Jonathan Foden - 73147

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Trad Climbing Record

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Date : 03/04/2025

Grade : Severe

Grade : n/a

Style : Lead Climb

Type : Multi Pitch

Weather : Clear / Sunny

Wind : Moderate Wind

Crag : Buachaille Etive Mor

Climb : Shackle Route

Flagged :

Description

Sunny and warm out of the cold wind. Simon Hall.
What a day!
Settled on Shackle route and I led off to the "Sentry Box", however the route description was poor, we should have continued to the first terrace. Simon led through to this where we made the description fit the next wall which I led, this was now our pitch 3. Once up at the second terrace it was obvious that the pinnacle described was above here. Simon set another belay at the back of the terrace and I led the final pitch which was around 50m.
An excellent route, just confusing with the description.

Area : Glen Coe and Glen Etive (Summer)

Glen Coe has some of the premier mountain crag trad climbing in the British Isles, especially on the various cliffs of Buachaille Etive Mor and Aonach Dubh. The Etive Slabs provide one of the few, and certainly the best, opportunity in the British Isles to savour the delights of friction granite slab climbing. For convenience, this DLOG area also includes the minor crags in Glen Etive, the granite outcrop of Stac an Eich above Ballachuilish and granite mountains between Oban and Appin (for example Ben Cruachan and Beinn Sgulaird).

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