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oh how we laughed

PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:08 pm
by claremaree
well, after the advice here about buachaille etive beag i stressed out for a while before picking this walk.
weather was fine and arrived at the car park about 1ish.
Being new and all, there won't be any named descriptions of what we're seeing.
the next day we took a wee run up to Glencoe

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think we thought we were heading to that second bump from the left

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path up

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with a high start point the views were mega already

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the path zig zagging up the hill

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a big mountain

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Cobbler?

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first view of where we were really going - crapped it a wee bit

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rockier ground

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looking back at the scramble down

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trig point in the distance

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summit

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summit - it looks quite hazy

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through my shades

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homework

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coming back down - we're on there somewhere

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another big mountain

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newt

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caterpillar

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oh how we laughed when i told them this was the big brother of the mountain i had wanted to climb


Job done! Magic.

Re: oh how we laughed

PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:39 pm
by monty
Well done Claremaree. Nice walk and some lovely scenery. Hope this gives you a thirst for more. Nice to see your compass I trust you also had a map :lol: Your Another big mountain picture is the Corbett Beinn Luibhean just behind that is the Munro Beinn Ime. :D

Your picture of the Cobbler? The cobbler is the peak on the far right. The peak to the right of middle is the munro Beinn narnain. The peak to the far left at the back is the Munro Beinn Ime and the smaller peak in front of that is the Corbett Beinn Luibhean

Just for interest you climbed approx 550m in ascent during this walk. The small Beauchaille walk climbs an additional 350m in ascent for only another 1/2 a mile so its steeper.

Look forward to your next report. :D

Re: oh how we laughed

PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:41 pm
by kinley
:D Good on you. :thumbup:

Get out and find where you're at.

You've done a hill I haven't :evil:

Re: oh how we laughed

PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:46 pm
by murphy999
Brilliant! Well done, a world of possibilities are now open before you.

Re: oh how we laughed

PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:51 pm
by gammy leg walker
Great first report claremaree,glad to see you got out even though it was not the wee bookil looks like you had a fine day,hope there is many more to come 8)

Re: oh how we laughed

PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:09 pm
by claremaree
cheers all and yes, it was really something.
our fitness isn't great - but all that really meant was we had to stop quite often for 10 secs to get our breath back but i could've walked forever given the views and the sense of exhilaration.
and honestly we were seriously p*ssing ourselves :lol: when we got to Glencoe and saw what could have been, or what wouldn't have been given your info monty, on that mountain.
fun, fun, fun on the hills.

Re: oh how we laughed

PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:25 pm
by Bruadair
Hi Claremaree,

Well done, good report and photo's.......we were all new to this hill walking thing at one point, and most of them can deceive....you see a ridge struggle up to it and find there's an even bigger one behind to negotiate, and then same again, but as has been mentioned....hope to see many more reports.

Regards...................B

Re: oh how we laughed

PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:00 pm
by rockhopper
Congratulations - nice trip :thumbup: You can often find that the views from the corbetts can be better than those from the munros....and some can be more challenging :D

Re: oh how we laughed

PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:42 pm
by ChrisW
cracking report, some great pics too - 'through my shades' made me laugh :D

Re: oh how we laughed

PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:58 pm
by sketch
Hi Claremarie
great report and some spectacular photo's, keep the reports coming and I look forward to reading them

Re: oh how we laughed

PostPosted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:32 pm
by warbietoo
Great first report. Looks like you thoroughly enjoyed your week-end. Hope you had a celebratory drink!!!! :D

Re: oh how we laughed

PostPosted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:00 pm
by claremaree
yep
we were staying in tyndrum and got hammered really. not good.
hangover the next day was pretty bad. Sore everything. :?

Re: oh how we laughed

PostPosted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:34 pm
by audreywaugh
Were you the ones in Paddys knocking back the shots?? :lol: :lol:

Glad you managed to get out and do Ben Donich, cracking weather on Saturday 8)

Re: oh how we laughed

PostPosted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:42 pm
by Mitzi
Glad to see the snow , just about gone, hoping to get walk to Carn a'Chlamain this weekend, prob. Sat and weather is looking good!! Have I jinxed it ?