Pete Benson describes an epic one day ascent of Centurion on Ben Nevis.
This is the story behind the excellent photograph featured in the report on Guy Robertson's new routes.
"The southerly storm hit with the vengeance of a bride jilted at the altar. Full on blizzard conditions raged as I crept along the Route II slabs; the last time I was there ten years ago I skipped across on perfect neve but this time the bald slabs were covered in useless powder, with more snow being dumped on them by the minute. I was about to retreat from the pitch, the run-out from my last piece of pro, and the seriousness of the position weighing heavily on my mind..."
Very nice. Whereabouts on the route is the other photo, does anyone know? I can't make it out.
jcm
jasondb18 Feb 2008
In reply to Jack Geldard - Assistant Editor: well done I was in the hut that night and went to bed at about 10 after watching the torch lights make there way up the route. The weather that night was that bad we had to tie down the 47kg gas bottles to stop them blowing away!!!
