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| Overcoming one of the obstacles. Steeper than it looks |
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| What a fine derrier |
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| Long way down |
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| Anna at the top of the ridge |
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| Never ask a Glaswegian to take a photo of you and your partner on the summit.... |
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| Approaching the top |
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| Thats more like it! |
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| My favourite mountain bird |
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| Glen Etive and Ben Starav in the background |
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| Anna looking good |
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| Ignore the gear, not required on this occasion! |
Today Anna and I got an earlyish start and headed south for the Buachaille in order to get on Curved Ridge (II/III) which has been on our tick list all season. There seemed to be quite a few people heading in the same direction but many opted to do Easy Gully instead.
After gearing up before the ridge we had a wee go on some ice, traversing out onto it from mid height and continuing up it towards the base of the ridge. We then climbed up steep snow to traverse leftwards onto the ridge, and upon getting there thought that the broken mixed line on the right looked much more interesting than the ridge proper, which was in almost summer conditions. This line offered some nice ice, bit of mixed with a nice chockstone move and some steep, bullet hard snow, before getting back on to the ridge for the interesting final sections. The weather, needless to say, was outstanding. So good, in fact, that we decided to traverse all of the Buachailles tops before descending, which was hard work (I was not feeling tip top) but totally worth it for the views. There was not a breath of wind, so it was bloody warm in the sun!
After an interesting descent and looking at some substantial avalanche debris, we beasted back to the car for just after 5. A cracking day out, and good weight training with the rope and gear we never used.....
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