It felt like graduation from mountaineering school as Isi and I topped out on Ben Nevis just as it was getting dark (not to mention the thick clag). Looking forward to the long and lonely walk back to the car, compass in hand, and counting our paces.
After a leisurely walk in that morning and much deliberation over the guidebook we found ourselves on a route called Green Gully. This was not our intended destination as we were after Number Three Gully Buttress an easier route much further over (oops).
However, the first steep ice pitch looked so inviting we gave it a go. So a gentle warm up to the season ahead started out with 4 great ice pitches, we loved every minute of it.
The sociable banter at the belay made up for the lumps of ice (and water bottles) raining down the route from climbers above. Never mind the fact that I managed to drop a pair of gloves and a belay plate during the course of the day! Luckily our navigation is better than our route finding skills and we made it back to the car park later that evening without getting lost.
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