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The Curtain*** IV 5

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[Sven Draws the The Curtain (IV,5), Ben Nevis, 2 kb]No description has been contributed for this climb.

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Photo: Sven Draws the The Curtain (IV,5), Ben Nevis © Davy Virdee
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Abbed onto the route from Ledge Route to lead the lastpitch
John Roe - 20/Mar/13 with James Atkinson, Nathan Maxwell

Hidden - 2nd - 19/Mar/13

Mowglee - 2nd O/S - 24/Feb/13 with Ralph

PYB intro final day, lead by Tim Neill
steveforgrieve - 2nd - 21/Feb/13

Glen Burrows - 2nd dog - 21/Feb/13 with Paddy Cave, Ed Luke

Hidden - AltLd - 15/Feb/13

At long last! A bit soggy on the day but all the ice was there, felt about IV,4.
Captain Solo - AltLd - 15/Feb/13 with Kenny

buzby78 - AltLd - 12/Feb/13 with Craig Smith

A quality day, The ben looking magnificent in its winter coat. The first pitch a little thin and run out but solid, superb climbing on the next two. A busy day out on the hill with many people enjoying the fine weather.
petegunn - AltLd - 12/Feb/13 with Ash

just easy hooking
simon kimber - AltLd - 12/Feb/13 with Phil Evans

Climbed pitch 2. First steep ice lead. Amazing climbing and mega exposure.
Jonny Nick - AltLd - 12/Feb/13

Charlie Zephyr Booth - Lead O/S - 12/Feb/13 with michael kirby

planetmarshall - 2nd O/S - 11/Feb/13 with Andy Owen, John Harrison

HendrikTBB - 2nd O/S - 11/Feb/13 with Andrew Marshall, AO

a13x - AltLd O/S - 09/Feb/13 with Jordan Phethean

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 09/Feb/13

Last climb with Rimon
gripped01 - AltLd - 09/Feb/13 with Rob Patchett, Rimon Than

Very thin initial slab but not sure if it ever gets fat. No convincing screws on the route but the neve was solid. Very good belays. Great route.
benclimbing - AltLd O/S - 08/Feb/13 with graham boistelle

Working. Pleasant and easy for the grade.
akhughes - Lead O/S - 07/Feb/13

gavinpeach - 2nd O/S - 07/Feb/13

mjsmith1973 - 2nd - 06/Feb/13 with Mike Pescod

tjmillen - AltLd - Feb/13 with Ian

jon59 - 2013

Narked4fun - 2012

Hidden - 2012

thin on the slab until the overlap, take some stubby's, top pitch thick but also not taking screws well, may not last long...:]
simon_D - AltLd O/S - 15/Mar/11 with Ian W

Hidden - AltLd - Mar/11

wi11 - AltLd O/S - 22/Feb/11 with Chris Gee

Adam Booth - Lead O/S - 22/Feb/11 with Carl

Tim Sparrow - Lead - 21/Feb/11 with Pete Robinson

adie84 - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - Lead - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Hidden - 2011

Tenko - 2011

Climbed rather out of condition, so the first half of pitch 1 was scratchy, insecure climbing on rock: well done Tom. Next pitch was great, but much thinner than in the photos I've seen: stepping round on to the steep ice wall on poor axes was a bit hairy, but made up for by superb exposure to the (2 rusty pegs + a nut) belay. The final short wall rounded it off nicely: a great salvage of a day so claggy we couldn't find the Comb!
andybuckley - AltLd - 07/Mar/10 with Tom Whipple

luckyjim - Solo - Feb/10

Hidden - AltLd - 2010

Hidden - 2010

colinthrelfall - 2010

cragmanuk - 2009 with Andy Kipling

windy100 - 2009

Neil Adams - AltLd O/S - 29/Mar/08 with Malcolm

Hidden - AltLd dnf - 27/Mar/08

simon_D - 2nd O/S - 27/Mar/08 with George McEwan, Andy Johno

sadams - 2nd - 24/Mar/08 with Eric Hildrew

Hidden - Lead O/S - 23/Mar/08

Greg Boswell - Lead O/S - Mar/08 with Bommer Harris

Hidden - 2008

Hidden - 2007

innesmac - 2007

nakedave - 2nd - 2006

creag - 2006

jaggy bunnet - AltLd - 06/Apr/05

Stuart Macfarlane - AltLd O/S - 13/Mar/05 with Paul

Hidden - 2nd O/S - Mar/05

Route I'd always dreamed of doing, bit of a let down but still a good day out
AndyH1710 - 2nd O/S - Mar/05 with Jason Day

