A Blonde (?) Moment:-))

Alan,

Hello again, i must say i have just read your blog, after having not for a few days and read the piece about the new hut on the ben!! i got sooooo excited and decided to put a post on UKC, to be told to check the date on the blog.... HOW stupid am i?!!?!

Nice one though!!

Angie

And just to get us in the mood for the coming holiday folks, here are some nice fluffy pictures!


Chicks Unleashed!! Spot the fourth one.


Peace folks


Easter Bunny and the photos below will help those of you looking for something simple over Easter. The sun will soften the snow on most of these faces quickly, so an early start is needed. Pictures taken yesterday on a trip to the 'smoke'.


Stob Ghabhar snowfields


Stob Coire nan Lochan snowfields


Lost Valley snowfields



Rocky Buachaille Etive Mor. Great for rock climbing so pack your chalk as well as the axes.



Ben Lui looking good.

Went up Zero Gully early this morning and enjoyed the sunrise enroute.
I've attached some photos for your conditions page.

cheers
Nick

Thanks Nick. It looks great, and good to see people still making the most of the good conditions. With a full moon around it should be possible to climb through the night and no doubt some teams are gearing up for a 24 hour marathon (?). How many Nevis routes can YOU climb in this time?



Hi Alan,

Just to confirm like everyone else that the conditions on the Ben are still excellent. Andy and I went up to do the Orion face yesterday but there was a slow team on it and we decided to do Zero gully instead which was empty. We topped out at 11 am, descended Tower gully and started on Psychedelic wall. There was a team in front of us but the second just left the belay when we arrived. However, the team ahead moved slowly and I ended up waiting for probably one hour on the icy slabs in order to step onto the nice belay stance at the top of the first pitch. Andy suggested to do the link pitch to Satanic verses which we did and he also led that amazing corner finish. The corner was in the sun and thawing but the placements were still excellent.

We both noted again someone standing on the cornice overlooking Gardyloo gully taking photos of us. The cornice is even worse now than last week and it is very tempting to stand on it to have a look at the climbers on Indicator wall.

Best wishes,

Henning