Ben An

29th August

Took a trip top Ben An to do a link up of the three tiers. Met Greg at 10 in the car park an made a soggy 30 minute approach to the first tier. When we arrived the rock was dripping wet and not yet in the sun. The rain shower that arrived with us didn't help either. We got racked up and waited on the rock to dry out a bit. We were determined to climb Ash wall but the crux was dripping. We started with Preamble (S) which has a very tricky start and pro is very sparse (1 nut in total I think). After this we decided to go for Ash Wall (S 4a**). The rock was just starting to dry out....fine climb with Greg leading this one. We then climbed Birch wall (HS 4a*). A tricky traverse in on a wet scoop leads to a layback up the corner. Next up was Rowan Rib (D) (Never a diff..more like VD) then on to the summit via The Last Eighty (S 4a***). By this time the rock was bone dry which made for an excellent end to the day.