Hi, just in case anyone thinks that Lindsay and Martin are the only ones getting out onto the hill I should mention a brilliant time I had on Skye last weekend. The club was booked into the Skyewalker Hostel at Portnalong as usual. I arrived late on Friday night to be told that I had missed the best of the weather, as usual. Never mind after a few pints in the hotel in Portnalong it was decided that I was taking two dedicated Munro baggers up the In Pin the next day. We parked near the farm just up from Glen Brittle campsite and then headed up the west ridge of Sgurr Dearg. The day did not look too promising as the tops were covered in thick cloud, but we broke through into a perfect temperature inversion. The Coire Lagan peaks were all sticking out proud of the cloud, snow streaked and looking remarkably Alpine. Amazingly there was no queue and I had my two pals up the long side and abseling off the short steep side in 45 minutes. They then started to enjoy themseves as we sunbathed ate our lunch and watched the antics of the late comers. We then headed off along to Bannadich and dropped down to the hostel for a short walk along the road. In the pub that night I was generously rewarded with the Malts. Sunday one of the gang who had been assiduosly training on indoor climbing walls accompanied me up Cioch Direct and then Arrow Route on the Cioch face. His first big mountain routes. Weather cloudy and a bit cold but we both had a great time. Next outing should be more Munro dedicated as I have only 10 left to do, but find my thoughts and actions increasingly turning back to rock climbing, although at a much lower standard than I used to do before my accident.
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Hi, just in case anyone thinks that Lindsay and Martin are the only ones getting out onto the hill I should mention a brilliant time I had on Skye last weekend.
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Next outing should be more Munro dedicated as I have only 10 left to do, but find my thoughts and actions increasingly turning back to rock climbing, although at a much lower standard than I used to do before my accident.
And there was me thinking that you had already easily beaten me to the post!
-- Martin Richardson 520/1554 Marilyns - 67% to go 60/89 Donalds - 33% to go 61/211 Irish Hewitts - 71% to go 20/220 Corbetts - 91% to go
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And there was me thinking that you had already easily beaten me to the post!
Hi Martin, although I am getting out on the hills regularly our club meets have all been to areas where I have already done all the Munros. In fact in june I am skipping a club meet to Strawberry Cottage in Glen Affric to go and 'do' the Strathfarrar Four. That will leave me; two near Culra bothy, Ben More on Mull and that Munro near Inverary, Buidhe? and the two most westerly Fannichs which will be my last two. Hopefully.
Hi, just in case anyone thinks that Lindsay and Martin are the only ones getting out onto the hill I should mention a brilliant time I had on Skye last weekend.
You timed it rather better than us! We drove up during the best weather, had a good day on Sunday on the SE ridge of Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh. Then on Monday we had to evacuate Coruisk due to impending storms, which duly arrived for the next 3 days, keeping us off the hills (it was hard enough standing upright at sea level). Friday made up for it though, when in glorious weather we managed Pinnacle Ridge on Sgurr nan Gillean, followed by Am Bhasteir, the Bhasteir Tooth, and Bruache na Frithe (all spellings subject to being wrong!).
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although I am getting out on the hills regularly our club meets have all been to areas where I have already done all the Munros.
Always a problem. I was in that position by the time my total passed 100 which is why the majority of Munros I climbed alone. The problem is probably more acute if the club is English with only one or two Scottish meets at the most per year.
