interesting climbing on the lower section in …
Today Adam and I headed into Coire an Lochain to try some harder routes. Unfortunetly due to heavy build up on the buttresses we were unable to tick anything hard and we settled for some fun climbing on No.2 buttress. We did a route called Astroturfer, III. There was alot of ice on the route …
Yesterday James, Euan and I did Belhave V/6, on Fiacaill Buttress. It was a really good route with some fairly sustained climbing on the top corner pitch. Unfortunately it was raining on the walk in to the coire and it continued to soak us for the rest of the day. Most of the buttresses have …
Today Adam and I fancied a bit of an easier day so we headed in to Sneachda and climbed ”Wachacha” VI/7 on the Mess Of Pottage buttress. It was an interesting route, very different to yesterday. It consisted of a technical crack on the first pitch with some suspect gear because there was a lot …
Pics; Top/ Second- Adam leading the First Pitch3rd- Me seconding the technical first pitchBottom- Me leading the steep final corner Yesterday Adam and I made the most of the amazing weather and good conditions, we headed up into Coire an Lochain. We did ”War and Peace” VII/8 on No.4 buttress. It was a very sustained …
Pics; Top-Lochain Under snowMiddle- First pitch of Central CrackBottom- The Crack (before gravity won) Out yet again today with James. We went into Lochain and did central crack route, the route was good but the middle section was buried under lots of snow and the crack on the first pitch was chocked with verglass. I …
Today James and I headed into a very windy Sneachda. But thankfully by the time we got to the bottom of our route the wind had died off. We did the Message IV/6 and Opening Break IV/5 these where both very good routes, well worth the stars they are given. The buttresses where in good …
