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The list below shows the mountains I have climbed, sorted by date. Click
on the mountain names (brown link) to see a report including text, images and route maps. An asterisk means I attempted, but did not reach the summit. The numbers left of the peak names are the summit's height in metres. On the right the date is displayed, with statistics (distance in kilometres, height gain in metres and time taken in hours and minutes) as well as comments on the day. |
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981 1041 1004 968 1029 |
Meall na Aighean Carn Mairg Meall a' Bharr Meall Garbh Carn Gorm | 2012 January 29 | 18.6km / 1380m / ?h | With Dougie and Struan - did my last Munros of SMC Region 2 - everything from Orchy to Tay! The walk wasn't so exciting. We had snow about 500m and cloud above 600m, so a lot of compass bearings took us slowly from top to top. It was a big confidence boost to navigation. A drink and chips at Fortingall and then a long drive home via. Lix Toll and Callander after getting Sunday night fuel at Aberfeldy! |
| 427 | Dumgoyne | 2012 January 26 | 3.8km / 400m / ?h | Short morning out with Tom. Snow falling, wind blowing, a lot of fun. |
| 1024 | Sgorr Dhearg (Beinn a' Bheithir) * | 2012 January 21 | 10.2km / 900m / ?h | Beaten back 300m form the top, crawling. The most intense winds I've seen. |
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1245 1176 1309 |
Cairn Gorm Stob Coire an t-Sneachda Ben Macdui | 2012 January 14 | 18.7km / 1070m / 7h 05m | An amazing day (again) But genuinely one of the best. Sparking white, alpine mountains, cloud below 3000 feet and a golden winter sunset. With Andrew (on his first winter walk!) trudging over the stunning Cairngorm plateau. |
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935 1046 979 |
Beinn na Lap Chno Dearg Stob Coire Sgriodain |
2011 December 27 | 20.2km / 1230m / ?h | With some guys from the club - last of the year. Started out late and went up Beinn na Lap under threatening skies. Weather and darkness closed in on Chno Dearg. Careful navigation got us to Sgriodain and hard graft got us to Tulloch! |
| 1076 | Beinn Dorain | 2011 December 22 | 9.9km / 900m / ?h | Wet, windy day with Mackenzie, on his first visit to Scottish hills from Wales. |
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936 941 |
A' Bhuidheanach Bheag Carn na Caim |
2011 December 17 | 17.7km / 850m / ?h | With Struan and James S., Snow and cloud (whiteout, nearly!) on the plateau. Tougher than expected, but navigation confidence got a huge boost. |
| 841 | Ben Vrackie | 2011 December 10 | 11.6km / 850m / ?h | Stunning clear weather - went on my own from Pitlochry, staying with Dave |
| 427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 December 4 | 3.6km / 400m / ?h | ...and the snow arrives! Whoa. Took Rosie (the dog). Looking forward to winter... |
| 516 | Black Mount | 2011 November 26 | 6.1km / 270m / 1h | Walk/running a wee hill above Elsrickle, (nr. Tinto). High winds. |
| 427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 November 22 | 3.6km / 400m / ?h | 25 minutes up - getting up before sunset on this beautiful evening. |
| 361 | Conic Hill | 2011 November 21 | 4.6km / 350m / ?h | Cloud on the wee hill with Steve. Alright weather, amazing forest at the bottom |
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985 975 |
Ben Vorlich Stuc a' Chroin |
2011 November 13 | 14.5km / 1400m / 4h 15m | An alone, on-the-whim trip to two Munros close to home. Lots of mist, but breaking through above the cloud on Vorlich, 50m below the summit! Amazing! |
| 427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 November 7 | 3.6km / 400m / ?h | A quick up and down after the Lawers hills. Immense inversion and twilight. |
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926 1069 1103 1214 1047 1118 1118 1001 |
Meall a' Choire Leith Meall Corranaich Beinn Ghlas Ben Lawers Creag an Fhithich An Stuc Meall Garbh Meall Greigh |
2011 November 7 | 20km / 1700m / ?h | An incredible day on the Lawers Range! I started at Lochan na Lairige and got over the mountains with surprising speed. The weather was warm, calm and settled. All the mountains were on show - there aren't many days like this. At first I wasn't sure how I'd get back to the car, but when the morning went so well, I decided to finish the group and take my chances on getting a lift back. And this happened - I got back to the car and drove home, but not before Dumgoyne. |
| 948 | Beinn Bhuidhe | 2011 November 5 | 21km / 950m / 3h 55m | Fyne's Beinn Bhuidhe - finally climbed! Went alone, good weather, a great day |
| 917 | Tryfan | 2011 October 23 | 3.1km / 600m / 4h | Immense climb up Tryfan's North Ridge. Climbing straight up 2000 feet. Wow! |
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923 1065 1085 898 |
Crib Goch Crib y Ddysgl Snowdon Y Lliwedd |
2011 October 22 | 11.7km / 1100m / ?h | In Wales - for the first time, ever - for a Walk Highlands meet with Mackenzie and all the rest. Did the Snowdon Horseshoe in good weather and high winds which turned out to include perhaps the most scrambling I've ever done. |
| 884 | The Cobbler | 2011 October 20 | 10km / 900m / 5h 10m | First snow on the Cobbler. Climbed pinnacle solo, roped, in bad conditions! |
| 427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 October 7 | 3.6km / 400m / 50m | Looking for the first winter snows from Dumgoyne - Stob Binnein had snow! |
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1010 976 993 |
Ruadh-stac Mor (Beinn Eighe) Coinneach Mhor (Beinn Eighe) Spidean Coire nan Clach (Beinn Eighe) |
2011 October 2 | 17.1km / 1300m / ?h | The final day in Glen Carron/Torridon. Woke to low cloud which cleared to magnificent blue skies at the car park. Amazing weather all day. I saw the Triple Buttress for the first time and the second Munro was my #150. Incredible. |
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915 983 1055 927 1023 |
Stuc a' Choire Dhuibh Bhig (Liathach) Stob a' Choire Liath Mhor (Liathach) Spidean a' Choire Leith (Liathach) Am Fasarinen (Liathach) Mullach an Rathain (Liathach) |
2011 October 1 | 9.5km / 1450m / 6h 15m | A classic Scottish mountain. We'd hoped for better weather than light mist, but the rock was dry and the scrambling fun. Struan and I leaped over the pinnacles past the bottle necks of walkers. A lot of fun and an amazing mountain. Rain came in at the end of the day but couldn't stifle the joy of having done Liathach. One of the best mountains. |
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876 887 926 |
Beinn Liath Mhor Far East Top Beinn Liath Mhor East Top Beinn Liath Mhor |
2011 September 30 | 14.6km / 1050m / 6h 10m | A wild first day with Bealach M. C. - staying at the Inver Croft hut in Glen Caron. We climbed this Munro from the glen. Planned Sgorr Ruadh too, then the weather came in rough and wild. We surrendered like drenched rats. |
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923 1044 1026 1000 916 |
Meall nan Tarmachan SE Top Meall nan Tarmachan Meall Garbh Beinn nan Eachan Creag na Caillich |
2011 September 24 | 13.8km / 900m / 5h 35m | The Tarmachan Ridge with Graham, Kaeryn and Craig. I did half the ridge in February but did the lot today! The whole thing would be great fun in thick winter conditions - as for today, it was sunny with a bit of rain and good views to surrounding hills and moors. |
| 427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 September 2 | 8.3km / 400m / 2h 30m | Going alone to do some filming. Not inspiring weather, and beat the rain back |
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997 935 999 |
A' Chailleach Toman Coinnich Sgurr Breac |
2011 August 21 | 18km / 1000m / 8h 15m | Dougie and myself went over these two Fannaichs. Started late so we missed the other 3. Weather was much better than forecast. They are great mountains, though they didn't quite match An Teallach! Counted 120 deer in the corrie. |
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954 960 1040 1030 1060 1062 |
Sail Liath (An Teallach) Stob Cadha Gobhlach (An Teallach) Corrag Bhuidhe (An Teallach) Lord Berkeley's Seat (An Teallach) Sgurr Fiona (An Teallach) Bidein a' Ghlas Thuill (An Teallach) |
