Golden Oldy
Last day out with Mark and Paul, clients on a Wet and High Adventures Ltd "Winter" Skills and Mountaineering course as we decided to ignore the lack of winter and go mountaineering. A gondola ride up to Aonach Mor and a walk round to the west face so we could do the usual "is it isn't it" debate as to which rib was Golden Oldy as we stared into the mist We looked at a full range of techniques from managing ropes when walking, scrambling, moving together, pitching and general basking in the sunshine on the last half of the route. There are still a few snow patches around but the last picture is a little mis-representative as this is merely a 10 metre wide patch around the rim, the rest of the plateau is unfrozen turf and exposed rock. As always, there was the matter of managing the timing of the day so we didn't miss the gondola down for coffee and cake.