Ross Richardson wrote:Whats the rush? Why not have to enjoyable days instead of cramming it into one? Most people on here seem to be obsessed with ticking off a list as quickly as possible rather than doing it for enjoyment.
I can understand the rush, or a desire to cram as much into a trip as possible. I live in SE England and if I wanted to take a holiday to explore the magnificence of Sutherland (for example), I have to travel over 600 miles each way. Once I am there and I have a list of summits or beautiful locations to experience/explore, I have to fit them around the fickle Scottish weather. I see no point in expending significant energy trying to appreciate the landscape from above when the cloud base is down to 400m, and I don't go out walking for hours in driving rain. If there is a day where the forecast looks like the summits will be clear, I will look at ways of being time efficient, such as climbing multiple summits in a day, not necessarily in the same locations, because when you get a sunny day in Scotland, you have to take advantage of it because you might not get another one. When I was in Braemar in June I managed only two big hill walks out of a possible seven I was interested in doing, mostly due to the mostly dreich weather* which prevented any decent views from the Munro and many of the Corbett summits most of the week I was there.
*Unfortunately I have never managed to time my trips to Scotland with these long dry spells we seem to be getting with increased frequency because I book leave and accommodation in advance. I can't just get up and go at the drop of a hat.