by Sgurr » Sat May 15, 2021 10:54 pm
It was my husband's last Munro, and I knew it was the big obstacle to me ever compleating, but I would rather(at that time) not have compleated than faced the exposure. However, when the day came, the guide (Mike Lates of Skye Guides, whom I cannot praise enough) just assumed we would both be doing it. We had palled up with another client at the last minute as we had had so many awful rainy call offs. I was wearing a floppy sunhat, and Mike just rammed the helmet on top, which very handily gave me blinkers, so I couldn't see what was going on at either side, and I just followed him up, the 2 more experienced guys coming along behind. I recommend learning to abseil first (sure you know that) we had practiced on a wooden tower at an outdoor centre. I was 64 at the time, and we booked Mike to give me confidence on Sgurr nan Gillean and Am Basteir the following year. I don't know if I traumatised him, but 14 years and probably several hundreds of clients later, he recognised me in Broadford Co-op. Go for it. Book Mike if you can, but all are recommended.