South-West Ridge

Andy and Nic

Jagged Globe Winter Mountaineering

Today on the last day of the Winter Mountaineering course, Nic and Andy wanted a climbing challenge, so we headed to the South-West Ridge of the Douglas Boulder. The climb itself wasn't very wintery! I climbed much of it with gloves and the axes were passengers on the way up - but it was still great fun. It was more than Andy or Nic had tried before, so they relished the new challenge - and I hope it will be one of the memories of their week.

Andy Stotesbury's team on the climb ahead of me

Looking over to the bottom of Number 5 Gully on Friday

The Winter Mountaineering course this week was a great success, despite tricky weather and snow conditions. Good luck to all the participants for all their mountaineering and exped plans in ther near future, and Andy we'll see you in a couple of weeks on your Snow and Ice climbing course.