Today I was out with Simon, David and
Brian and some rock climbing was on the cards. Weather was good and
dinner last night was even better so we were all full of energy.
With a mixed group (experienced climber but done nothing for 20
years, indoor rock climber and another lapsed climber) we didn't want
to push ourselves to hard especially as this was day 1 of 5. We went
and climbed the classic Cioch west (Severe), first climbed in 1919.
What a brilliant route, I had never done this route before but I will
be keen to do again. It has some fantastic warm up pitches before
the crux, an easy-ish crux (just a little exposed) and some excellent
finishing pitches. From the top of the route we climbed Cioch Nose
(VD) to the summit of the Cioch. From here we down climbed a wee bit
the abseiled down the slabs and traversed back out to the scree's and
descended back to the minibus where we met the other team who had
just been up the Inn Pinn. Well done to the guys today, they all put
in a great effort and I'm happy to announce that their cob webs are
well and truly blown away. Ridge traverse tomorrow.....I think so!
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