Twin Ribs Out Of The Wind
Posted by Max Hunter on 20th February, 2014
Jeremy on the first pitch
A clear view of Coire an t-Sneachda
Today was day 4 of the Glenmore Lodge Introduction to Winter Climbing Course with Jeremy and Marc. The weather forecast clearly indicated that it would be best to have a long indoor session at the beginning of the day, whilst the worst of the weather cleared. We covered winter planning and decision making, regarding avalanche awareness and route choice. So by 10.30 we were driving up the road without any rain! From the Cas car park we then had to battle strong winds (sometimes stopping us in our tracks) up to the Twin Ribs (which was by now populated by 3 MIC assessment teams). On the crag we enjoyed very little wind and no rain or snow. So for a time I was wearing sunglasses (although it didn’t last long, once we got into the shade) – another great day, feeling as if we got slightly lucky – or was it great planning!
On the way down
No wind and no rain !!