Back to work on Ben Nevis

The Afghan story will follow soon but in the meantime Calum contacted me for a short notice day out on a mountain route. We headed for NE Buttress on Ben Nevis with a promise of fine weather in the north till mid afternoon and the forecast was dead on.
NE Buttress is always a lot more greasy than Tower Ridge but its still a fine atmospheric route with plenty challenges to be overcome. We topped out in the dry and only experienced a little dampness as we got back down to the car.
Not a bad day for my first one back to work after the expedition. The worst bit was that my trousers kept falling down as I've lost over a stone!!
Nice to see Mike, Will and Chris and his colleague recording their ascent of Tower Ridge for BBC Radio Scotland's Out Of Doors too.

Back to work

 Moody walk in

 Mike and co on Tower Ridge

 Above the first platform

 Getting high

 Traverse

 Bottom of the 40ft Corner

 Lochaber is pretty cool really

 Walkers on the CMD Arete

 Top of the 40ft Corner

Mike and team nearly at the top