{"id":4003,"date":"2013-04-29T18:40:18","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T17:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottishwinter.com\/?p=4003"},"modified":"2013-04-29T18:40:18","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T17:40:18","slug":"steam-train-second-ascent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scottishwinter.com\/?p=4003","title":{"rendered":"Steam Train &#8211; Second Ascent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4004\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4004\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4004\" alt=\"Pete Macpherson on the second ascent of Steam Train (VII,7) on Ben Nevis. This striking line takes the big corner between Orient Express and Newbigging\u2019s 80-Minute Route on the First Platform. (Photo Guy Robertson)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scottishwinter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/26Apr2013_Ben-Nevis001.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.scottishwinter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/26Apr2013_Ben-Nevis001.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.scottishwinter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/26Apr2013_Ben-Nevis001-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pete Macpherson on the second ascent of Steam Train (VII,7) on Ben Nevis. This striking line takes the big corner between Orient Express and Newbigging\u2019s 80-Minute Route on the First Platform. (Photo Guy Robertson)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On April 26, Guy Robertson and Pete Macpherson visited Ben Nevis. They had their eye on an objective higher up the mountain, but with the big routes buried under thick unstable snow, they opted for a safer low level option and made the second ascent of Steam Train which they thought weighed in at about VII,7<\/p>\n<p>Steam Train was first climbed as a summer route by Doug Hawthorn and Noel Williams in July 1984 and graded HVS. Dave MacLeod and visiting US climber Alicia Hudson made the first winter ascent in 2007 and graded the route VI,7.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt looks like Dave started up The Ramp and missed the first pitch of Steam Train,\u201d Guy told me. \u201cThis was a notch harder than the top corner, so the grades make sense. It\u2019s definitely a quality wee route and a good option when the weather and\/or snow are conditions unfriendly!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 26, Guy Robertson and Pete Macpherson visited Ben Nevis. They had their eye on an objective higher up the mountain, but with the big routes buried under thick unstable snow, they opted for a safer low level option &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottishwinter.com\/?p=4003\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[8,5,6],"class_list":["post-4003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-repeat","tag-ben-nevis","tag-guy-robertson","tag-pete-macpherson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scottishwinter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scottishwinter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scottishwinter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scottishwinter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scottishwinter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4003"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.scottishwinter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4010,"href":"http:\/\/www.scottishwinter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4003\/revisions\/4010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scottishwinter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scottishwinter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scottishwinter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}