- Loch Iubhair, a clear start and looking good.
- Mist all round on the lower slopes
Ben More is an easy route to follow - straight uphill! And everything I had read and been told about it was completely true - "unrelenting", "a beast", " a grueler". Its 1000 metres of pure hell! At least it felt like that to me at that early hour.
- A gap in the clouds and mountain streams full on Stob Garbh
- Rocky outcrops near the summit
Having been roasted alive with my gear on in the rain further down, I was almost frozen to the bone when I reached the summit. So it was coat off, another layer on, coat back on, gloves on - never a pleasant experience!
- Ben More summit - driving rain
No time was wasted at any point so it was on to Stob Binnein. Unbelievably the cloud began to break up a little.
- Stob Binnein
- Looking east and clearer still
- Ben More from Stob Binnein
- Slopes of Stob Binnein - very clear
The climb up Stob Binnein was easier than Ben More but still a tough nut to crack especially when the driving rain started again.
- Back to normal at the summit
Fact - if you are going to bag Munros you will get very wet now and again!
- ...and it continues to rain.