Hidden - AltLd O/S - Mar/05

Guided
Ann S - 2nd - Mar/05 with Guide -Dave Hollinger

sgl - AltLd O/S - 28/Feb/05 with Konnie

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 28/Feb/05

The Bad Cough - AltLd O/S - 25/Feb/05 with Paul Beacall

Hidden - 2nd - 22/Feb/05

centurion05 - 2nd O/S - Feb/05 with Dan Carroll

seanyt - Lead - Feb/05

Hidden - AltLd - 10/Dec/04

Chris L Hill - 2nd - 22/Feb/04 with Di Gilbert, Stuart Shaw

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 2004

Hidden - Lead - 2002

Hidden - Lead O/S - 26/Jan/01

vivid memory of watching the water under the ice and of water spurting over my axe head before starting the rising bulging traverse on the third pitch.
Dave Almond - Solo - Jan/01

Hidden - Jan/01

220bpm - AltLd O/S - Mar/00 with Alan

Hidden - AltLd O/S - 2000

Hidden - Lead - 13/Mar/99

Hidden - 2nd dnf - 10/Mar/99

As part of course
cem - 2nd O/S - 24/Feb/99 with Phil ?, Simon P

Hidden - 2nd - 14/Feb/99

Dave Kerr - Lead - 10/Feb/99 with Craig Proctor

Hidden - Lead - 1999

Hidden - 01/Mar/98

AB1965 - AltLd - 19/Feb/98

phardman - Feb/96

Marti999 - Lead - Mar/95

tlr - AltLd - Jan/95 with Nick

alkira - 26/Apr/94

TheAndyBarker - AltLd - Jan/94

frost - Lead - 1992

OMSKB - 2nd - 11/Feb/91

Had been well hacked, so mostly hooking.
craig h - AltLd - Jan/91 with Nick D

Hidden - Lead - Feb/89

Grezza - Lead - Feb/88 with JuJu

Hidden - 1988

Hidden - Lead - Feb/87

scree - Solo - Feb/87

ChrisJD - Lead - 06/Jan/87 with PeteC

I soloed it after my friend Colin Gourlay had soloed it. He had forgotten his tools, so I lent him mine and we tossed a coin for who would go first. I lost.
GaryK - Solo - Apr/86

John Marsland - AltLd - 21/Feb/86 with Dave Soles

Hidden - 2nd - 01/Feb/86

Hidden - AltLd - 01/Jan/86

amcleish - 1986

Martin Haworth - AltLd O/S - Mar/84 with Dave Snowden

Hidden - AltLd - 14/Feb/84

Gezzer - AltLd - 1984 with Steve Burns

Ghastly Rubberfeet - Solo - 1984

Mark Kemball - Lead - 25/Mar/83 with Aamir Butt

Hidden - AltLd - Mar/83

On course
Howard J - 2nd O/S - 17/Feb/83 with Loch Eil Centre

mark-abz - AltLd - 14/Feb/83 with Walter P

Soloed in the Eighties with John Christie in wet conditions
Lone Rider - 1980 with John Christie

Good nick. John Page also on rope
David Smith - AltLd - 16/Feb/78 with Al Bennett

Climbed in full conditions! Desperate descent down No.5 gully and lost Bob on the walk out. Gavin & Dudley meanwhile retreated from high on Observatory Ridge and were helicoptered off the ridge on their next attempt, when Dudley fell and was left swinging in space!
Sean Kelly - AltLd - Jan/78 with Bob Milward

Hidden - AltLd rpt - 1978

Falko - AltLd O/S - 01/Feb/77 with Andy Parkin

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Voting
Total votes cast 69
hard V0 of 22
V0 of 22
easy V9 of 22
hard IV5 of 22
IV7 of 22
easy IV1 of 22
hard III0 of 22
III0 of 22
easy III0 of 22
hard 60 of 25
60 of 25
easy 60 of 25
hard 50 of 25
511 of 25
easy 54 of 25
hard 410 of 25
40 of 25
easy 40 of 25
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Style of ascent

Soloed5 of 115 (4.3%)
Lead20 of 115 (17.4%)
Followed23 of 115 (20.0%)
Alt Leads43 of 115 (37.4%)
Unknown24 of 115 (20.9%)

'Climbed'79 of 115 (68.7%)
clean O/S32 of 115 (27.8%)
clean rpt1 of 115 (0.9%)
dogged1 of 115 (0.9%)
dnf2 of 115 (1.7%)