Today Chris and I chose to climb Grooved Rib, in Coire an-t Sneachda. The Trident Gullies Bay was busy and more importantly, the strong south winds were loading up north facing slopes so we reckoned a buttress might be better for us.
More photos across on the nineonesix-guiding gallery.
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Today I went climbing with my mate Chris. We did three, or four varied pitches up Jacobs Edge R/H. Great fun and well away from the crowds and some rockfall.
I will post more photos tomorrow on the gallery.
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Back across in the Northern Corries on Monday. Very, very lean compared to 2 days ago. The Mess of Pottage in ‘Sneachda looked pretty bare. Gerry and I had intended on Ewen Buttress, or Milky Way but half way up pitch 1 I felt that frozen turf and bare rock was not appropriate on what is supposed to be a II/III traditional mixed route. We moved together up The Couloir instead, before traversing Fiacaill Ridge and across to ‘Sneachda.
Other parties were on Ewen Buttress and something on Fiacaill Buttress.
More photos in nineoneisx-gallery.
Jim Sutherland
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Today Pete and I headed into Coire an t’Sneachda. Pete had not done much in the way of winter climbing so we had hoped to go for Invernookie but the buttress over there looked pretty black. Instead we had a sociable start on The Slant and then I decided to have a wander around the ground between Hidden Chimney and Jacobs Left-Edge. The highlight was the wall shown in the picture – definitely not grade II. After topping out we did the first pitch of Goat Track Gully but rapped out as I believed that the conditions made it inappropriate… Thanks to Pete for giving me the OMM rucksack to test out this winter.
blog by Jim Sutherland
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