2011 August 20 | 15km / 1450m / 7h 50m | Incredible day with Bealach M. C. - what a mountain! Like nothing else I've seen. Dougie, Craig, Tommy and I did this in high winds and periodic rain. We went anti-clockwise around Toll an Lochain, bypassing the main tower then onto the pinnacled Tops. An awe-inspiring mountain, one of the best. We walked over the Munros in thickening clag back to the Smiddy - a cracking club hut. The exposure can be mind bending - a big-mountain experience. |
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884 870 |
The Cobbler The Cobbler North Peak |
2011 August 17 | 10.5km / 950m / 5h 45m | With Sam and co. on a day with fairly nice weather. Did the pinnacle and the North Peak - next summers plans coming together! |
| 427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 August 16 | 3.4km / 400m / 1h 15m | Dumgoyne - again! 25th time, alone and at night. Glengoyne parking sucks! |
| 427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 August 8 | 8.3km / 400m / 1h 55m | Went up Dumgoyne alone. First hill I drove to - thank you driving licence :-) |
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1184 1296 787 |
Sron na Lairige Braeriach Creag a' Chalamain |
2011 August 6 | 21.8km / 1350m / 7h 25m | Warm, still day with Michael, Pete and Bill. A long day trip, but on such a spectacular mountain. Midges on the summit, although the view south was mind blowing. Could see West Coast ridges Stob Binnein to the Fannaichs - wow! |
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979 987 1001 1036 956 990 1027 1002 1067 929 869 879 |
Ciste Dhubh Sgurr an Fhuarail Aonach Meadhoin Sgurr a' Bhealaich Dheirg Saileag Sgurr nan Spainteach Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe Sgurr na Carnach Sgurr Fhuaran Sgurr nan Saighead Beinn Bhuidhe Sgurr na Moraich |
2011 July 30 | 26.5km / 2700m / 13h 10m | An immense day in Glen Shiel! Back with the mountaineering club after what feels so long away. Could see for miles in every direction, all of Affric, Knoydart and Skye. Walked over the Brothers and Five Sisters of Kintail in a mammoth day starting at the front door of the Cluanie Inn and ending at the bar of the Kintail Lodge Hotel. I was fascinated to climb and see Ciste Dhubh having done it once before on an extreme winter night with Michael. The ridges were quiet for a Saturday, but the Sisters were beautiful and the final descent harsh. Back at the hotel just in time for fish and chips. |
| 427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 July 23 | 2.8km / 350m / 1h 50m | Up for sunset with Steve and Pete. Chatting to the Gibsons! A good night |
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884 870 |
The Cobbler The Cobbler North Peak |
2011 July 23 | 17.6km / 1000m / 6h 25m | Brilliant weather on the Cobbler. Went alone, took train up. Threaded the needle, tried the South Peak, and home for 4pm. |
| 35 | Dunagoil | 2011 July 8 | 1.7km / 70m / 1h 05m | Last day of the holiday, nice way to round off, one this small ancient fort. |
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179 59 109 104 |
Sight Hill Castle Cree Quien Hill Hill of Ascog |
2011 July 7 | 29.2km / 460m / 4h 35m | This day was very much about picking up the dregs and finishing off Bute's 30m Tops. Sight Hill was difficult, Castle Cree very nice, Quien Hill a sting in the tail and Hill of Ascog one for the tick. Left one last Top for the end of the holiday - a nice one too. |
| 147 | Creag na Buidsich | 2011 July 6 | 7.4km / 170m / 1h 20m | So I found time for one more - great sea and sunset views. |
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227 215 195 179 127 81 105 |
Torran Turach Badlia Hill Muclich Hill Black Hill Torran Turach Corval Hill Barlia Hill |
2011 July 6 | 35.7km / 650m / 5h 35m | The walk the broke the camels back. ;) Finally did the northern summits on a humid day with rain threatening throughout. The Kyles of Bute and Tighnabruaich are lovely but the heather and bracken, non-stop all day was painful! Note: don't wear shorts next time. Very painful, legs cut to pieces. Very tired on the cycle out too, but got back to Port Bannatyne for a curry - made me feel a whole lot better! Time for one more, I think... |
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123 74 149 |
Suidhe Bhlain Barr Buidhe Torr Mor |
2011 July 5 | 4.3km / 300m / 1h 10m | Maybe the nicest part of Bute (depending on taste) - the far south. Great sea views to Arran and other lands from these small tops that are right on the edge of the sea. Well worth it - although hard going in the thick vegetation. |
| 123 | Birgidale Hill | 2011 July 4 | 16.4km / 200m / 1h 30m | And another to finish the day off - cycled almost to the top. Saw an eagle. |
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162 137 143 143 |
Barone Hill Kerryfearn Hill Barmore Hill Blackpark Hill |
2011 July 4 | 15.0km / 300m / 2h 35m | The hills above Loch Fad are some of Bute's nicest - Barone Hill especially. I enjoyed these, although the long heather and grass wore thin later on. Good evening views across the centre of Bute. |
| 132 | Common Hill | 2011 July 3 | 1km / 20m / 9m | One final one for the peak-bagging... Hardly a hill - it's behind the golf course! |
| 157 | Suidhe Chatain | 2011 July 3 | 1.3km / 150m / 30m | Great evening walk from Kilchattan. Cool hill, great views! |
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256 236 236 278 269 256 |
Kilbride Hill The Lyeing Hill Cnocanallt Windy Hill Kames Hill Muirton Hill |
2011 July 3 | 17.8km / 480m / 3h 10m | Climbing all the 30m prominence tops of Bute! A fun trip, on holiday for a week. Bute has little (none!) in the way of mountains, so I located the summits and went ticked them off, Munro bagging-style. I started with Windy Hill and co., some of the first hills I ever did, back in 2000. A beautiful day on these rolling hills. |
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1100 1234 1221 1220 1179 1344 |
Stob Coire Bhealaich Aonach Beag Aonach Mor Carn Mor Dearg Carn Dearg Meadhonach Ben Nevis |
2011 June 28 | 23.3km / 1500m / 12h 10m | Day 4: The last day and a surprisingly tough one. Cloud on Aonach Beag gave way to increasing sunny skies. Aonach Mor was a nice (rucksack-less) walk and the descent from the Aonachs was much easier than expected. Walked up CMD feeling elated, then Nevis burst into view. Wow - what a place. A walk around the arete brought us to Ben Nevis summit and a walk completed. It wasn't over yet - the dash to the train station is yet another story! |
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977 1177 1105 1079 1106 1116 1080 1094 963 |
Stob Ban Stob Choire Claurigh Stob a' Choire Leith Stob Coire Cath na Sine Caisteal Stob Coire an Laoigh Stob Coire Easain Sgurr Choinnich Mor Sgurr Choinnich Beag |
2011 June 27 | 13.4km / 1500m / 9h 10m | Day 3: Following the tough Mamores day, we had an easier time going across the Grey Corries. A 12 o'clock start ensured we didn't traverse the Aonachs before bed (a wise choice) and a fun day slid by into a superb high level camp below Aonach Beag. Got to bed early, ready for the end. |
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990 1099 1001 1032 909 981 975 982 1041 1056 1062 1130 1010 |
Stob Choire a' Mhail Sgurr a' Mhaim Sgor an Iubhair Am Bodach Stob Coire a' Chairn South Top Stob Coire a' Chairn An Garbhanach An Gearanach Na Gruagaichean NW Top Na Gruagaichean Binnein Mor South Top Binnein Mor Sgurr Eilde Mor |
2011 June 26 | 20km / 1700m / 13h 10m | Day 2: A big day. Statistically not the biggest I've done but with the problem of heavy packs on the route. The Devil's Ridge was a lot of fun, the weather on the Ring of Steall was okay. Na Gruagaichean was a very hard climb in wind and rain, leaving us completely tired on the way to Binnein Mor. We needed a lot of patience to see the Munros through. To complete the wider glen traverse, we needed to get to Meanach bothy for nightfall (miles away). We left out Binnein Beag, the logical outlier. Hellish climb over Sgurr Eilde Mor then descent to Glen Nevis in the gloom. It looked like Mordor - such an empty place. The river was almost too deep to cross (Mick and Mackenzie's epic came to mind!) but we got across in thigh-deep waters and settled in for a nice night with chicken curry but no fire! |
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939 917 910 999 |
Mullach nan Coirean Mullach nan Coirean SE Top Mullach nan Coirean East Top Stob Ban |
