castle crags is the formation immediately above illumination rock 
  
we didn't do the route proper, but went off right at the base of the lower wall - think we shoulda gone left but by then we were too amotivated to care 
  
the gully was great fun - volcanic mud is actually fun to climb when frozen solid 
  
oleg, how could you leave out the best part?  attempting to talk both our families and recalcitrant, pissed off wives into a half-assed planned dinner while fumbling around like drunken losers from sleep deprivation 
  
how was the take-home chicken by the way?  spaced on given you the herbed butter for it all...