Tower Ridge and CMD

Walking on the eastern traverse on Tower Ridge on Saturday 12th October 2013 (7 of 10) from Max Hunter on Vimeo.

On Saturday I spent the afternoon on Ben Nevis in incredible weather. There was a little ice on the walk in to CIC and even more ice higher up. As I started up Tower Ridge I could hear lots of shouting eg 'on belay' - so I started to look around, and I saw a team on Observatory Ridge, and about 7 people on NE Buttress (Chris, Craig, John, Lee, James, Simon + 1 other). I watched them all having fun on the mantrap and using classic tactics. There was a little ice and snow on Tower Ridge, but not enough to cause a problem - but I did wear gloves for half the time. At the top I met up with Chris and John, who went that step higher from NE Buttress to visit the summit. We went down together, meeting up with Lee and Craig. We parted when I went off to do CMD.
I'm trying to collect video footage of routes for my upcoming new website. I did get carried away however, because on Tower Ridge I took so many (see the videos on Vimeo) that my battery was flat by the time I was on CMD - 2 batteries next time.

Well done to everybody involved in the Real3Peaks Challenge across the UK. Congratulations Rich. The Facebook page is worth a read. James - I was nearly sick (just had lunch) when I read about the mouse!!!!

CMD ridge with Ben Nevis casting a shadow - I had it (almost) to my self