2011 June 25 | 17.9km / 1300m / 5h 05m | Day 1 of Glen Nevis trip. Train up, cycled down Glen Nevis, and an early start on the Mamores before the big day. Cloudy on the Mullach, which then cleared on Stob Ban to a stunning twilight scene across Nevis and co. Awesome! Camped below the Devil's Ridge |
| 427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 June 16 | 44.5km / 800m / 3h 45m | Cycling WHW, plus a hill. Planned Conic Hill too, then Steve had a car crash... |
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729 727 |
Ben Venue Ben Venue East Top |
2011 May 29 | 12km / 700m / 5h 30m | Pt. 2 of the day - Ben Venue, which turned into a longer walk than expected. Weather changing all the time, great views. McD's at end! With Sandy and Tom. |
| 454 | Ben A'an | 2011 May 29 | 3.4km / 350m / 2h 20m | Sun, wind and rain on this wee hill I haven't seen in a while. w/ Sandy and Tom |
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1102 1114 |
Beinn Eibhinn Aonach Beag |
2011 May 21 | 27.5km / 1050m / 8h 30m | With the mountaineering club: cycled in, extremely wet and windy on the summits, river crossings, atmospheric views, great downhill cycle out. |
| 933 | Fionn Bheinn | 2011 May 1 | 8.9km / 800m / 3h 10m | A wind-down walk with Colin before home. Nice hill, superb views. |
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761 914 887 866 986 922 |
Carn na Feola Beinn Dearg Stuc Loch na Cabhaig Na Rathanan (Beinn Alligin) Sgurr Mhor (Beinn Alligin) Tom na Gruagaichean (Beinn Alligin) |
2011 April 30 | 20km / 1950m / 9h | The penultimate day across Torridonian giants with Colin, Faye, Jim and Gerry. Beautiful weather with wind to keep us cool, scrambling to keep it fun and huge views across Torridon and the ocean. It was spectacular, the Horns of Alligin especially so! The south side of Liathach had been set on fire during the day, creating incredible scenery. A magnificent first time in Torridon. |
| 933 | Maol Chean-dearg | 2011 April 29 | 8.7km / 750m / 2h 55m | A quick evening run up this Munro above Coulags bothy. Amazing landscape! |
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928 913 |
Moruisg Sgurr nan Ceannaichean |
2011 April 29 | 11.3km / 970m / 4h 55m | A great day and my first time to Glen Carron. The sun was out, wind was blowing and could see all around - most notably to Torridon and Fisherfield. |
| 427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 April 22 | 4.3km / 450m / 2h 50m | Fun afternoon with Steve and cousins Holly and Phil. Warm, windy, very hazy. |
| 357 | Auchineden Hill | 2011 April 18 | 4.7km / 180m / 2h 15m | Night walk with Steve + Ali. Warm night, hazy views, desolate landscape. Cool. |
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858 884 870 |
The Cobbler South Peak The Cobbler The Cobbler North Peak |
2011 April 17 | 9.6km / 1000m / 7h 10m | An amazing day across the three peaks of The Cobbler - and a small dream fulfilled. Great weather with Steve - we scrambled to the summit of S Peak, abseiled off, went around the other two peaks and descended in the evening. |
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168 251 |
Salisbury Crags Arthur's Seat |
2011 April 10 | 4.0km / 300m / 3h 25m | Still tired from the Grey Corries, Dougie and I went up Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh in warm weather. A great, spring day, everyone out in the sun. |
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977 1177 1105 1079 1106 1116 1080 1094 1007 |
Stob Ban Stob Choire Claurigh Stob a' Choire Leith Stob Coire Cath na Sine Caisteal Stob Coire an Laoigh Stob Coire Easain Sgurr Choinnich Mor Beinn na Socaich |
2011 April 9 | 27.7km / 2000m / 10h 40m | Incredible day on the Grey Corries ridge with Dougie and James. I took the train up in the morning, arrived at the Spean Valley in the sun and peace and quiet. We met up and went for breakfast at Spean Bridge. The weather was sunny and warm and we ended up with tans or burn, although a wind generally kept us cool. Even with most of the snow gone, the ridge was beautiful and a lot of fun to walk. A classic, with bigger mileage than I'd anticipated! |
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827 1051 1029 1045 986 953 |
Creag Bhreac Glas Tulaichean Carn an Righ Beinn Iutharn Mhor Mam nan Carn Beinn Iutharn Bheag |
2011 April 7 | 27.7km / 1500m / 8h 45m | A brilliant spring day with Colin and Faye. Hail showers blew themselves out and we did most of the route beneath sunny skies. Views were enormous in all directions to many mountains, most spectacularly the main Cairngorm range which still holds a lot of snow. We had very little by comparison and the axe was left in the car. Loch nan Eun and the walk-out down Gleann Taitneach (classic U-shape valley) were beautiful places for the end of a very fulfilling day. |
| 427 | Dumgoyne | 2011 March 29 | 3.6km / 400m / 1h 45m | Dumgoyne at night with Steve - 20th time! Wind on top, stars out. |
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778 974 |
Ptarmigan Ben Lomond |
2011 March 27 | 12.6km / 1000m / 6h | Great weather, chilled, fun, plenty rock climbing and cookies! Went with Steve, Graham and Richard. Shorts and t-shirt - spring is here! What a superb day! |
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975 1070 |
Carn Liath (Beinn a' Ghlo) Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain (B. a' Ghlo) |
2011 March 20 | 18.5km / 1000m / 6h 50m | 2nd time on Beinn a' Ghlo - 2 Munros this time! No views again, which is a shame but I didn't feel so bad about leaving the last summit till next time! |
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1174 1165 |
Ben More Stob Binnein |
2011 March 6 | 12.2km / 1300m / 6h 10m | Cold weather on these high peaks above Crianlarich. My third time on them and first approaching via. Benmore Glen. Minimal views but a good time. |
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918 1126 1009 998 980 |
Meall Cuanail Ben Cruachan Drochaid Ghlas Stob Diamh Stob Garbh |
2011 March 5 | 14km / 1450m / 8h 05m | Awesome day on the Cruachan Horseshoe with James. Warm cloudy weather all day and snow in the corries. The ridge was superb and the cloud opened up on the last summits to put us above the clouds - always a great moment. Met a couple of great guys en route and did the ridge with them. |
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923 1044 1026 |
Meall nan Tarmachan SE Top Meall nan Tarmachan Meall Garbh |
2011 February 27 | 9.4km / 750m / 5h 35m | Fun day above Killin with Sam and Darren. The mountains were snow covered, the sun was out and the views breathtaking. High winds all day on top! Snow is consolidating and we had a lot of fun climbing, scrambling and bum-sliding. |
| 841 | Ben Vrackie | 2011 February 20 | 10.9km / 750m / 3h 55m | A quick walk up from Pitlochry. Mental wind on top. Finished at the Moulin Inn. |
| 975 | Carn Liath (Beinn a' Ghlo) | 2011 February 19 | 18km / 850m / 7h 50m | Walking in fresh snowfall all the way from Blair Atholl. One summit of three. |
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653 802 |
Beinn Bheag Beinn Bhreac-liath |
2011 February 12 | 14.8km / 800m / 5h 45m | Nice day alone above Tyndrum. Weather was calm, misty with snow above 500m. For once, I used compass bearings! Didn't do second hill for lack of time |
| 1041 1056 1062 1130 |
Na Gruagaichean NW Top Na Gruagaichean Binnein Mor South Top Binnein Mor |
2011 January 22 | 13.5km / 1150m / 6h 35m | Sun, snowy ridges, knife edge ridges, rock, ice and monster cornices on the Mamores ridge, with James, Iain, Dougie, Craig and Tommy. A magnificent range. Can't wait to come back and to think I might not have made it as well! Was also the end of a weekend of brilliant fun. |
| 1076 | Beinn Dorain | 2011 January 21 | 11km / 1000m / 6h 20m | Shifting cloud and snow on Dorain with Dougie. Good times. |
| 941 955 929 |
Carn Dearg Sgor Gaibhre Sgor Choinnich |
2011 January 20 | 22.7km / 1000m / 7h 45m | Two Corrour Munros with Colin. Weather was great with powder snow, blue skies and inversions. We considered doing three but ran out of time. Still an immense start to the years Munros. |
| 496 | Slackdhu | 2011 January 14 | 6.9km / 400m / 2h 10m | Warm and wet day! Snow is gone, lots of wind, lots (and lots) of rain. |
| 426 578 |
Dumfoyn Earl's Seat |
2011 January 9 | 13km / 650m / 5h 20m | Awesome day with Mackenzie - little wind, snow to sea level and vast blue skies. Mackenzie's 100th Scottish HuMP before moving to Wales. |
