In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com: "In practice, this meant about 50 feet of steep 5.6-ish rock climbing that was running with water, leading to slushy snow."
Sounds delightful. I think it says much about MacDonald's skills as a journo to have managed to sound so enthused about it. Hopefully he has got up some better stuff as the week has progressed.