Another great week climbing around the highlands which started with a mid-week trip to Skye. Showery weather forced us to head to Skye’s magnificent sea cliffs. These provide a great alternative to the Cuillins if the West Coast weather is up to its normal tricks and are well worth a trip on their own. Going from one classic to another we climbed Spantastic (the photo says it all) and Grey Panther (E1 5b) at Kilt Rock.
Continued rain on Thursday saw a return back home to recharge before a perfect ascent of Tower Ridge on Friday with Laura.
I was looking forward to a lazy weekend but a phone call from Will on Friday evening persuaded me to climb at Binnein Shaus on Saturday. I was regretting allowing myself to be talked into the outing when I found myself 20m above a dodgy cam 2 on the long second pitch of The Keep (E1 5b). There is a bit of debate about the grade of this route – 5a might be more appropriate but its certainly E1 and a bold one at that!
