A few days ago this was a soggy porridge-fest around here. Not today though. Everything's frozen up nicely making the going generally quite firm under foot.
I was out around about the Nid area of Aonach Mor, accompanying Cio, who was working for West Coast Mountain Guides and kind enough to let me tag along. She and her clients Danny, John and Olly were looking at basic winter mountaineering skills and the conditions today were great for going through the boot-axe-crampons progression. Also covered were simple but effective snow anchors, which the guys tried and failed to test to destruction. Fun.
Arrived back at the car just in time to receive a rescue call-out for Glencoe, however by the time I got there the Navy had flown in and done the business with no real nastiness in evidence. Result.
Good luck with the mountaineering and the Phds chaps!
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