Mad Hatters Gully
Today was my last day off before
another weeks work so I was keen to go and climb a route for myself.
I met up with Murdoch who is coming back from a bad knee injury so we
had a nice slow walk in and opted not to climb anything too hard,
save that for a later date. It was a nice 2 hour walk up to the base
of Silver Tear in Coire na Poite and we did initially get psyched for
this classic route. We realised we would have traverse out or rap
back down the route as it wasn't complete so instead we decided to
save it for when it is complete. Instead we climbed Mad Hatter's
Gully (V,5) which had had a great steep 2nd pitch which
Murdoch led well whilst getting a flash pump. It didn't look too
steep from below but when I got flash pumped as well I realised it
was a great lead by Murdoch who hasn't climbed ice for 2 years and it
was steeper than it looked! We had a wander over Beinn Bhan summit
and down via Coire an Fhamair which is one of the most impressive
cliffs ive seen. Really keen to get back and climb here. Well
psyched! Another great day in the North West, conditions are due to
change over night so looking forward to seeing what happens.