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| 357 | Auchineden Hill | 2010 December 31 | 4.4km / 190m / 1h 40m | 100th hill of 2010 with Dad, just in time for New Year! Superb. |
| 852 956 |
Sgurr a' Choire Riabhaich Sgurr nan Coireachan |
2010 December 28 | 9.9km / 950m / 8h 55m | Success! Epic of a day, and Kev's 200th Munro on his birthday. Exposed bits, nervous, fun and scary bits. Descent in the nick of time. One to remember. |
| 463 | Crichton's Cairn (Cortma Law) | 2010 December 20 | 2.9km / 250m / c. 1h 30m | Above the clouds the whole way, in a winter paradise with dad. |
| 963 | Sgurr Thuilm | 2010 December 12 | 9.8km / 900m / 3h 50m | Magnificent solo climb at sunrise. At least that's one done! A real highlight. |
| 852 956 |
Sgurr a' Choire Riabhaich Sgurr nan Coireachan * |
2010 December 11 | 7.7km / 850m / 6h 50m | Attempt at Kev McK's 200th Munro. Stayed at Corryhully bothy. Didn't summit because the situation was becoming dangerous, but I did a Top! |
| 496 | Slackdhu * | 2010 December 1 | 4.4km / 400m / 3h 25m | Snow - tonnes of it! No summit but amazing weather on a sunny winter day |
| 496 | Slackdhu | 2010 November 19 | 5.4km / 400m / 2h | 17th time. Summit in 44:08. Good weather, fun cliffs |
| 674 | Curleywee | 2010 November 13 | 3.5km / 440m / 1h 50m | Mackenzie's 'Leaving Scotland' trip. Great night in White Laggan bothy |
| 1022 1011 941 956 |
Stob Dearg (Buachaille
Etive Mor) Stob na Doire (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob Coire Altruim (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob na Broige (Buachaille Etive Mor) |
2010 November 7 | 11km / 1050m / 6h 30m | With Dave, Dougie and Colin. Stayed at Lagangarbh, so the hill was on the doorstep, literally. Amazing views from Stob Dearg, then a lot of cold weather at S.n.Broige. Snow fell at the end of the day, though great fun and good to finally do all the Tops in one. |
| 1072 1150 1115 |
Stob Coire Sgreamhach Bidean nam Bian Stob Coire nan Lochain |
2010 November 6 | 13.5km / 1350m / 7h 05m | With Dougie and Colin (Bealach MC). Finally did these after a long time of wishing. Lost Valley was immense, got some good weather then low cloud. Great time staring over vertical cliffs of S.C.n.Lochain - wow! |
| 427 | Dumgoyne | 2010 October 23 | 8.3km / 400m / 3h | Solo night walk w/ stunning moonlit views and first snow visible on B. More |
| 895 956 1047 1078 |
Meall Tionail Stob nan Clach Creag Mhor Beinn Heasgarnich |
2010 October 16 | 48.2km / 1970m / 9h 50m | Creag Mhor and Heasgarnich in a day with public transport! Almost impossible if it were not for taking the bike from Tyndrum. Big mileage day, but a fraction was actual walking. Went alone, among beautiful autumnal mountains, but shorts and t-shirt all day, mid-October! |
| 933 975 917 |
The Cairnwell Carn a' Gheoidh Carn Aosda |
2010 October 9 | 11km / 630m / 4h 30m | Easy but fun day out with Sam and James. With a lot of sun (better than expected), we went around the 'easiest Munros in Scotland' and I found them surprisingly good. |
| 427 | Dumgoyne | 2010 September 25 | 8.3km / 400m / 4h 25m | Bouldering on a crag below the hills. Dumgoyne for sunset, down in the dark |
| 2230 | Jahňaci štit | 2010 September 14 | 9.5km / 800m / 6h 55m | Amazing, and tough mountain to end the Tatra trip. Epic and beautiful. |
| 2038 | Vel'ká Svišt'ovka | 2010 September 13 | 8.4km / 700m / 3h 50m | To Zelene pleso Hut. Heat and hangover gave way to a beautiful walk. |
| 2499 2503 |
Rysy NW Top Rysy |
2010 September 12 | 14.1km / 1100m / 8h 20m | Mind-blowing - All seven of us made it to the summit of Poland, 2499m and the top of Rysy, 2503m. Had great weather among these summits in the sky. |
| 1987 | Kasprowy Wierch | 2010 September 10 | 9.1km / 100m / 6h 45m | Cable car to the top restaurant (pizza) then descent on foot. Easy but v. wet |
| 2096 2122 2096 2005 |
Ciemniak Krzesanica Małołaczniak Kondracka Kopa |
2010 September 9 | 15km / 1300m / 8h 20m | Started traversing this ridge to get to Kasprowy Wierch, but whiteout and a bad navigational error had us descending early. Weather got better towards the end, though. And the mountain huts are just fantastic.... |
| 1653 1879 2064 |
Grześ Rákoň Wołoviec |
2010 September 8 | 15km / 1400m / 8h 20m | First day on the Tatra Mountains of Poland and Slovakia, with the Bealach Mountaineering Club. Wet, cold and windy on Wolowiec, just like Scottish winter! Wonderful to see new mountains and a different culture. |
| 1019 958 957 1064 1068 987 |
Carn an Tuirc Tolmount Tom Buidhe Cairn of Claise Glas Maol Creag Leacach |
2010 September 4 | 19.8km / 1200m / 7h 50m | Around six Glen Shee Munros with Michael and Martin (6 summits) and Samantha and David (4 summits). Weather wasn't as good as hoped although not too bad - no rain but high winds. Finally knocked the six off! The plateau was very Campsie-esque, with a lot of wildlife around. |
| 744 960 918 930 1078 1028 892 997 1044 877 928 |
Beinn nan Aighenan East Top Beinn nan Aighenan Stob na Duine Ruaidhe Meall Cruidh Ben Starav Stob Coire Dheirg Meall nan Tri Tighearnan Glas Bheinn Mhor Stob Coir an Albannaich Meall Tarsuinn Meall nan Eun |
2010 August 31 | 42km / 2500m / 12h | An enormous day, off the back of confidence built off the Auch Corbetts. Camped this time at Inveroran before cycling down to Loch Dochart then doing a roundtrip of these five Munros. All new ones, too. Aighenan and Starav took a long time to knock off, and the last three were very draining, not helped by doing climbing a lot of Tops. But excellent weather, with sun all day, some high pressure cloud around on the hills and a temperature inversion in the morning. Arrived home absolutely knackered, more so than I've been in a long time! |
| 653 901 818 884 806 886 |
Meall Buidhe Beinn Odhar Beinn Chaorach Cam Chreag Beinn nam Fuaran Beinn a' Chaisteil |
2010 August 25 | 27.7km / 2250m / 9h 25m | Yet *another* superb day - feeling on top form and going for miles... I worked my way around the five Auch Corbetts alone, since I'd done only one already - the success of this trip was a complete reversal of that Beinn Chaorach trip last September. The weather wasn't as sunny as predicted (still a sunny day however), but the cloud offered cooler temperatures. Almost perfect in every way really... |
| 496 | Slackdhu | 2010 August 20 | 7.2km / 400m / 2h 40m | Nice day on the Campsies. Found a very nice bouldering crag on descent |
| 814 1046 |
Meall Dhamh Cruach Ardrain |
2010 August 15 | 12.2km / 1000m / 5h 45m | Hot day with Dougie. Slipped into the afternoon before taking the train to Glasgow. A top notch Southern Highlands day. |
| 897 980 998 966 1009 1126 |
Beinn a' Bhuiridh Stob Garbh Stob Diamh Sron an Isean Drochaid Ghlas Ben Cruachan |
2010 August 14 | 16.3km / 1700m / 11h 20m | A fantastic day out with Dougie. My first time across the ridge linking Ben Cruachan to Stob Diamh. Also did a new Corbett, Beinn a' Bhuiridh and new Munro Top, Drochaid Ghlas. The weather wasn't as good as forecast, but it was warm with minimal wind and not a drop of rain. Tried doing all the Cruachan Tops but ran out of time - two still to do, good reason to go back. Finished in the dark, and all in all a fantastic day. |
| 153 | Dunglass | 2010 July 29 | 3.7km / 100m / c. 1h 40m | Cool walk with dad, back here after 11 months. Rock climbers were out. |
| 946 1046 |
An Cabar Glas Leathad Mor (Ben Wyvis) |
2010 July 25 | 13.5km / 920m / 4h 20m | A very wet day with Michael Kerrigan, Pete and Dorota. Minimal views, mist and wind, which is a bit of a shame since it's probably a great hill. |
| 251 | Maodal | 2010 July 22 | 2km / 250m / 1h 05m | Up with Steve for the geocaching. Sunset was among the best I've had. |
| 729 697 491 |
Uisgneabhal Mor Teileasbhal Sron Scourst |
2010 July 22 | 12km / 950m / 5h | Justifiably ranks among the best days so far. Good weather on Harris is hard to come by, but when it does it's nothing short of spectacular. These summits aren't high in altitude by come as nothing short than true mountains. |
| 1004 1213 1291 1258 1113 1157 |
The Devil's Point Stob Coire an t-Saighdeir Cairn Toul Sgor an Lochain Uaine Monadh Mor Beinn Bhrotain |
2010 July 6 | 43km / 1550m / 11h 50m | Amazing day out with Pete Swales. Weather was between cloudy/sunny/raining with a fair dose of wind, but the actual day was fantastic. Great to be in the high mountains after a lot of flat long distance walks in June, and the first time I've used a bike for the approach. Great fun and nice to mix things up a bit. Incredible Cairngorm peaks all around too. Will need to come back for some more of the giants - MacDui, Braeriach, etc... |
