10/3/10 Vanishing Gully, Ben Nevis
John enjoying the Nevis Nordwand atmosphere on Vanishing Gully, Ben Nevis 10/3/10
Vanishing Gully gives one of the steeper grade V pitches on the Ben and it had a certain Chamonixesque feel today as the superb solid ice snaked it's way up through narrow bounding walls. It is a route with a real atmosphere and gives sustained grade IV climbing with one short sharp grade 5 pitch. As the arms are tiring on this pitch have a think about the first ascent by Marshall and Tiso in....1951!
More photos from Vanishing Gully and Ben Nevis today.
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