A stunner of a day! The coire was suprisingly quiet, and for once we had a one pronged plan: to bottom rope Mirror Direct and go through some snow skills. Snow skills it was, with a reasonable backdrop while we (okay, Sandra & Urs) worked. The 'problem' with this snow is it's too good!
Getting to grips with axes & crampons on some great rocky climbing, and free of the crowds today. We had two very puffed up ptarmigan spectating too.
Urs looking rather nifty - what's a leap of a couple of grades aie!
Well, the plan was good. Which reminds me why having A Plan is rarely a great idea. Mirror Direct had been mostly quiet all week, and it was getting fat. We thought we'd go and play about on it for awhile. Unfortunately someone else had the same plan and the audacity to arrive before us.
We changed tack and dug anchors in the morraines instead. It was slightly sickening to then see team after team play on Our Route all day. Did they not realise we'd booked it? So, off to the Twin Ribs we went, where the rock was reassuringly attached. Fun and hard work was had by all, with Sandra perfecting her gear placements and climbing in a oner - some people can multi task.The chopper overhead seemed to miss the life threatening blisters on poor Urs' ankles. The walk out must have been excruciating, perhaps helped by the incredible sunset & mine & Sandra's near constant chattering (ok, maybe that just helped us then).
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