Easiest Munro

Graham Seed said:

Where is Adny anyway?

Didn't he go to teh States and never return? Eaten by a bear as he tried to determine the direction
of the prevailing wind by examining which way its fur lay, I guess.

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Where is Adny anyway? Good point about the In Pinn. I bet Sir Hugh himself was a bit peeved to
miss out, and would have climbed it first if he'd had the benefit of usenet!

Graham

He probably wouldn't. As we would have advised him that the In Pinn was merely a top. Only in 1921
did it swap status with Sgurr Dearg. Can someone with advanced anorak status back me up on this one?

Ian.

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Mullach Clach a Bair (spelling?) has to be one of the easiest, surely? Drive up Glen Feshie, out
the car and straight up! When I was there a landrover track went to the summit, so if you have a
4WD you don't even need to get out of the car!

Regards: Jim Ford

Glas Tullaichean from Spittal of Glenshee (or better still, Dalmunzie Hotel) is like that too.

Does this mean that Glas Tullaichean is reachable by bicycle? I don't think that is cheating myself
- and it is one of the 68 I have to go.

But then, so is Carn an Righ and mebbe I wouldn't want to leave the bike at a summit would I?

And, anyway if I were to go in the next few weeks - would the snow make the track difficult to
cycle upon?

Questions, questions. I feel like I'm morphing into a Scottish student. oh dear wht r the frst sgns
hlp lt me out lt m t......... .
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Martin Richardson said:

Does this mean that Glas Tullaichean is reachable by bicycle? I don't think that is cheating
myself - and it is one of the 68 I have to go.

The initial track is certainly rideable. If you're very fit and have serious granny gears you could
ride the stalker's track more or less the whole way up. I've done it on skis, and it works very well
as a ski hill IMHO.

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And, anyway if I were to go in the next few weeks - would the snow make the track difficult to
cycle upon?

Freezing level's in the stratosphere today so it'll all be melting :-( Or in other words, it may or
may not, but if it's deep snow there is the ski option, assuming you're happy on skis (rent the gear
in Braemar).

Pete.
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Beinn Dubhchraig (pictures at frieth.demon.co.ukindex.htmlOpen ↗ ) is one of the
easier ones, with no steep ground. On the other hand, it's a bit of a walk to get to it, with a few
deer fences to negotiate.

And a lot of very very deep mud....

Richard Webb

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Questions, questions. I feel like I'm morphing into a Scottish student. oh dear wht r the frst sgns
hlp lt me out lt m t......... .

ROLF!

Bernard Hill Selkirk, Scotland

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Janet Munro - lives near Oban.

You know her as well!

CB

Dont we all

Richard Webb

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Martin Richardson said:

Does this mean that Glas Tullaichean is reachable by bicycle? I don't think that is cheating
myself - and it is one of the 68 I have to go.

The initial track is certainly rideable. If you're very fit and have serious granny gears you could
ride the stalker's track more or less the whole way up. I've done it on skis, and it works very
well as a ski hill IMHO.

Agreed - some cracking descents as well.

Richard Webb

Some of the easy ones:

Carn Aosda Carn a'Gheoidh Cairnwell Driesh Schiehallion Beinn na Lap Geal Charn (Drumochter)
A'Chailleach (Monadh Liath) Beinn Ghlas (Lawers) Cairngorm (Glen More) Beinn Teallach Ben Hope

A lot of the really easy ones like Tolmont, Beinn a'Bhuird etc are not really so, due to hard
navigation and long distances at altitude.

Corbetts are not always a soft touch , but a few in the Killin area are very untaxing

Richard Webb

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Where is Adny anyway? Good point about the In Pinn. I bet Sir Hugh himself was a bit peeved to
miss out, and would have climbed it

first

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if he'd had the benefit of usenet!

Graham

He probably wouldn't. As we would have advised him that the In Pinn was merely a top. Only in
1921 did it swap status with Sgurr Dearg. Can someone with advanced anorak status back me up on
this one?

I think somebody from urc super glued it on top a long long time ago, just to [censored] all the walkers
off. I thought *tops* were lower than the ......er, top? Not that I care, I've done about 20 Munros
and 6 of those were Bruach na Frithe! Hardly Munroist plus tops material.

G

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Where is Adny anyway? Good point about the In Pinn. I bet Sir Hugh himself was a bit peeved to
miss out, and would have climbed it

first

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if he'd had the benefit of usenet!

Graham

He probably wouldn't. As we would have advised him that the In Pinn was merely a top. Only in
1921 did it swap status with Sgurr Dearg. Can someone with advanced anorak status back me up on
this one?

I think somebody from urc super glued it on top a long long time ago, just to [censored] all the
walkers off.

