Skip to content The moon goes down behind the awe-inspiring Creag an Dubh Loch The 300m high Central Slabs flanked by the Hanging Garden (left) and Central Gully Wall Looking across the loch to Eagles Rock, scene of our icy encounter with The Drool The giant sweep of the Central Slabs. Cyclops takes a direct line up the middle, moving right around the main overlaps A seemingly never-ending maze of slabs, cracks and overlaps – perfect! Tussling with the overlap on the first 5a pitch, with a long way still to go… The immaculate cracks of pitch 2, as cruised by Debs At the start of the technical crux – a flared, holdless groove finishing with a tricky mantel onto a sloping ledge Full concentration required as Debs trusts the foot smears and begins to squirm her way up Looking south east along the Dubh Loch towards Loch Muick and Deeside With the crux safely dispatched, Debs enjoys the brilliant climbing in the Crescent Groove Questing upwards – only three more pitches to go! 
