Lurg Mhor with Argos tent

Nice one :-))

I climbed Lurgy and Cheesecake from Glen Carron House (?)
via the track, down to Bendronaig Lodge. Excellent circuit.

Last summer I climbed Maoille Lunndaidge and the two beside
it from Gery's (well, carpark oppoiste at Achnashellach) and
I remember the bridge well! I only saw two people all day,
both on the Bealach Bearnais. I had the rest of the day
(three Munros) to myself. The cycle back down to the railway
was fabulous!

Jim

Leonard Trim said:

Had not been in the hills for ages. Finally a free weekend
saw me blasting up to Gerry's at Craig near Achnashellach.
Had a few wee drams and a chat with the 'Coast to Coasters'
who were drying out after a wet walk from Torridon.
Saturday morning headed off into the wilds. Walked up the
Glenuaig Lodge track and crossed the very interesting wire
'bridge' at Pollan Buidhe then up onto the Bealach
Bhearnais where i entered the thick clag i was to remain in
all day. Navigated very carefully up, across and down Beinn
Tharsuinn and had a welcome brew up at the watershed then
up very steeply onto Bidein a Choire Sheasgaich. Finding a
way through the very large outcrops and crags was quite
serious work in the near white out conditions i was
suffering from. Once on the summit there was an obvious
path to follow all the way out to Lurg Mhor. Retraced my
steps and made my way down to near the mouth of the Alt
Bealach Crudhain where i was at last out of the clag and
could enjoy a view east along Loch Monar. Put up my Argos
tent! Only problem i found was that the material the guy
lines are made of is so shiny the tensioners kept slipping
so i just tied them off in a overhand knot. Had a very
pleasant night sleep helped with a couple of large malts.
Next morning i packed up, frightening the deer which
obviously had no idea i was there until then, and walked up
to the bealach immediately west of Sgurr Choinnich with the
intention of doing another two Munros, but morale was low
for some reason and instead i just walked out and went home
in time for tea. Nevertheless two very remote Munros done,
tent proved itself and bagging total now up to 237.
PS No midges.

Jim Willsher

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Had not been in the hills for ages. Finally a free weekend
saw me blasting up to Gerry's at Craig near Achnashellach.
Had a few wee drams and a chat with the 'Coast to
Coasters' who were drying out after a wet walk from
Torridon. Saturday morning headed off into the wilds.
Walked up the Glenuaig Lodge track and crossed the very
interesting wire 'bridge' at Pollan Buidhe then up onto
the Bealach Bhearnais where i entered the thick clag i was
to remain in all day. Navigated very carefully up, across
and down Beinn Tharsuinn and had a welcome brew up at the
watershed then up very steeply onto Bidein a Choire
Sheasgaich. Finding a way through the very large outcrops
and crags was quite serious work in the near white out
conditions i was suffering from.

I went that way back in 1984. Don't remember any interesting
bridge but it was 20 years ago.

The weather was fine and I had my lunch on the summit of
Beinn Tharsuinn and watched a man in green wellies rush up
Bidein a Choire Sheasgaich disappearing at the bottom of the
crags and reappearing in very short order at the top.
Unfortunately I couldn't work out which way he went and when
I arrived at the bottom the only way through I could find
was via a steep grassy ramp where crampons might have been a
useful accessory but as it was nearly summer .....

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Once on the summit there was an obvious path to follow all
the way out to Lurg Mhor.

Along the ridge to Lurg Mhor I met firstly the man in green
wellies returning and secondly a motorcyclist sans cycle but
(IIRC) still wearing his crash hat. He had walked in from
the road head at the East end of Loch Monar.

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Retraced my steps and made my way down to near the mouth
of the Alt Bealach Crudhain where i was at last out of the
clag and could enjoy a view east along Loch Monar.

ISTR that I descended directly from Meall Mor.

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Put up my Argos tent!

I bivvied near there myself. On a small grassy knoll.

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Only problem i found was that the material the guy lines
are made of is so shiny the tensioners kept slipping so i
just tied them off in a overhand knot. Had a very pleasant
night sleep helped with a couple of large malts. Next
morning i packed up, frightening the deer which obviously
had no idea i was there until then, and walked up to the
bealach immediately west of Sgurr Choinnich with the
intention of doing another two Munros, but morale was low
for some reason and instead i just walked out and went
home in time for tea. Nevertheless two very remote Munros
done, tent proved itself and bagging total now up to 237.
PS No midges.

I was not so lucky. In the evening there had been sufficient
breeze but come the morning they were out in force and
chased me almost to the summit of the next hill. I
breakfasted that day above 3000 feet. As it was 1984 I must
have been around 237 at the time myself. No far to go now so
keep taking the tablets. :-)

--
Roger Chapman so far this year 27 summits New - 16 (Marilyns
4, Sweats 1, Outlying Fells 11) Repeats - 11( Marilyns 2,
Sweats 6, Wainwrights 11) Knackered knee - 3 times

Len Trim wrote

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two very remote Munros

And then some! Smashing part of the country.

Happy memories. Thanks Len.

Chris

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Had not been in the hills for ages. Finally a free weekend
saw me blasting up to Gerry's at Craig near Achnashellach.
Had a few wee drams and a chat with the 'Coast to Coasters'
who were drying out after a wet walk from Torridon.
Saturday morning headed off into the wilds. Walked up the
Glenuaig Lodge track and crossed the very interesting wire
'bridge' at Pollan Buidhe then up onto the Bealach
Bhearnais where i entered the thick clag i was to remain in
all day. Navigated very carefully up, across and down Beinn
Tharsuinn and had a welcome brew up at the watershed then
up very steeply onto Bidein a Choire Sheasgaich. Finding a
way through the very large outcrops and crags was quite
serious work in the near white out conditions i was
suffering from. Once on the summit there was an obvious
path to follow all the way out to Lurg Mhor. Retraced my
steps and made my way down to near the mouth of the Alt
Bealach Crudhain where i was at last out of the clag and
could enjoy a view east along Loch Monar. Put up my Argos
tent! Only problem i found was that the material the guy
lines are made of is so shiny the tensioners kept slipping
so i just tied them off in a overhand knot. Had a very
pleasant night sleep helped with a couple of large malts.
Next morning i packed up, frightening the deer which
obviously had no idea i was there until then, and walked up
to the bealach immediately west of Sgurr Choinnich with the
intention of doing another two Munros, but morale was low
for some reason and instead i just walked out and went home
in time for tea. Nevertheless two very remote Munros done,
tent proved itself and bagging total now up to 237.
PS No midges.

What malt Len?
--
Lachie. "red hair and black leather, my favourite colour
scheme" RT

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Had not been in the hills for ages. Finally a free weekend
saw me blasting up to Gerry's at Craig near Achnashellach.

Is that the house next to the railway gate? He let me use
his phone one night when I was late off the hill.

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What malt Len?

Caol Isla, very nice but not quite as good as Ardbeg

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Trim <[email hidden]> writes

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Had not been in the hills for ages. Finally a free
weekend saw me blasting up to Gerry's at Craig near
Achnashellach.

Is that the house next to the railway gate? He let me use
his phone one night when I was late off the hill.

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Not immediately next to the level crossing but a hundred
yards or so further west. Gerry's is two old railway
cottages joined together. A very nice, sometimes
slightly eccentric hostel. Nearly always has a very
welcoming log fire on.

--
Len Trim [email hidden]

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Nevertheless two very remote Munros done, tent proved
itself and bagging total now up to

237.

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PS No midges.

--
Len Trim

Lurg Mhor was the scene of my worst ever navigation mistake
when I descended the wrong side of the mountain in mist (
easy done as I was complacent about finding the summit in
mist and rain so put the compass away ! ). We were then left
with a massive trek back round the mountain to get back to
our bikes, Two cracking hills though !

Cheers Graham

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Len Trim reported

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Nevertheless two very remote Munros done, tent proved
itself and bagging total now up to

237.

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PS No midges.

--
Len Trim

Lurg Mhor was the scene of my worst ever navigation mistake
when I descended the wrong side of the mountain in mist (
easy done as I was complacent about finding the summit in
mist and rain so put the compass away ! ). We were then
left with a massive trek back round the mountain to get
back to our bikes, Two cracking hills though !

Er...doesn't Beinn Tarsuinn count as a hill then? Just got
back from Lurg Mhor and environs - with my Argos tent.

--
Martin Richardson
239/284 Munros - 15% to go 34/34 'Furths' & 439/439 Nuttalls
- 0% to go
240/89 Donalds - 53% to go 0/? Himalayans - 100% to go
241/1552 Marilyns - 72% to go

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Lurg Mhor was the scene of my worst ever navigation
mistake when I descended the wrong side of the mountain
in mist ( easy done as I

was

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complacent about finding the summit in mist and rain so
put the compass away ! ). We were then left with a
massive trek back round the mountain to get back to our
bikes, Two cracking hills though

!

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Er...doesn't Beinn Tarsuinn count as a hill then?

Oops, but then again I was "just" collecting Munro's then
and took the bonus of the Corbett as we had to traverse it
anyway. Different story now I am collecting Corbetts !

Cheers Graham

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Oops, but then again I was "just" collecting Munro's then
and took the bonus of the Corbett as we had to traverse it
anyway. Different story now I am collecting Corbetts !

Cheers Graham

And I did Lurg and Sheisgeach from the south, with the
result that Tarsuinn is one of my 14 remaining Corbetts.
Should leave it till last, for the irony.

Richard Webb