On Tuesday I met with my friend Joe for an ascent of Tower Ridge. He particularly wanted to do this as a preamble to doing the Matterhorn next month, and had already done Ledge Route and Curved Ridge, so it seemed a natural progression.
We had absolutely perfect conditions, and had a really enjoyable ascent, wallowing in the atmosphere, views and exposed situations. OK, it isn't the Matterhorn, but it's still probably one of the UK's best climbs in those conditions. We had planned another day out today, but on the descent down into Coire Leis Joe rolled a boulder onto his finger, which was left very bruised and painful. Ouch! Ah well, that's how it goes sometimes. Still, with the pics above, you can see we have some great memories.
The day finished with post-climb pint and meal at the Clachaig and a few future plans. Not a bad way to spend a Tuesday.
We had absolutely perfect conditions, and had a really enjoyable ascent, wallowing in the atmosphere, views and exposed situations. OK, it isn't the Matterhorn, but it's still probably one of the UK's best climbs in those conditions. We had planned another day out today, but on the descent down into Coire Leis Joe rolled a boulder onto his finger, which was left very bruised and painful. Ouch! Ah well, that's how it goes sometimes. Still, with the pics above, you can see we have some great memories.
The day finished with post-climb pint and meal at the Clachaig and a few future plans. Not a bad way to spend a Tuesday.