Ali Rose and Matt Rowbottom have made a self-supported in-a-day link-up of the Glen Coe section of Ken Wilson's 'Classic Rock'.

Spurred on by an inalterable pizza reservation, they completed the link-up in just twelve hours and fifty-six minutes.

Just under three years ago, Ali completed the Cairngorms version of the challenge, where - along with Mark Chambers - he linked six routes and twenty-eight pitches of climbing in just under seventeen and a half hours, whilst travelling more than sixty kilometres on foot.

The Glen Coe version, however, was something that Ali had written off as improbable. That is, until Keri and Ben Wallace completed their own attempt at the round.

'I've been thinking of doing this ever since Mark and I did the Cairngorm version, but had originally written it off due to how hard I thought it would be to move quickly and safely in the gullies', Ali told us.

'Keri and Ben completing their round made me have another look and realise that it could be done relatively quickly in the right conditions'.

Last Friday, Ali and Matt decided to head out and see what they could make of the challenge: seven routes, fifty-three pitches, 3,000 metres of elevation, and twenty-three kilometres on foot.

'We went for a 3:30am start rather than Keri and Ben's 3:30pm, in the hope we could climb The Chasm (Summer) (VS) fast enough to be at North Face Route (S) and Agag's Groove (Summer) (VD) before any other teams showed up'.

'This worked pretty well for us as we were heading down with all the Buachaille Etive Mor routes done by 8:15am, and were headed for the road'.

'The only other things we did differently from them (other than not eating rice pudding and tatties!) was to descend Curved Ridge (Summer) (M) for a second time rather than go over the summit of Buachaille Etive Mor, and that there was no need for a drop bag of boots and axes below Bidean nam Bian'.

'Despite the amazing weather we only met one other team the whole day. We were having a rest below the scree slope going up to Church Door when we spotted them above. Perfect timing for us as there was no way we wanted a team above us, so it spurred us on a wee bit'.

'Such a great day with so much climbing, it only got really hot after in the afternoon as we were headed down off Bidean and towards Clachaig. I think we got lucky with cloud cover in the morning, and it's unlikely we would have got round in the next days heat'.

'No real issues on the day except the heat, and me heading for the wrong squeeze on Crypt Route (VD), despite having done it a few times'.

'We'd prebooked pizzas at Ardgour Ales for a mates birthday, so we were pretty committed to it being a sub 14hr day!'

For those interested in the route breakdown, it is as follows:

The Chasm (Summer) (VS) - 450m, 16 guidebook pitches.

North Face Route (S) - 220m, 8 guidebook pitches.

Agag's Groove (Summer) (VD) - 105m, 4 guidebook pitches.

The Long Crack (S) - 90m, 2 guidebook pitches.

Archer Ridge (S 4a) - 70m, 3 guidebook pitches.

Crypt Route (VD) - 135m, 4 guidebook pitches.

Clachaig Gully (Summer) (S) - 520m, 16 guidebook pitches.

You can see Ali and Mark's Cairngorm 'Classic Rock' link-up in the video below: