Back on the Ben

We head up onto the North face of Ben Nevis today with the plan of climbing Castle Ridge although on closer inspection it was still looking very black so carried on up higher to Douglas Bolder to climb the South – West Ridge IV,5. The approach proved a little interesting with a lot of wind slab built up on the approach slopes but once on the route it provided some good mixed climbing. Back down at the CIC hut we decided to head up for a look at Right Hand Chimney IV,4 on Moonlight Gully Buttress. This provided far tougher climbing than expected on very dense rock.