(On the summit ridge of Carn Mor Dearg with the NE butress of Ben Nevis in the background)
A fantastic day out on Ben Nevis. We woke early (4am) and were walking in by 7.10am. This allowed us to do one of the classic north face ridges as well as do the Ben Nevis - Carn Mor Dearg horseshoe.
We climbed Castle Ridge (III), the conditions weren't perfect. The snow was a bit powdery on the open parts and crusty in the enclosed parts. The crux pitch went easily with some dry-tooling techniques.
(Leading a mixed pitch on the Ben)
Once we completed the ridge we did a bit of micronav practice in a typical Ben summit plateau whiteout. We then decended via the Carn Mor Dearg arete and completed the CMD - Ben horseshoe.
The photo is of me on the summit ridge of Carn Mor Dearg.
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Wonderful images of a wild, dangerous yet very beautiful world so remote from the busy urban life which is all that most of us are familiar with. Thank you for sharing a little of your world with us - we are the better for it. Good luck for the future....may you successfully surmount those peaks to which you aspire.
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