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Sunday Sep 7, 2014 #
Trekking/Hiking 7:30:00 [3]
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"Ring of Steall" in the Mamores section of the Charlie Ramsay Round just outside of Fort William. A bit of a later start than expected due to a few too many pints consumed out in the Fort the night before. Plan was to do what we thought were five munros in a horseshoe shape starting from Glen Nevis. Took a few hours to get from the parking lot up to the top of the first Munro - An Gearanach (982m). Some sketchiness along a ridge between that and Munro #2 - Stob Coire a' Chairn (981m) resulted in a minor tantrum as I definitely was on the edge of my comfort zone! Munro #3 - Am Bodach (1032m) was probably the toughest climb of the day and I was using my hands a few times to scramble up the side of the hill. The next hill - Sgorr an lubhair (1001m) used to be a Munro but apparently didn't live up to its potential and was now just a subsidiary top. From there, the route traversed the Devil's Ridge which saw another wee tantrum from yours truly when the trail disappeared and there was some rock hugging to continue along the ridge. The last Munro of the day - Sgurr a' Mhaim (1099m) was a beautiful climb from the Devil's Ridge. After the requisite summit pictures, it was a long descent back to the road and the van.
When we got back to Glasgow we watched the Charlie Ramsay episode of Boundless with a couple of beers. Remember watching that earlier this year and thinking it looked pretty epic and was just as amazing to see it in person! We had relatively good weather but high winds at the tops and could totally picture what the conditions were like when they were out there!
A few more Munros and the Tinto hill race planned for my next trip out there at the end of October.
"Ring of Steall" in the Mamores section of the Charlie Ramsay Round just outside of Fort William. A bit of a later start than expected due to a few too many pints consumed out in the Fort the night before. Plan was to do what we thought were five munros in a horseshoe shape starting from Glen Nevis. Took a few hours to get from the parking lot up to the top of the first Munro - An Gearanach (982m). Some sketchiness along a ridge between that and Munro #2 - Stob Coire a' Chairn (981m) resulted in a minor tantrum as I definitely was on the edge of my comfort zone! Munro #3 - Am Bodach (1032m) was probably the toughest climb of the day and I was using my hands a few times to scramble up the side of the hill. The next hill - Sgorr an lubhair (1001m) used to be a Munro but apparently didn't live up to its potential and was now just a subsidiary top. From there, the route traversed the Devil's Ridge which saw another wee tantrum from yours truly when the trail disappeared and there was some rock hugging to continue along the ridge. The last Munro of the day - Sgurr a' Mhaim (1099m) was a beautiful climb from the Devil's Ridge. After the requisite summit pictures, it was a long descent back to the road and the van.
When we got back to Glasgow we watched the Charlie Ramsay episode of Boundless with a couple of beers. Remember watching that earlier this year and thinking it looked pretty epic and was just as amazing to see it in person! We had relatively good weather but high winds at the tops and could totally picture what the conditions were like when they were out there!
A few more Munros and the Tinto hill race planned for my next trip out there at the end of October.