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Jacob’s Ladder 100m I*

A Henderson and F Mitchell, Easter 1939

The straight gully defining the right edge of The Mess of Pottage is steepest at the top and the cornice can be large. In lean conditions there may be a short chokestone pitch.

Neil Johnson on The Lamp

Aladdin’s Buttress

NH 995 031 Altitude 1000m North facing

This is the obvious buttress in the centre of the corrie and consists of a lower dome-shaped mass of rock, which is cut by a series of left-facing corner lines. Above and to the right is an easier section of ground topped by a several roughly triangular ribs, Pygmy Ridge being the rightmost rib. The chimney fault of Patey’s Route on the right side of the buttress is very obvious. Aladdin’s Seat is the 10m pinnacle above the lower buttress. For routes on the lower buttress either continue up, or descend, Aladdin’s Mirror or Aladdin’s Couloir. Alternatively, independent finishes can be found through the upper rocks at a choice of grades. There may be an equipped abseil point in some huge boulders at the top of Original Route; a single abseil runs down into Aladdin’s Couloir below the smooth wall by the bend.