Top of Pitch Three

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Top of Pitch Three

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The Old Man during golden hour.

ARRIVING AT THE TOWN OF SKAGNESS ON THE MAIN ORKNEY ISLAND

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Paul Ross

Dec 5, 2009

“Top of Pitch Three”

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Andy Ross at Rackwick Bay beach just below the bothey,about an hours walk from here to the Old Man..

Andy at the start of the crack on the second pitch.

Paul starting up the last pitch

The Old Man of Hoy and Andy Ross

The Descent!!

Andy on top displaying the rations.

The Route

Grandparents Roy and Hazel Warner
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having fun

P.Ross on the summit

The Old Man during golden hour.

Top of Pitch Three

ARRIVING AT THE TOWN OF SKAGNESS ON THE MAIN ORKNEY ISLAND

Passing the small Island of Hoy on route to the main island ,one gets a view of The Old Man and to its left the massive cliffs of St John's Head.

Looking back down on Rackwick Bay from the path to the Old Man

The free Bothy about an hours hike from the Old Man

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The Old Man from the other side......

We spent two hours on the top. Didn't even realize there's a log...

An evening of relaxed contemplation before our climb. The Old Man pokes above on the left of the photo.

Looking closely, you can see a group of three on the final rappel. Two at the belay station, one on rappel.

The night before our ascent, we camped in the meadows along the cliff-side. This remains one of the best trips of my life.

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