Today I was back out with Alan and we were after some sun kissed rock. Original plan was the East Face of Aonach Dubh but on arrival it was shady and looked cold. So we nipped round to Buachaille Etive Mor and head up to the East Face of North Buttress. Plenty of folk were out today, many teams on Rannoch Wall and Curved Ridge and many out just to bag the Munro's. We had the whole crag to ourselves and got a couple of great routes done. We started off on Shackle Route (severe) which was brilliant, the rock is so good with great friction. After abseiling off we jumped on Crow's Nest Crack (VS 4c) which is very sustained for the grade. It was perfect for today because it kept Alan warm and brought all his climbing experiences together to make an (almost) clean ascent. After abseiling back down, instead of heading back down to Curved Ridge to descend, we traversed off and had a look over at Slime Wall and descended down the North flanks of North Buttress. A brilliant day in the hills!
