I just came across these photos from a day out on the Ben in April 2003. What surprised me was the fact that out of six of us who went up that day, only two of us, Graham and I, are still hanging around the club
Changing faces, eh
Anyway it was a grand spring day...plenty of sunshine and still enough snow lingering in the gullies to give that alpine feel
A classic day was finished with a traverse of the CDM arete, although it was back in the days before I discovered my wonder insoles and I had to descend from near the abseil posts at the beginning of the arete due to sore feet and the need to make the shortest route back to the car
A late, dark return to the Fort and a pint and a chippie rounded off an excellent day
Here's the pics...
Walk in up the Alt a'Mhuilinn. From left, Clive, me, Graham, Robert and Mary. Photo by Fraser.
Approaching Tower Ridge
Fraser on the ridge
Above the Eastern Traverse
Mary climbing up from the Eastern Traverse
On the Great Tower
Clive and Mary on the Great Tower just before Tower Gap
Graham and Fraser on the far side of Tower Gap
Looking back down to the Great Tower
Clive and Mary at the top of the ridge with the summit of the Ben behind
Looking over to the top section of the ridge from the summit of the Ben
Zoomed in on Tower Gap from the summit. Fraser and Graham just beyond the gap and Robert further up.
