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| Alan on Left Twin |
Today I was out with Alan for his first winter day this season. We have had a few days out this summer but his last winter route was Two Step Corner (V,5) on
Ben Nevis back in March 2015.
The forecast was very benign, low winds with a little cloud cover and cold enough temperatures. Alan has been suffering from a chest infection for the last 3 weeks so a short walk in was best suited.
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| Despite having a chest infection I still made him coil the ropes |
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| Alan emerging from the crux |
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| Abseiling back down Left Twin |
So we took the gondola up and the Quad chair lift leaving us with a 40 minute walk to reach the corrie rim where we would abseil in. It was nice and sociable whilst we were gearing up with Al, Ian and Dave all heading in for a bit of personal climbing as well as two other chaps. The best part was that Alan and I got to do Left Twin (III,4) first the abseiled back down and climbed Right Twin (II). So we did two routes, 6 abseils, 6 pitches, 6 stars and Alan got a nice big shower of snow on his head...I can imagine who or where it came from!?
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| In Right Twin |
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| The snow could have come from anywhere! ;) |
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