Greg Boswell has made the third ascent of Dave MacLeod's 2010 route Anubis XII/12. The route follows the line of a summer E8, Anubis, also first climbed by MacLeod. Visiting Swiss alpinist Dani Arnold made the first repeat of the winter line in 2016, climbing it on his fourth attempt in ground-up style. Anubis is the hardest winter line on Ben Nevis and one of only two routes graded XII in Scotland, the other being Greg's very own Banana Wall XII/12.
With this ascent, Greg becomes the first climber ever to have completed two Scottish Grade XIIs. We sent him some questions to find out more...
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