Tower Ridge

Paul and Dani on a belay high up on Tower Ridge

Approaching a couple of teams on the ridge, a busy day

The Eastern Traverse. Here is Roger bringing his second up. You can see Paul and Dani on the right, waiting to start the traverse. You can see the route for the traverse.

Paul and Dani on the knife edged ridge leading to the Tower Gap

Paul loving it. Paul and Dani in the Tower Gap

Looking back at the top of the Great Tower

Paul and Dani on one of the last sections of the route. Great Tower behind

An excellent day for weather so we had to do something great before the Thursday rain arrived. Paul and Dani are on a Mountaineering week but had asked for Tower Ridge if possible, and it was - so off we went.

The route turned out to be a little busy with groups beginning to overlap in the upper difficulties. We managed to get ahead of the crowds to avoid the bottle neck of the Tower Gap. Paul and Dani did well with only 1 axe and they loved the route. This contrasted to their Tuesday when the led NC Gully under supervision.
We visited the Summit of Ben Nevis before our trip back to the car. The mountain was incredibly bust today with ascents on the Minus Face, Orion Face, Point 5, Smith's Route, Ledge Route and more.