"Graham Ingram" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:I started walking with my son in 1993 when he was 8, and we completed the Munros together in 2001
just before his 17th birthday. For the last few years of that round we walked with a friend who
had already finished the Munros in 1992 and by the time we finished in 2001 he had just 31 to go
for a second round so that became the next target and he completed round 2 in 2002, 10 years to
the day after his first round. As my son then went to Uni in Edinburgh just Frank and I regularly
walk at the weekends now and I have to say that the Corbetts are our first choice just now. That
said I have now also managed to do about 80 Munros for the second time ( or more in some cases )
and we have also selected some scrambling routes such as the Fiachall ridge for example. Basically
Corbetts are the mountains of choice, but the Aonach Eagach, and Skye are regularly visited.
Curved Ridge and hills such as Suilven and Stac Pollaidh are definitely on the agenda for this
year. I also lead a company charity hill climb each year ( Ben Nevis & Ben Lomond over the last
two years and Schiehallion will probably feature some time this June ). I will also walk anywhere
in Scotland if there is an opportunity to do so, coastal, track, or pass.
Do you have any strategy or targets as I often see you posting on walks in a number of different
areas in Scotland ?
Cheers Graham
Yes, I'm aiming to do a round of the Munros, even though these days it seems almost frowned upon to
admit it. I've done a few of the better known Corbetts locally (Goatfell, Cobbler, Merrick) but as a
rule it's Munros I aim for. My hat off to yourself and others who have managed one round, more than
one is indicative of real effort! I find it's not the actual walking it's the travel to and from the
actual area, getting up at 4.30 on a dark winters morning on my day off still doesn't appeal to me,
but that's forgotten about once I'm in my stride. I am re-visiting and seeing for the first time
areas of Scotland I simply wouldn't have gone to otherwise. I do agree that a round of the Corbetts
would be harder than the Munros - no opportunity to "bag" (horrible term) 7 in Glen Shiel for
example. When, and if, I compleat? I'm sure I'll continue, there's the choice of Furth, the local
hills of Dumfries/Galloway, revisit the better Munros, LDPs etc. But less 4.30am starts!
KRO
