Munro Course on Skye
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| Eerie Coire lagan. Can you see the Cioch? |
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| Into Coire Ghrundha |
Today is the 1st day of 4
with James, Nick and Martin who are aiming to complete all the
Munro's. Martin is well over 200 and has all the Skye Munro's to do.
So with 4 days to complete them we got busy today. Unfortunately
the weather was horrendous. High winds and pretty much constant
rain. Double set of waterproofs would have been a good idea. I
decided we would do the Southern 3 Munro's as this requires limited
time exposed on the ridge proper. When we were exposed, it was never
too difficult. We were up on Sgurr nan Eag after 3 hours from
leaving the car, the rain hadn't hit us yet. However en-route out to
Sgurr Dubh Mor, we were hit. Hit hard. Our waterproofs put up a
good fight but it was only a matter of time. Boots were soaked, rope
doubled its weight and clearly I need to replace my waterproof
trousers. Our ascent onto Sgurr Alasdair was slow and steady, the
rock was greasy and very wet. On the summit we had no view, which
has been the same on every other summit. Hopefully tomorrow will be
better.
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| Our first summit in pea soup |
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| Seeking shelter in the cave...a little damp! |
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| Down the great stone shoot |