In reply to Busby:
Hi Iain
We chatted below the CIC at about 07:30 on your descent.
We were about 5th of about 7 ropes on Ridge. Took 10 hrs with much waiting. Fortunately very calm…infact surreally still (and warm, for a while!) during the hour wait on Great Tower. Georguous light and views. Arete of caster sugar below Little Tower but route well trodden. Poor placements on shoddy ice, soft snow throughout until the last 20m!...perfect neve.
Overall harder than I had remembered it - with some interesting 'a cheval' maneouvering on the short ridge down to Tower Gap - but the alpine ambience made it a memorable day.
Sorry. Have a lie-in next time.
Martin