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Raeburn's Buttress** IV 5

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This climb is in 13 logbooks, and on 4 wishlists.

Good, varied, climbing. The first cave pitch is no push over, and the final cave pitch is fantastic, though short. The required ice was all there, but dry and brittle: a slight thaw would be good.
Malcolm Bass - AltLd - 16/Mar/13 with Simon Yearsley

Ice was in pretty good condition, so the climbing was reasonably straight forward, if a little pokey in places. Top exit chimney was great fun!
Ken Applegate - Lead - 02/Mar/13 with Bram, Rich

Hidden - 23/Feb/13

Climbed up to the first cave. Pitch above looked thin (to say the least!). Tom had a good try, but backed off. Abbed off tat at the belay. SMC guide notes it can be very hard in poor condition.
Monkey_Alan - 2nd dnf - 18/Feb/13 with Tom Starks

Climbed to first cave belay,ice thin,moves above belay on wall tenuous.climbed to top lip few times but backed off,downclimbed to belay and retreated.
tomshanti - Lead dnf - 18/Feb/13 with Alan Blanchflower

1st pitch ice OK, 2nd pitch ice not so good with lots of sugar snow - quite an invigorating pitch! 3rd pitch err! Paul gave it good shot but zero ice, so ab'd off!
Mountain Llama - AltLd - 14/Mar/11 with Mark & Paul

Abbed after 2 pitches... P3 with no ice was somewhat tricky!! Should have been on Harrisons but missed it altogether!
markfairbank - AltLd dnf - 14/Mar/11 with Paul Sheehan, Dave Brown

Hidden - AltLd - 21/Feb/10

First moves on the traverse felt more like a tech 6 without neve. Knee deep in unconsolidated snow in intermediate gully. Good route in poor condition.
Big Lee - AltLd O/S - 16/Feb/10 with Dan Moore

Hidden - AltLd - 16/Feb/10

Tricky mixed pitch getting out of the cave.
TimPerkin - AltLd O/S - 30/Jan/10 with Chris Griffiths, Colin Beechey

brockers - AltLd O/S - 2000 with Dave Turner

Raeburns Buttress/Intermediate Gully in hard conditions. Started about 12.30 finished about 7pm. Originally given III/IV
Lone Rider - AltLd - 18/Feb/78 with T Pettifer

Users with this climb on their wishlist are:
Hidden, Tom_Harding, Ian Jones, andymoin

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