| 496 | Slackdhu | 2010 June 29 | 6km / 400m / 2h 22m | Nice weather, great views. Went alone, having fun with exposure on the cliffs |
| 361 460 586 597 |
Conic Hill Gualann Binnein nan Gobhar Beinn Uird |
2010 June 18 | 22.7km / 1150m / 8h 10m | Did the Drymen - Rowardennan stretch of the West Highland Way over the tops, and climbed some hills I'd wanted to do for a while, attracted by their obscure nature. A tough day with long stretches of moor, but not bad anyway. The camping at Rowardennan however was superb! |
| 156 | Dumgoyach | 2010 June 17 | 25.5km / 300m / 8h 25m | Attached to the West Highland Way. Nice forest on this hill, but limited views |
| 725 628 569 507 |
Lowther Hill Cold Moss Hods Hill Beld Knowe |
2010 June 7 | 39km / 1500m / 13h | On the Southern Upland Way. We went through the Lead Hills first from Sanquhar, then up onto Lowther Hill then down the other side. Sunny until this point, then it rained hard. The last two tops were a more miserable and knackering before arriving in Brattleburn Bothy. |
| 421 580 |
Manquhill Hill Benbrack |
2010 June 6 | 32.1km / 800m / 12h 20m | On the Southern Upland Way. Benbrack's Striding Arch is inspiring and brightened up the otherwise dull weather. |
| 320 184 |
Craig Airie Fell Hill of Ochiltree |
2010 June 4 | 40.4km / 830m / 13h 40m | On the Southern Upland Way. Sunny and hazy all day - the space on top of Craig Airie Fell was a welcome break after miles closed in the forestry. |
| 943 953 900 940 967 |
Am Bodach Meall Dearg Aonach Eagach 900m Stob Coire Leith Sgorr nam Fiannaidh |
2010 May 25 | 8.5km / 1250m / 12h 20m | Stunning day above Glen Coe. Great weather, dry rock, crazy scrambling and big exposure. Climbed following a cold camp in Glen Etive, then headed up in the morning and spend all day on the ridge in good weather. Got a taxi back up Glen Coe. |
| 996 1100 1099 1108 |
Stob a' Ghlais Choire Creise Clach Leathad Meall a' Bhuiridh |
2010 May 15 | 12.8km / 1200m / 6h | Climbed with Colin while staying at the Blackrock Cottage. Went up Sron na Creise, a superbly exposed scramble - would do it again. All Slackdhu scrambling experience went towards this one. Blasted by hail on Creise and Clach Leathad then had the long walk down Meall a' Bhuiridh. |
| 945 1090 |
Stob a' Choire Odhair Stob Ghabhar |
2010 May 14 | 16.2km / 1200m / 6h 30m | Recording from virus, but was fine. Weather: changeable with sun then showers. Blasted by heavy snow on Gabhar's Aonach Eagach. Awesome. |
| 427 | Dumgoyne | 2010 May 9 | 3.7km / 400m / 2h 35m | Up Dumgoyne in time for sunset with Ian. Nice to be out again. |
| 1087 1049 924 |
Beinn a' Chlachair Geal Charn Creag Pitridh |
2010 April 24 | 28.2km / 1300m / 8h 05m | Into new mountain regions with Bealach MC. Went up the summits alone but met the others on Munro #3. Hazy weather although no rain and even some sun. |
| 923 953 1081 978 1038 1002 1004 1076 |
Beinn a' Chuirn Beinn Mhanach Beinn a' Chreachain Meall Buidhe Beinn Achaladair Beinn Achaladair South Top Beinn an Dothaidh Beinn Dorain |
2010 April 11 | 31km / 2700m / 12h | Great solo trip over the five Bridge of Orchy Munros in sunny weather, sunburn included. I took the train up Friday evening, stayed in the Orchy Hotel bunkhouse then headed off at 5.30am. With 31kms being the longest single solo trip I've done, I'm not sure where the energy and persistence came from, but it was a great day and these are were the most ideal conditions I could have asked for. To climb the five Bridge of Orchy Munros in a day is a small dream of mine fulfilled. |
| 496 | Slackdhu | 2010 April 7 | 6.8km / 500m / 3h 10m | Sunny, spring day on the Slackdhu crags alone. Pure bliss, all day. |
| 251 | Arthur's Seat | 2010 April 5 | 3.4km / 250m / c. 1h 30m | Unexpected but huge fun, with Mackenzie. Very windy! |
| 427 | Dumgoyne | 2010 April 2 | 8.1km / 400m / 3h 45m | Night walk after rock climbing. Cold and windy. Snow on the Campsies. |
| 975 1011 991 |
A' Mharconaich Beinn Udlamain Sgairneach Mhor |
2010 March 20 | 16.3km / 950m / 6h 10m | Out above the Drumochter Pass with Pete and Kev McK. I did two new Munros, having already climbed A' Mharconaich in June. Occasional showers, *lots* of sun, and a great time! Brilliant, brilliant day. |
| 538 | Creag Choinnich | 2010 March 13 | 2.4km / 200m / 36m | Quick run up from Braemar. Beautiful day and stunning forests. |
| 818 | Carn na Drochaide | 2010 March 13 | 20.6km / 550m / 7h | Planned Ben Avon, but changed plans. Good views, nice Corbett |
| 654 715 690 719 933 |
Ben Glas Stob Creag an Fhithich Meall nan Tarmachan West Top Meall nan Tarmachan Beinn Chabhair |
2010 March 6 | 12.8km / 1300m / 10h 20m | Great weather, climbing with Samantha Munro and Michael Kerrigan. Followed the west ridge to the summit - more like a series of bumps than a ridge. The up's and downs were exhausting but I gained myself three much-wanted Tops, and managed the summit after 7.5 hours! The spring warmth, great weather, great views and company made it all worth it. |
| 506 573 579 563 534 551 |
Turnhouse Hill Carnethy Hill Scald Law South Black Hill East Kip West Kip |
2010 February 27 |
16.2km / 750m / 7h 10m |
A wintry day on the Pentlands. This was my first time here and we had our fair share of snow, wind and cloud. Very little precipitation however. These relatively small hills felt far bigger in the latter reaches of the walk, in part due to tiredness but since the glen had a strikingly Highland feel. Felt very remote for hills so close to the city and they were very reminiscent of the Cairngorms. |
| 496 | Slackdhu | 2010 February 19 | 4.8km / 400m / 1h 55m | Cracking weather, remembering Mick + confirming I still love this place |
| 917 921 937 959 |
Meall a' Churain Sgiath Chuil Beinn Cheathaich Meall Glas |
2010 February 13 | 16.8 km / 1250m / 8h 40m |
I did these hills in Oct '09, but repeating wasn't a bother even though the hills are quite undistinguished. Snow on the ground and nice weather (sunset and no wind on Meall Glas) made for a great day out. Went with Bealach MC. Good views to the Crianlarich Hills and Ben Lui. |
| 570 | Meikle Bin | 2010 January 31 | 10.8 km / 530m / 4h | Walking in the wee hours, lit by the Moon and by city lights |
| 998 1025 |
Ben Challum South Top Ben Challum |
2010 January 28 | 11.9 km / 950m / 6h 35m | With Mackenzie and Samantha. Weather or mountain wasn't so good, the company was awesome. Almost whiteout on top. |
| 1115 892 |
Stob Coire nan Lochain Aonach Dubh |
2010 January 23 | 8.1 km / 1070m / 7h 40m | Spectacular day above Glen Coe. With beautiful weather and sharp, exposed ridges this place just blew my mind. |
| 1068 | Glas Maol | 2010 January 17 | 6.3 km / 450m / 3h 40m | Nice winter day above Glen Shee. Superb weather, then whiteout.. |
| 427 543 578 | Dumgoyne Garloch Hill Earl's Seat |
2010 January 10 | 10.3 km / 750m / 5h 40m | First peaks of the year! A beautiful sunny day in the Campsies and my first time on Earl's Seat in months. Triggered a small avalanche on the descent which got the adrenaline fair pumping. |
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| 357 | Auchineden Hill | 2009 December 31 | 4.9 km / 180m / 2h 05m | Beautiful winter day to finish the year with dad. 100th hill of 2009 |
| 427 | Dumgoyne | 2009 December 30 | 8.1km / 370m / 2h 25m | Like a winter Munro... snow, wind, hammering spindrift. The works. |
| 937 909 |
Beinn Sgulaird Beinn Sgulaird North Top |
2009 December 28 | 8.5km / 930m / 6h 40m | Good weather then cloud. Snow conditions were tough and I summited alone at sunset. Descended in the dark. A tough one. |
| 1001 1024 |
Sgorr Dhonuill (Beinn a' Bheithir) Sgorr Dhearg (Beinn a' Bheithir) |
2009 December 27 | 13.8km / 1200m / 10h 35m | Brilliant day on snowy mountains. Tough gully climbing, sharp ridges, wonderful sunset then walking by moonlight. This had it all |
| 496 | Slackdhu | 2009 December 22 | 4.6km / 420m / 2h 20m | Soloed yesterdays route in snow. 50k vertical metres this year! |
| 496 | Slackdhu | 2009 December 21 | 4.9km / 450m / 2h 10m | Snow on the Campsies, climbing steep ground. Great fun! |
| 1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) | 2009 December 19 | 6.7km / 800m / 6h | Full on winter on the Buachaille. Rough weather, but fun walk. |
