Back to the sensational Cuillin Ridge for the the 3rd time this year so far. Working for Adventure Peaks, Mike and I set out from Glenbrittle on Tuesday in clear weather and made good progress along the ridge. The weather was great, sunny with a nice cooling breeze making for dry rock all day except the TD Gap which was somewhat greasy. We felt sure we would encounter rain over night and possibly the next day so pushed on until 8pm in order to get as much of the ridge done as possible. In wet conditions some sections are very slippery and so require much more time.
We bivouac'ed just before Bidein Druim nan Ramh having been on the go for 13 hours.
After a very wet night we battled on over the remainder of the complex central section of the ridge. I must admit with rain and wind it was hard going at times. We reached Sgurr Nan Gillian in the afternoon and arrived in Sligachan at 5.30. Well done Mike.
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