Winter 2016 - 20917
Both Craig and Mark have tweeted @HaveAnEpic @Mark_SimplyEpic more than blogged this
winter, just being lazy I guess, but it is a good way of getting info on
conditions out there fast and this year the conditions have been “in” and “not
in” faster than a fast thing.
It’s not been a great winter season with everyone climbing
less routes but still going tooled up into the hills to look for optimal
conditions but finding sub optimal (mostly).
The highlights for us have been Seam IV,5 Cairngorms, Shelf Route IV,6 A fantastic
day but thin conditions a couple of assents of The North Buttress of
Buachaille Etive Mor IV, 4 this is great route that is climable in most if not all
conditions, our last outing was probably the best conditions we have had on it
but 3 days later it was black once again. Castle Ridge on Ben Nevis with a good
dusting of snow to make interesting but not difficult...
Other days that were less fruitful but still spicy, due
to conditions; we bailed on D Gully Buttress IV,4 having only one 25m half
rope and 6 nuts we charmed the party behind us to do the same as they thought
they were on Curved Ridge, this is a common mistake it seems as the party
behind them also were on the wrong route, anyway we all bailed and it was all very sociable.
We started up what we thought was Ordinary Route IV on
Cuneiform Buttress only to realise that it was most likely Ravens Edge VII,7 –
eek, bailed, we are good at bailing!
Winters not over (hopefully) but it feels like early June today…hoping for Crypt Route this weekend...:)
Some pics of various route and days on the hill.
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Wow you guys are real dare devils. The pictures are absolutely beautiful, but the thought of climbing them scares me. Good luck to you guys for your adventures.
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