Obscure Gems No 6 Seahog Traverse

This little gem of obscurity is remarkably hidden in the Slot Area, on the platforms closest to the parking at Reiff. If we had to give a good old fashioned grid reference it would be NB963144. Walk over the grazings and guddle about a bit until you stumble on a dry non-tidal slot, less than 5 minutes from the car.

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The grade given for the traverse is font 7b, but it looks a piece if piss as it obviously has no hard moves. You just monkey along a juggy rail, how hard can it be. However, as soon as you try to link together more than a couple of moves all becomes clear. First, the wall overhangs by 41 degrees and secondly the footholds are wee and scrittly.

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Here’s Ullapool local Eadan Cunningham taking down the rig on the first ascent way back in 2015.