Day 2 - Summit of Aonach Mor

 Practising the use of crampons

 Walking up past the freezing level

 Navigation to the summit

 When navigation becomes a bit tougher!

 On the summit of Aonach Mor

The day started with a walk up to the snowline from the top of the gondola where on a large patch of ice we practised using our crampons. We then continued on towards the summit, where with just under 1km to go we were split into pairs and given the challenge of navigating through the mist whilst avoiding the vertical corrie walls to our left! After reaching the summit we then retraced our steps and continued down the mountain on the same route we ascended the day before. This was pretty challenging with all of us needing our crampons to to get down the icy slopes. We then had a little more practice climbing up and down some ice flows with our axes and campons before heading back to the gondola and boarding the fun bus, heading back to the chalet shattered but happy with ourselves.

George Monk (VI Form)