Yesterday, Ardverikie Wall (Binnein Shuas). Little did Hannah and I know that we were planning to climb this classic on the exact day it was first climbed 42 years ago to the day and one of the guys who put the route up was climbing in front of us! Fantastic sustained climbing - which made a nice change from loose chossy stuff and heather - and outstanding scenery. The weather was also perfect, what more could you ask for. Unfortunately our timing was a bit out (I was 4 hours late for work, oops) and we ended up having to ab out after four and a half pitches. Even though we didn't finish the route we enjoyed some fantastic climbing and learned many lessons from our day. I also did my first multi-pitch abseil which was cool, although we were fairly tired by that point so really had to concentrate to manage it all safely. The walk in was quite long (hour and a half) so we'll probably take bikes next time.
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