Stella Day On The Ben

Another early start today saw Chris and myself trudging up the Ben with the aim of climbing Hadrian’s Wall V,5. On reaching Observatory Gully a few teams were already on route so we continued up to Indicator wall for a look. After a long trudge breaking trial trying our best to avoid the pockets of instability in the snowpack we arrived to find Indicator Wall Right Hand  V,5 in good shape. Chris set of on the first pitch which contained some steep sustained Ice in a stupendous position before running out of rope in a less than perfect position. Fashioning together some sort of a belay I followed up and led on with some amazing snow ice climbing followed by a few pitches to the summit of the Ben where we were greeted by a team of French climbers, sunshine and no wind are we in the alps????