| 884 | 2009 December 12 | 9.4km / 900m / 5h 25m | 10th Cobbler with dad, after so long. It's good to be back... | |
| 496 426 427 |
Slackdhu Dumfoyn Dumgoyne |
2009 December 11 | 9.4km / 700m / 3h 10m | Beautiful weather on the Campsies, Glasgow completely covered by cloud. Sunny + warm on the hills and miserable and grey in Strathblane. Well worth staying close to home for these views |
| 1001 1036 |
Aonach Meadhoin Sgurr a' Bhealaich Dheirg |
2009 December 5 | 8.6km / 900m / c. 6h 45m | Nice walk with Michael and Kevin McK. Snow 700m>-ish. Couple of sharp ridges up high, and descent in darkness. |
| 979 | Ciste Dhubh | 2009 December 5 | 11.1km / 850m / 6h 50m | Whiteout and sharp ridges in the middle of the night. Holy moly. |
| 937 690 |
Beinn Sgulaird Stob Gaibhre |
2009 November 29 | 13.1km / 1050m / 6h | This mountain takes no prisoners. Straight up the side all the way to the top! Had rough weather with some sun. |
| 1001 1024 947 |
Sgorr Dhonuill (Beinn a' Bheithir) Sgorr Dhearg (Beinn a' Bheithir) Sgorr Bhan (Beinn a' Bheithir) |
2009 November 28 | 11.9km / 1300m / 7h 10m | Mind blowing trip! First winter walk of the season and one of my best days out. Ever. Went with Dave, Colin, Dougie and Iain, crossing beautiful ridges in the snow, above the clouds |
| 496 | Slackdhu | 2009 November 20 | 4.8km / 400m / 1h 15m | Up in 43 mins, down in 32. High winds and new route today |
| 357 | Auchineden Hill | 2009 November 15 | 5 km / 200m / 4h | Rock climbing at the Whangie w/ Steve and visit to trig point |
| 808 | Sail Gharbh (Quinag) | 2009 November 1 | 9.1km / 560m / c. 3h | Second walk of the day, w/ U.A.M. Rain, rain and more rain |
| 776 | Glas Bheinn | 2009 November 1 | 13km / 800m / 5h 15m | Early morning walk with Dougie. No sunrise, but nice walk |
| 987 998 |
Conival Ben More Assynt | 2009 October 31 | 16km / 940m / 8h 25m | 2nd time up these hills. Plenty cloud, but summit views from Conival. Rough weather and terrain returning from Ben More. |
| 1039 937 959 917 921 |
Meall Ghaordaidh Beinn Cheathaich Meall Glas Meall a' Churain Sgiath Chuil |
2009 October 17 | 25.4km / 2080m / 16h 35m |
Night walk first on Meall Ghaordaidh. Pitch dark, stars, meteors all the way, summiting at 1.20am. Descended, then moved onto Meall Glas and Sgiath Chuil, walking through sunrise and subsequent morning. The day brought clear skies, great visibility, inversions in the valleys - signs of winter. Nothing else like it! |
| 357 | Auchineden Hill | 2009 October 15 | 5 km / 170m / c. 2h | Beautiful weather for an evening stroll with dad. Great views. |
| 947 987 938 1021 981 902 1010 1004 896 918 |
Creag a' Mhaim Druim Shionnach Druim Shionnach West Top Aonach air Chrith Maol Chinn-dearg Sgurr Coire na Feinne Sgurr an Doire Leathain Sgurr an Lochain Sgurr Beag Creag na Damh |
2009 October 10 | 26.6km / 1900m / 9h 35m | The South Glen Shiel ridge east to west. With Michael. A 4.30am alarm got us walking for six, and we had all kinds of conditions during the walk. The last summits were definitely harder and a front had moved in by the time we were on the last Munro, bringing high winds and heavy rain. But a ridge walk to do again - the mountains are beautiful in this area. The waterfall in Am Fraoch-choire is incredible! Well worth descending alongside even if the guidebooks don't say it. To round off a great day, we got a lift back up Glen Shiel from a walker who we'd met on the ridge. Fantastic. |
| 958 925 |
Stob Dubh (Buachaille Etive Beag) Stob Coire Raineach (Buachaille Etive Beag) |
2009 October 9 | 8.1km / 900m / 4h | Climbed early evening en route to Glen Shiel. Lots of wind, cloud but clear summits. Stob Coire Raineach was my 50th Munro. |
| 1035 1006 996 |
Gleouraich Creag Coire na Fiar Bhealaich Spidean Mialach |
2009 September 26 | 9.8km / 1200m / 5h 10m | With Michael. Same high winds as yesterday, but with sun and cumulus. Cloud remained on the summits. The surrounding area looked incredible, with occasional widespread views. |
| 891 1027 |
Sgurr Coire nan Eiricheallach Sgurr a' Mhaoraich |
2009 September 25 | 11km / 940m / 5h 20m | With Kevin McK. Mist above 850m, strong wind, occasional rain. Visited Kinloch Hourn afterwards. Camped at Quoich Dam |
| 496 426 427 |
Slackdhu Dumfoyn Dumgoyne |
2009 September 19 | 8.7km / 620m / 1h 48m | Late afternoon with sun and a little wind.. Trying to go ever faster. In the end, I cut 37 minutes from my previous best time of 2h 25m. Although I'm adamant that I'm not - not a fell runner ;-) |
| 1076 | Beinn Dorain | 2009 September 12 | 12km / 1000m / 3h | Camped alone at summit. Sunset, starry skies and meteors... |
| 818 | Beinn Chaorach | 2009 September 9 | 19.7km / 700m / 6h | A Corbett above Tyndrum with an enjoyable camp afterwards |
| 153 | Dunglass | 2009 August 29 | 4.8km / 150m / 1h 45m | From Strathblane, searching out climbing routes on the crags |
| 496 426 427 |
Slackdhu Dumfoyn Dumgoyne |
2009 August 25 | 8.9km / 620m / 2h 25m | Sunny afternoon on the Campsies, with sun, light cloud and a fair bit of wind. Had difficult route finding through bracken on Slackdhu, but then a nice walk with some easy scrambling. |
| 916 989 1019 851 937 967 918 |
Beinn a' Chlaidheimh Sgurr Ban Mullach Coire Mhic Fhearchair Meall Garbh Beinn Tarsuinn A' Mhaighdean Ruadh Stac Mor |
2009 August 10 2009 August 11 |
48.4km / 3300m / 33h 35m | Around the Fisherfield Forest with Michael C. in a 33 hour push. A little bit of everything: sun, wind, rain, sunset, night walking, sunrise, scrambling and bivouac. The list goes on. Although dragging on at many points, it was a mind blowing trip into one Scotland's most remote areas. |
| 612 | Stac Pollaidh * | 2009 August 9 | 4.4km / 550m / 2h | No summit, due to weather and lack of time... Must go back |
| 987 998 |
Conival Ben More Assynt |
2009 August 9 | 15.3km / 1150m / 8h 30m | With Michael and Martin. The effort of Hope and Klibreck the previous day was noticeable, but the ridges were fantastic... |
| 961 808 |
Meall nan Con (Ben Klibreck) Creag an Lochain (Ben Klibreck) |
2009 August 8 | 13.3km / 980m / 6h 05m | Afternoon walk with Michael C., Michael K. and Martin. Nice views, good weather, and heavy rain showers the end. |
| 927 | Ben Hope | 2009 August 8 | 6.4km / 920m / 3h 25m | Beautiful sunrise from summit, with Michael C. and K. and Martin |
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690 933 |
Meall nan Tarmachan West Top Beinn Chabhair |
2009 August 2 | 11.4km / 1000m / 5h 25m | Sunny afternoon from Inverarnan with Allan - amazing waterfalls and lots of bog. The last of the seven Crianlarich Munros. |
| 799 | An Cliseam | 2009 July 20 | 5km / 650m / 1h 45m | Climbed in rough weather during a week in the Outer Hebrides. |
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770 1130 916 1029 978 |
Beinn Chuirn South Top Ben Lui Beinn a' Chleibh Ben Oss Beinn Dubhchraig |
2009 July 9 | 26km / 1650m / 10h | Second day in Tyndrum Hills. I left Beinn Chuirn early morning before starting a round of the four Tyndrum Munros. Even though I'd not felt too great in the morning, a brisk walk up Ben Lui shook it off and I went on to complete the hills I'd hoped to do. Oss and Dubhchraig were new hills. |
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656 880 |
Meall Odhar Beinn Chuirn |
2009 July 8 | 7.9km / 900m / 3h 25m | First day in the Tyndrum Hills. Climbed Meall Odhar followed by Beinn Chuirn via. it's eastern corrie. Camped on top - cold! |
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1130 916 |
Ben Lui Beinn a' Chleibh |
2009 June 27 | 9.6km / 1080m / 4h 30m | Climbed these Munros with the Up A Mountain guys. We climbed from Glen Lochy, but low cloud gave us minimal views. |
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1011 941 956 |
Stob na Doire (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob Coire Altruim (Buachaille Etive Mor) Stob na Broige (Buachaille Etive Mor) |
2009 June 26 | 11.7km / 900m / 3h 30m | A wonderful walk on the Buachaille Etive Mor while the other guys attempted Curved Ridge. This entire mountain is beautiful with it's views and sharp ridges - I look forward to the day I'm back. |
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814 1046 946 |
Meall Dhamh Cruach Ardrain Beinn Tulaichean |
2009 June 25 | 17.6km / 1050m / 4h 40m | Climbed solo mid-afternoon on the 25th, camping on the summit, watching a spectacular sunset with the mountain to myself. Descended in the morning, (26th) then on to Glen Coe! |
