BarryfromEK wrote:Hello,
...Then descend. Once I get to the bottom I have sore knees from tensing up on the way down!!! There is no way I could attempt to climb another!!!!
This is the key point, descending. The whole idea behind doing multiple peaks at once is that you aren't having to descend anywhere near as much as you would if you do them separately. Since you aren't decending as much, a perhaps unexpectedly strenuous part of the journey, then you will still have a lot more energy than you do once you come off the hills completely, especially if you stop for a good sized break (and equally good sized lunch) between peaks.
That said it is amazing how much it all mounts up. My most peaks in one day was 3 (Carn nan Gabhar, Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain and Carn Liath in that order) and the first was fine, the second was strenous but doable but the third was an absolute killer, I was at that point I wanted to turn back but it made no sense to cause I would have had to climb 2 to go back the long way rather than 1 to go the short way! On their own though I don't think any of the 3 would be much cause for concern.
I'm sure with more experience I would also get better at it but it blows my mind these people that do 5 or 6 as if they were mere speed bumps in the road.
So yes, look back in pride and anguish at the hills you have done and the pain endured but keep in mind that every hill you conquer makes you stronger and more abled for the next.