In reply to beardy mike:
> The decent to the lochain to the west is flipping harrowing. It goes on for ever.
Get it right though, and you can basically bum slide from the top of Castle Ridge to Halfway Lochan!
When we did Tower Ridge we were young and fit and did it in good late season conditions. we roped up for 15 metre Chimney or whatever its called - out the DG Gap, then soloed to the Eastern Traverse. Rope on for that, on to Great Tower and across the gap. Soloed on to the top. I think we were on the ridge for less than 3 hours. Lunch at the summit, down the CMD Arete for the afternoon, followed by a glorious bumslide down from CMD to the hut. Splendid!