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974 778 |
Ben Lomond Ptarmigan |
2009 June 24 | 12km / 1030m / 6h 40m | Night climb with Steve. Watched the sun rise over the clouds which were below us ("airplane feel"). Wonderful! |
| 427 | Dumgoyne | 2009 June 21 | 3km / 400m / 1h | 10th Dumgoyne with Steve. Camped on the summit overnight |
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Geal-charn A' Mharconaich |
2009 June 20 | 11.2km / 750m / 4h 10m | A very nice day above the Drumochter Pass, climbing two Munros beneath sunshine and light cloud. |
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Ben
More Stob Binnein Stob Coire Bhuidhe Stob Garbh Cruach Ardrain Beinn Tulaichean Stob Glas Meall Dhamh |
2009 June 4 | 24.4km / 2300m / 9h | Around four Crianlarich Munros underneath sunshine with great views all around. The route was similar to one I had done in September '08, with some noticeable differences this time. Took it (slightly...) slower and packed lighter than before, leaving me with a lot more strength by the latter reaches of the walk. Also got panoramas from all four summits. In a bid to catch the train, the end of the walk saw me battling through dense pine forests, an interesting end to the walk. |
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496 426 427 |
Slackdhu Dumfoyn Dumgoyne |
2009 June 2 | 9km / 620m / 2h 35m |
Another nice trip to the Campsies. Hoped for a sunset but got dull cloud, the first cloud in many days. Good leg-stretch however, plus saw a Golden Eagle, a nice bonus. |
| 427 | Dumgoyne | 2009 May 30 | 2.2km / 330m / 1h | Took the bike out to Killearn, stopping at Dumgoyne en route. |
| 496 | Slackdhu | 2009 May 22 | 6km / 400m / 2h 40m | Plenty scrambling on exposed ground. Beautiful weather |
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989 980 966 998 980 |
Beinn Eunaich Beinn a' Chochuill Sron an Isean Stob Diamh Stob Garbh |
2009 May 16 | 16km / 1700m / 9h 20m | Trip around three Munros with Michael. Cloud was down on all summits but we had a mix of rain and sun throughout the day. Having already climbed Ben Cruachan, these three Munros were the remaining of the four in the range that I had to do. A long day out - my longest yet. |
| 427 | Dumgoyne | 2009 May 9 | 3km / 400m / 2h 05m | Evening walk with Steve. Descended by torchlight, back by 11 |
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Slackdhu Dumfoyn Dumgoyne |
2009 April 30 | 9km / 620m / 3h 05m | An evening walk on the Campsies alone, climbing Slackdhu and with skies clearing, bombing it over to Dumgoyne. Spent time watch the setting sun, wonderful thing... |
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Slackdhu Clachertyfarlie Knowes Earl's Seat Owsen Hill Dumbreck |
2009 April 25 |
13km / 630m / 3h 40m | Climbed alone from Strathblane, took a direct (scrambling) route up Slackdhu's escarpment, requiring focus. Went to the highest point of the Campsie Fells, Earl's Seat before by making a round trip of it and descending via. Dumbreck.. A hazy day but with plenty of sun and warmth. |
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2009 April 8 | 12km / 1050m / 5h 20m | A solo trip over the Luss Hills, beginning in Glen Douglas and ending in Tarbet. Views were excellent, especially from Tullich Hill, but showers distorted any views from Ben Reoch. Didn't see anyone else all day, just like it always is around Luss... | |
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888 923 960 815 837 824 932 |
Creag an Fheadain Sron Chona Choirein Stuchd an Lochain Meall an Odhar Sron a' Choire Chnapanich Meall Buidhe West Top Meall Buidhe |
2009 March 28 | 22km / 1500m / 9h 15m | A big day around Loch an Diamh. Went with U.A.M. as far as Stuchd an Lochain before Dave and I continued onwards alone, confident we could do a circular route around the loch before darkness. A cold wind on Stuchd gave way to lighter winds beyond, and Meall Buidhe was climbed with a sunset to our backs. Got back just as dark fell, 9 hours after we began. Perhaps I started my long distance routes without realising? |
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995 942 940 |
An Caisteal Beinn a' Chroin Beinn a' Chroin East Top |
2009 March 21 | 14km / 1100m / 6h 10m | My original plan was to start long distance routes for the year and do the 5 west Crianlarich Munros, but the weather had other plans. Otherwise it was a nice day, inc. a new Munro Top |
| 496 | Slackdhu | 2009 March 4 | 7km / 450m / 4h 55m | With Tom, a mix of sun and whiteout and a spectacular sunset. |
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1221 1234 |
Aonach Mor Aonach Beag |
2009 February 28 | 10km / 1000m / 4h 20m | Two new Munros with U.A.M. Aonach Beag especially felt wild to my mind with whiteout and cornicing. Rough weather too... |
| 415 | Cruach Tairbeirt | 2009 January 31 | 7km / 500m / 6h | Finally climbed this one. Beautiful views from the summit. |
| 357 | Auchineden Hill | 2009 January 24 | 5km / 170m / 1h 55m | With Josh and for part way up, dad. Cold day and nice views |
| 810 | Meall a' Bhuachaille | 2009 January 10 | 9km / 450m / 3h 15h | w/ U.A.M. Thrilling roundtrip - 110mph winds up top. |
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2008 |
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888 1011 |
Beinn Chorranach Beinn Ime |
2008 December 31 | 6km / 950m / 4h | Another amazing day - cloud inversion, snow, views, some adrenaline and excitement. What a way to end the year! |
| 357 | Auchineden Hill | 2008 December 20 | 5 km / 170m / c. 2h | A good walk, down via. the Whangie. Warm for December... |
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703 734 701 |
Beinn Eich Doune Hill Doune Hill East Top |
2008 November 30 | 12km / 800m / 6h 40m | More beautiful snow capped hills. Didn't see a single person all day. Lots of snow, views, fricken cold up top. Venturing further into the Luss Hills.... |
| 1047 | Carn an t-Sagairt Mor | 2008 November 22 | 25km / 700m / 7h | w/ U.A.M. 20th Munro, snow, long walk. Brilliant weekend |
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1076 1004 |
Beinn Dorain Beinn an Dothaidh |
2008 November 2 | 14km / 1200m / 5h | Two snow capped mountains in beautiful weather - this has to be in my top three best walks so far. |
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642 657 |
Beinn Dubh Mid Hill |
2008 October 18 | 11km / 700m / 3h 20m | My first time in the Luss Hills and there's a lot to climb. Even better, they're right beside Glasgow. Excellent! |
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964 1090 1017 1245 |
Bynack Beg Bynack More A' Choinneach Cairn Gorm |
2008 October 13 | 17km / 1350m / 7h | Two Munros in the Cairngorms. All types of weather throughout the day. First impressions of the main Cairngorms are excellent - they're a vast, vast range and this won't be my last visit. |
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792 778 |
Carn Ealasaid Beinn a' Chruinnich |
2008 October 12 | 6km / 350m / 1h 50m | An easy trip from the Lecht. The starting elevation of 650m meant these were climbed quickly but enjoyably. |
| 810 | Meall a' Bhuachaille | 2008 October 11 | 10km / 450m / 1h 55m | Up my first Cairngorm peak. Awe-inspiring scenery... |
| 531 | Cortma Law (to 518m top) | 2008 October 5 | 6km / 300m / 1h 30m | Didn't go to the top. Very very nice walk in the Campsies |
| 915 | Ben Vane | 2008 September 26 | 11km / 900m / 5h 20m | Early start, with a beautiful sunrise and cloud inversion |
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778 974 |
Ptarmigan Ben Lomond |
2008 September 21 | 12 km / 1030m / 5h 30m | A *brilliant* day up Lomond, enjoyable all the way. We had an exhilarating scramble to the top from Ptarmigan |
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1174 1165 959 1046 946 814 |
Ben
More Stob Binnein Stob Garbh Cruach Ardrain Beinn Tulaichean Meall Dhamh |
2008 September 7 | 19 km / 2200m / 8h | A stonker of a trip - tired like I never have been before in the mountains! Did the "brutal" ascent of Ben More first plus the added bonus of climbing Beinn Tulaichean, one of the first mountains I climbed. Ben More and Stob Binnein are ranked (height) #16 and #18 in the UK. A pretty special day for me, taking eight hours. Shattered! |
