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Seven pitches of climbing excellence on the best piece of rock on Ben Nevis. The first two pitches provide a stiff opening whilst the crux is the penultimate pitch.

Route history

30 Aug 1956First ascent: D.D. Whillans & R.O. Downes

Warnings

Location

Lat/Lon: 56.80427, -5.01885

Grade citation

HVS 5a Assigned grade
HVS 5a Rooster

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Quality

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Overall quality 83 from 3 ratings.

Tick Types

Onsight 3
Tick 1

Comment keywords

fantastic

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Author(s): Andy Nisbet

Date: 2013

ISBN: 9781907233159

A comprehensive sport climbing guidebook for Scotland, including 3 dry tooling areas, describing over 1,300 routes across a wide range of grades from F3 to F9a.

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