© Claire MacLeod / Velvet Antlers
The route tackles the beautiful arete left of The Torridonian, a classic E3 corner line, and finishes in a similar position as Thunderbird, another classic E3. (Thunderbird hand traverses leftwards along the upper break in the photo above - where Dave has a cam by his foot).
Commenting on his blog, Dave said:
"Torridonian sandstone is one of the finest rock types I've ever seen. It's very similar to Gritstone and, sometimes, Northumbrian sandstone."
If it was on grit, the arete left of The Torridonian on Seana Mheallan would be one of the hailed true grit classics. But it's in Torridon, so it's sat there quietly, just being perfect on it's own, with hardly any climbers knowing about it.
Dave MacLeod
Dave heard about the route from Scottish climbing legend Dave Cuthbertson, who had attempted the line without success.
MacLeod top-roped the route prior to his lead and snapped a pebble foot hold on his final top-rope run.
"Thank god it wasn't on the lead" he commented.
- You can read Dave's own report on his blog
Thanks go to Claire MacLeod for the use of this photograph.
Dave MacLeod is sponsored by GORE-TEX , Scarpa , Black Diamond and Mountain Equipment
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