The mighty Creag an Dubh Loch looking very dry from the approach path
The giant sweep of the Central Slabs on the left of Central Gully with the steeper Central Gully Wall on the right
A bone dry Central Gully Wall with teams already ensconced on Mousetrap and King Rat
A team on the second pitch of King Rat – another crag classic but with a disproportionately hard crux
Nearing the top of pitch 1 and the tricky step right to the belay beneath the crux
Jim happy to have dispatched the crux section at the start of the second pitch. Another few metres of tricky technical climbing lead to easier ground
Jim safely above the Mousetrap flake on pitch three, with the beaches of Costa del Dubh Loch far below
Jim above the awkward bulge at the start of pitch 4, with a long way still to go!
Higher on the fourth pitch and in a very similar position to Debs in the photo below
Deja vu! Myself (belaying) in 2013 with Will Owen at the start of the fourth pitch, Debs questing on high above. Photo credit: Andy Harrison from somewhere on Cyclops
Looking across to a very dry Goliath on the upper part of Central Gully Wall from the descent
