Right End Buttress (III) (28.01.2012)
Geschrieben von hmsv1 (Hannah Vickers)
| Tourcharakter | Mixed-Klettern |
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| Besteigungen | Fuar Tholl (907m) | 28.01.2012 |
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We (Debbie Spencer and myself) climbed a mixed route called Right End Buttress on Fuar Tholl with Martin Moran during a weekend of instructed climbing.It wasn't a particularly dry day and for the most of it we were in low cloud and damp air; the walk up from the valley and into the coire itself was a bit wet underfoot, and very mild. But it wasn't properly raining, which was a positive thing! We climbed as two teams of 3, with Ewen leading the guys; it was a beautiful route with some elegant moves and I thoroughly enjoyed the problems. Overall I think it added up to 4 pitches (?) in length, the hardest of which were contained within pitches 1 and 2. There are opportunities for harder variations of the route (which we of course found ourselves climbing since it was Martin leading!)
The summit was as expected, windy and unpleasant, so after coiling up the rope and a quick bite to eat, we headed straight back down with the hopes of a nice hot shower and a good dinner back in Strathcarron. There had been some obvious melting of snow during the day as there was a lot more surface water, making for a slippery and grassy walk. Debbie took one slip and I almost went on several occasions!
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