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Monday 6 December 2010

White Heather Snorkeling

Somewhere behind the rainbow there is a land of untouched, wintry steepness. It is not easy to get there as deep snow ...

... and icy streams make access difficult.

On Saturday Brian and I went...

... and climbed a line at IV,5 with too much heather and unconsolidated snow for stars...

... but with great situations and solitude.

A few tricky moves on three of the five pitches...

... but also some deep snow snorkeling.

Here the final steepening to the crest,

...more powder to the summit...

... and a bumslide back to the rucksacks.

HW

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Glenesk by any chance?!?! ;-)

Ryan & Henning said...

Good guess. No, Southern Uplands Esoterica guide page 257!

Anonymous said...

Ah right so Simon Richardson is spinning untruths on scottishwinter.com then!!! I say!!!

Ryan & Henning said...

No chance hiding the truth when an anonymous Miss Marple is on the case!