In reply to Clauso:
I guess it took us about 45 mins, I just remember that last bit being a bit tedious.
Sometimes I just want to park and climb...
I intended to do tower ridge last year though, and I guess
that was quite a walk in with the gear we had, but I didn't
mind then, as the main goal was to climb ben nevis. Unfortunately, the weather became crap, so we went up some gully instead, faffed around on the top with a compass for a while (zero visability, although I gather that's fairly usual), and then escorted a group of people in jeans and trainers down the mountain....