- Ric makes steady progress up the (nearly) dry first pitch. It was much nicer than the harrowing heather bashing on our first attempt!
- The Coffin Stone and beyond down Glen Etive from the top of the first pitch.
- Well protected and technical – the third pitch of The Pause is a classic for good reason!
- Ric arranges gear before committing to the namesake moves of the route – true friction climbing down and across the black streaks to the ledge in the crevasse.
- Happy climber on the immaculate second pitch of The Long Reach with views stretching down Loch Etive to Ben Cruachan.
- The second half of pitch 4 (our pitch 5) and where we retreated from previously. A rising leftwards line from here to the small overlap reveals gear and a relatively straight forward traverse back right to the belay.
- Ric finishes guidebook pitch 4 by traversing back right to where the overlap merges with the slab. We knew we’d cracked it by this point!
- Ric all smiles and confident in our imminent success at the start of another stellar pitch of technical slabby goodness.
- A less-happy climber contemplates the boldness and tricky route finding on pitch 4 of The Long Reach. A lovely spot to be spiced out of your tree in.
- Nearing the end of pitch 5, Ric lost in a sea of granite.
- Gorgeous evening light bathes upper Glen Etive in golden splendour. If only the glen itself wasn’t absolutely trashed…
- Pulling into the sublime parallel cracks in the hanging slab on pitch 6. Lots of variety on this pitch with a tricky mantelshelf and pokey traverse left under the roof.
- Golden hour at the end of a long, scary, tick-ridden day. Lovely stuff!