Taxus Icefall Finish, Beinn An Dothaidh

Beinn An Dothaidh, North-East Corrie. Taxus is a line almost picture centre

Dave getting busy eating, Lena getting busy sleeping

Coming over one of the steeper sections

Team Outward Bound. Belayed before the last 60m pitch

5 pitches done. Topping out into stunning scenery and incredible weather

Lena manages to show the Outward Bound Logo

Today I was with Dave and Lena. We headed (we thought early) to Beinn An Dothaidh to find Taxus Icefall Finish. We got to the car park to find nearly 10 other cars there (maybe we weren't early enough). Our route was 3 starred, so attracted several teams today. After some of the fastest walking I've done we got there first - On belay.

5 pitches followed. 60m ropes were useful, otherwise it may have been 6 or 7 - but ask Dave and Lena, they carried them! We were treated to almost 0mph wind, stunning scenery, we even had a small snow flurry - how good can Scottish winter get - and the climbing was interesting, varied and great.