Route Number: 2252

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Ear Lickers Gully

Location: Winter Routes. Poison Glen
Grade: III 3c
Length: 380m

First ascent: Iain Miller, Oscar Millson 08/12/10

Route Description:

Start up "Castle Gully" until it sweeps round to the right behind the Castle Face. At the convergence of "Castle Gully" and "Central Gully" take the gully on the right up through a very steep ice boulder problem and follow the gully above to the summit. After the initial hard start the gully eases for 50m and the final 50m is very steep with a slightly overhanging boulder choke finish. A full body pump is guaranteed! :-)

Looking down "Ear Lickers Gully." - Ear Licker's Gully

Comments

Peter Cooper - 09/12/2010
As the song goes..."any loving is good loving!" Glad to hear the love-life's picking up, Iain.

IM - 08/12/2010
This is an excellent winter route, alas not as good as "Castle Gully." (which is a *** route) The gully is named as whenever I got mildy peturbed en route my climbing partner would turn his head and lick my ear, he also pee'd in my rucksack. (but that is an entirely different story! :-)