I am happy to hear others would have taken the same course of action as myself.
walkingpoles wrote:I don't know whether you had options to sit it out somewhere instead of to keep walking.
When the storm struck I was on a very bare and open bit of land (as most of that area is), I did consider trying to wait out the storm lower down, but my mind was telling me just to keep going. The track i was using to descend goes through some very boggy ground until the Dubh Loch, and then down to Loch Muick, It was in my mind that water makes an excellent conductor and any potential strikes on the bog/lochs/rivers could spread via the saturated ground.
ohsosky wrote:Lightning looks for the closest path to the ground if I remember right so you are supposed to sit on your bum with your legs pulled in, preferably on your bag.
I have read this as well but I do wonder what the theory is of using your bag to isolate from the ground, would a few mm of fabric make much difference, after all that bolt of lightning has just bridged an air gap of many thousands of feet, could possibly help isolate from a nearby ground strike
walkingpoles wrote:, poles are as dangerous (if not more) in a backpack as they are in ones hand (happy to stand corrected).
Now i did have the poles strapped horizontally across the back of the rucksack, I figured having them vertically would be akin to having a mini lightning conductor on my back but thinking about so was the way I was carrying them, next time I might just abandon them.