| 847 | Ben Donich | 2008 August 31 | 7 km / 600m / 2h 15m | Good ascent up the north ridge. Misty and cold but great fun. |
| 926 | Beinn Narnain | 2008 August 11 | 17 km / 1100m / 3h 55m | Narnain - fifth time. Nice train ride though so-so weather |
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660 859 |
Suidhe Fhearghas Caisteal Abhail |
2008 July 23 | 11 km / 1000m / 4h 50m | Went from Sannox alone on a pretty cloudy day. Caisteal Abhail was the last of my Arran Corbetts. |
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874 829 |
Goatfell Mullach Buidhe |
2008 July 20 | 12 km / 990m / 7h 30m | Superb walk with dad, climbing the Goatfell massif S to N. As was usual for Arran, had great weather but strong winds |
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792 826 675 |
Beinn Nuis Beinn Tarsuinn Beinn a' Chliabhain |
2008 July 19 | 15 km / 880m / 4h 55m | Went alone on a great and moderately hard roundtrip over my third Arran Corbett. A lot of bog gave way to an amazing circular ridge walk. |
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874 818 799 |
Goatfell North Goatfell Cir Mhor |
2008 July 15 | 17 km / 1300m / 5h 30m | Going solo deeper into Arrans mountains. Climbed Goatfell and went on to the airy but easily climbable summit of Cir Mhor. A long day out, climbing rugged mountains. |
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874 818 829 |
Goatfell North Goatfell Mullach Buidhe |
2008 July 13 | 11 km / 960m / 3h 50m | Climbed Goatfell alone from Brodick and climbed its' tops - I need to learn to scramble! Descended to Corrie after some "top-bagging". :-) |
| 357 | Auchineden Hill | 2008 July 7 | 4 km / 170m / ?h | A superb evening walk - unexpected. Beautiful views |
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Dumgoyne Garloch Hill Earl's Seat |
2008 June 29 | 14 km / 650m / 3h 30m | First rain up a hill in nearly a year. Did Dumgoyne then to Earl's Seat, high point of the Campsies. Got a bit of a shock when the cloud came down at the top without a map or compass. |
| 974 | Ben Lomond | 2008 May 26 | 11 km / 990m / 4h 15m | Superb weather, up Ptarmigan Ridge |
| 1083 | Schiehallion | 2008 May 16 | 9 km / 750m / 4h 35m | Nice day out and amazing weather with passing rain showers |
| 357 | Auchineden Hill | 2008 May 10 | 5 km / 170m / ?h | A morning out. Hazy day and nothing to see. |
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995 942 |
An Caisteal Beinn a' Chroin |
2008 May 5 | 13 km / 1050m | With Alex. We had great weather. Sunburn inc. Beinn a' Chroin was my 10th Munro and took 7 years to get there! |
| 791 | Beinn Airigh Charr | 2008 April 17 | 18 km / 800m | Remote hill, solo. The North-West is an amazing place |
| 225 | Sithean Mor (Fairy Lochs) | 2008 April 16 | 7 km / 250m | War grave in Wester Ross with top ...more insane views |
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Meall an Doirein NE Top Meall an Doirein |
2008 April 15 | 12 km / 480m | A walk west of Loch Maree, Wester Ross. Beautiful views all around. I'll be updating pictures soon. |
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Ben Vorlich South Top Ben Vorlich |
2008 April 8 | 10 km / 970m | With cousin Allan on a dull day below but some amazing winter conditions higher up. Great fun as a result |
| 848 781 926 |
A' Chrois Creag Tharsuinn Beinn Narnain |
2008 March 16 | 11 km / 1100m | Over Beinn Narnains north ridge. Lost an ice axe but although the weather was great with the snow, I didn't allow myself enough time to do the route. |
| 857 | Beinn a' Chrulaiste | 2008 February 17 | 6 km / 570m | Dull weather but pretty amazing views of Glen Coe |
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Beinn Narnain Beinn Ime The Cobbler |
2008 February 12 | 15 km / 1550m | Wow! Familiar peaks but stunning weather. My longest route thus far - 10 miles and 1550m of ascent - and felt great afterwards! Reaching new territory physically |
| 570 | Meikle Bin | 2008 January 19 | 10 km / 340m | Short afternoon walk with dad in the eastern Campsies |
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| 858 1011 |
Beinn Luibhean Beinn Ime |
2007 December 29 | 10 km / 930m | First real 'winter' day in the hills. Some great cloudscapes were about. Less views but a great walk |
| 926 | Beinn Narnain | 2007 November 25 | 9 km / 920m | Scariest moment on the mountains thus far |
| 884 | The Cobbler | 2007 October 21 | 10 km / 880m / 2h 40m | Solo on a dull but enjoyable day |
| 1011 884 |
Beinn Ime The Cobbler |
2007 October 17 | 14 km / 1250m / 6h 10m | A bog ridden day of wet and sore feet. 4-seasons-in-one-day kind of day. A new Munro too as well as another Cobbler |
| 707 | Tinto | 2007 September 30 | 7 km / 480m / 3h 15m | A nice day (again) up Tinto with Kim. A fun walk. |
| 884 | The Cobbler | 2007 September 24 | 10 km / 880m / 5h | Really bad weather - Taylor got vertigo so I summited alone |
| 427 426 496 |
Dumgoyne Dumfoyn Slackdhu |
2007 September 23 | 10 km / 600m / 4h | With Alex. Something less substantial then Nevis. Great weather *again*, though windy. We went over the front of the Campsies and climbed three tops. |
| 427 426 543 |
Dumgoyne Dumfoyn Garloch Hill |
2007 September 2 | 12 km / 600m / 4h 10m | Nice walk over the Campsies. The weather is still playing ball and the walk over the plateau was awesome - went alone, would go back soon. |
| 926 884 |
Beinn
Narnain The Cobbler |
2007 August 26 | 12 km / 1170m / 3h 50m | Went solo again. Good weather as well as a fast time up Narnain - 90 minutes up 3000 feet! My 5th Cobbler. |
| 884 870 |
The Cobbler The Cobbler North Peak |
2007 August 19 | 10 km / 1000m / 3h 50m | First solo hillwalk, excellent weather! I surprised myself with my speed - a sign of things to come? |
| 1344 | Ben Nevis | 2007 August 9 | 14 km / 1320m / 6h 40m | UK's highest, would be done before long. Great camp |
| 974 | Ben Lomond | 2007 July 5 | 11 km / 1000m / 6h | With Alex, ascent was okay. Down Ptarmigan Ridge |
| 884 | The Cobbler | 2007 May 24 | 10 km / 880m / 4h 30m | With friend Alex. A lot of (and sometimes scary) wind |
| 454 | Ben A'an | 2007 April 28 | 3 km / 370m / 3h | Incredible weather. My first hill in a long time... |
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| 1126 | Ben Cruachan | 2005 August 16 | 10 km / 1100m / 6h | Overcast day with Uncle Steve, my biggest mountain yet |
| 427 426 |
Dumgoyne Dumfoyn |
2005 July 30 | 10 km / 550m / 4h 30m | An overcast, midge-infested day in the Campsies. A nice day though over to the plateau and down. |
| 1022 | Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mor) | 2005 May 14 | 6 km / 750m / 6h | Third Munro. Another incredible day, great views. |
| 884 870 |
The Cobbler The Cobbler North Peak |
2004 October 30 | 10 km / 1000m / 6h | Second time up this amazing mountain. Nice cloudscapes also. I didn't climb the pinnacle. |
| 427 | Dumgoyne | 2004 July 30 | 8 km / 350m / 4h | A small bump but great views |
| 884 | The Cobbler | 2004 May 1 | 10 km / 880m / 6h | First time up an incredible peak |
| 946 | Beinn Tulaichean | 2002 August 4 | 10 km / 920m / 5h | Second Munro - a nice but hazy sunny day |
| 974 | Ben Lomond | 2001 September 9 | 12 km / 990m / 6h | First Munro at ten years old - sunny day |
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Year |
Total Peaks |
..of which repeated |
Trips |
Ascent |
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2001 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
990m |
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2002 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
920m |
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2003 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0m |
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2004 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
2,230m |
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2005 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
2,400m |
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2006 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0m |
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2007 |
17 |
12 |
14 |
12,280m |
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2008 |
48 |
15 |
34 |
27,670m |
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2009 |
100 |
40 |
60 |
52,760m |
| 2010 | 100 | 31 | 58 | 56,480m |
| 2011 | 132 | 44 | 72 | 61,500m |
| 2012 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3,750m |