So, are you saying that it is just a cairn? Thinks - where did I put that hammer?

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Jim Ford <[email hidden]> wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

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Mullach Clach a Bair (spelling?) has to be one of the easiest,

surely?

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Drive up Glen Feshie, out the car and straight up! When I was there

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landrover track went to the summit, so if you have a 4WD you don't even need to get out of
the car!

Regards: Jim Ford

Glas Tullaichean from Spittal of Glenshee (or better still, Dalmunzie Hotel) is like that too.

Does this mean that Glas Tullaichean is reachable by bicycle? I don't think that is cheating
myself - and it is one of the 68 I have to go.

But then, so is Carn an Righ and mebbe I wouldn't want to leave the

bike

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at a summit would I?

And, anyway if I were to go in the next few weeks - would the snow

make

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the track difficult to cycle upon?

Questions, questions. I feel like I'm morphing into a Scottish

student.

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oh dear wht r the frst sgns hlp lt me out lt m t......... .

Well I took a bike as far as the derelict lodge at the top of the old railway. Then it gets very
steep for a short while before continuing on a reasonable gradient.

Carn an Righ may also be possible. The track misses Glas Tullaichean summit by a couple of hundred
yards and continues in the direction o the col betwen the two, Perhaps it goes all the way? Anyone?

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He probably wouldn't. As we would have advised him that the In Pinn was merely a top. Only in
1921 did it swap status with Sgurr Dearg. Can someone with advanced anorak status back me up on
this one?

I think somebody from urc super glued it on top a long long time ago, just to [censored] all the
walkers off.

So, are you saying that it is just a cairn? Thinks - where did I put that hammer?

If it was just a cairn, the Munro would be Sgurr Dearg, so you wouldn't have to worry about the In
Pinn (just the rest of the Black Cuilin, An Teallach, Liathach, etc).
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So, are you saying that it is just a cairn? Thinks - where did I put that hammer?

If it was just a cairn, the Munro would be Sgurr Dearg, so you wouldn't have to worry about
the In Pinn

I have never had the slightest worry about the In Pinn, it isn't on my it-inpin-nerary.
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> He probably wouldn't. As we would have advised him that the In Pinn was merely a top. Only in
> 1921 did it swap status with Sgurr Dearg. Can someone with advanced anorak status back me up on
> this one?

I think somebody from urc super glued it on top a long long time ago, just to [censored] all the
walkers off.

So, are you saying that it is just a cairn? Thinks - where did I put that hammer?

If it was just a cairn, the Munro would be Sgurr Dearg, so you wouldn't have to worry about the In
Pinn (just the rest of the Black Cuilin, An Teallach, Liathach, etc).

You clearly haven't picked up on my feelings about cairns - yet.

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So, are you saying that it is just a cairn? Thinks - where did I put that hammer?

If it was just a cairn, the Munro would be Sgurr Dearg, so you wouldn't have to worry about
the In Pinn

I have never had the slightest worry about the In Pinn, it isn't on my it-inpin-nerary.

Is that why you didn't join us for the Skye urw expedition.

I'm hoping to do it again in May.

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217/89 Donalds 397/1552 Marilyns 439/439 Nuttalls

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Well I took a bike as far as the derelict lodge at the top of the old railway. Then it gets very
steep for a short while before continuing on a reasonable gradient.

Carn an Righ may also be possible. The track misses Glas Tullaichean summit by a couple of hundred
yards and continues in the direction o the col betwen the two, Perhaps it goes all the way? Anyone?

Cheers - serious useful information that helps planning for the next proper adventure.

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>So, are you saying that it is just a cairn? Thinks - where did I put that hammer?

If it was just a cairn, the Munro would be Sgurr Dearg, so you wouldn't have to worry about the
In Pinn

I have never had the slightest worry about the In Pinn, it isn't on my it-inpin-nerary.

Is that why you didn't join us for the Skye urw expedition.

I'm hoping to do it again in May.

Why? Because it's still there?
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>>So, are you saying that it is just a cairn? Thinks - where did I put that hammer?
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>If it was just a cairn, the Munro would be Sgurr Dearg, so you wouldn't have to worry about the
>In Pinn

I have never had the slightest worry about the In Pinn, it isn't on my it-inpin-nerary.

Is that why you didn't join us for the Skye urw expedition.

I'm hoping to do it again in May.

Why? Because it's still there?

Because I enjoyed it so much the first time.

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Is that why you didn't join us for the Skye urw expedition.

I'm hoping to do it again in May.

In Dogs name, why man? You FOOL.

Ian.

ps. Can I come?

To you £100 for the week everything included.
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