2manyYorkies wrote:Many thanks, I really enjoyed reading that. I did the ridge twice in the summer and autumn of 1980, but would really like to have another go in my increasing dotage, so I think you may have inspired me to do just that!
Glad to have been of service
Silverhill wrote:Wow, well done both!
Not sure if your pictures have encouraged me to do the ridge….
The pictures are quite misleading. Some bits look easier than they were because there is no sense of scale and some more dramatic than they were. It was only really the pinnacles which made me feel uncomfortable. I've not got much of a head for heights but I found I was concentrating so hard on the scrambling and finding a route that the exposure wasn't as noticeable as it would have been had it just been a ridge you could stride along
Being with experienced people who had done the ridge multiple times definitely helped as well. Everyone is different but I was definitely someone who had the AE in a box which was never intended to be opened
Glad I did it though.
ancancha wrote:Well done for having the courage.
Me too someday, once I've lost 20 kilos of blubber and am a lot fitter
My hill fitness has declined markedly recently so I think I lost a few pounds just by sweating
I hurt everywhere today