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The Battle Of Ben Vorlich

The Battle Of Ben Vorlich


Postby pigeon » Sat Jan 07, 2012 11:53 pm

Route description: Ben Vorlich via Loch Sloy

Munros included on this walk: Ben Vorlich (Loch Lomond)

Date walked: 07/01/2012

Time taken: 6.5 hours

Ascent: 924m

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The battle of Ben Vorlich-starring Ian,Jake,Jim,Pigeon,Kev,Charlie(huck finn)and the legend Charlie P,it was a sair fecht but we came out on top at the end :thumbup: Set off at 6 am and met kev and ian at inveruglas and were on the trail for about 10 past 8[/attachment]
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8am in the morning likes
Knew this was no going to be easy :( ,forecast clear spells strong winds and much steepness once we hit the bottom of the hill.This was true sure enough but we all did well up to the 650 m point where things changed a bit.
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wet
Had to take care here as the snow was covering deep cracks and crevasses ,a fall through any of these would have been no nice :? .
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Kwok
Slowly made our way to about 800 m and took shelter behind a big rock ,it was only when we emerged from said rock that we realised how strong the wind was.Strongest i've ever been in,big Jim is no wee(thats why he's called big jim)and he had to lie on his belly,seriously started having doubts at this point but we managed to keep kind of sheltered from the worst of it and soon got to the trig
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wild
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trig point -baltic freezin cauld
.Got caught up by a guy we had passed earlier, Kwok from Glasgow who had came up by bus who walked and chatted with us to the top and was kind enough to take a few pics at the summit cairn(risking frostbite in the fingers).
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the gang on the summit
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It was mega baltic up here so the 7 of us headed back down the way we came,carefully trying to re-trace our steps.
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great when the sun came out
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big jim's offski
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charlie with ben lomond in the back
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taking our time on the way down
Managed to find a big rock on the way down to take refuge and got the soup on,homemade sweet potato and dhall courtesy of kev's wife and being the first hill of the new year , huckleberry finn produced some bottles of beer from his tardis ruck sack :lol: :D 8) :clap: :thumbup: :lol: .
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jake eyeing up the stella
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homemade sweet potato and dhall soup,none left which is always a good sign ,cheers senga
A superb day in trying conditions but a good gang ,especially chas p coming back and big jim getting his first serious winter walk done,also good to meet Kwok ,hope to catch up with you again fella ,until the next one .............
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the legend
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jake,mad 4 it
Last edited by pigeon on Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:04 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: The Battle Of Ben Vorlich

Postby Tomsie » Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:37 am

It was nice to look over at from Ben Chonzie, I didnt get it as wet as ye, but got the strong winds
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Re: The Battle Of Ben Vorlich

Postby pollyh33 » Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:47 am

Well done Pigeon :D

Your conditions look awful!!! I bet you're glad there was good crowd of you. I would never attempt a solo walk in that kind of weather :(

Glad to see the catering was up to scratch as usual :D
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Re: The Battle Of Ben Vorlich

Postby rockhopper » Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:31 am

You have my sympathies - wasn't far away from you. The weather forecast was certainly well out again :shock: cheers :D
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Re: The Battle Of Ben Vorlich

Postby Huck Finn » Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:50 am

Good report again Pigeon, I have added some of my photos below, it will take a day or two to get the video together, looking forward to seeing Ian falling one his erse :lol:

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Some of the gang heading up

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The Legend, Big J & Pigeon

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Looks like they are posing for an album cover :lol:

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Kevin & Ian

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Me :)

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The Legend Charlie P

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Chas P and a rare sight, a knackered looking Pigeon :wink:

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Dave finds a cave, but he is his plans of exploring it came to a sudden halt when he seen how deep it went :(

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Chas P
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watch our for the hole

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Re: The Battle Of Ben Vorlich

Postby Huck Finn » Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:05 am

A few more pics :D

Jim & Pigeon
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Koci, Pigeon & Jim
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I managed to get a photo of the Minus 9.7c and winds of 42.8mph on the meter, the photo at 61mph was out of focus as I could not hold the camera or meter steady :(
I was note able to get a meter reading of the Gusts that were greater the 61mph, mainly because I was flat on my tummy with Jim in fear of getting blown away :lol:
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Another album cover poses :lol:
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Re: The Battle Of Ben Vorlich

Postby pigeon » Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:40 pm

Great pics again Huck,gives the illusion that we actually enjoyed ourselves :lol: :thumbup:
rockhopper wrote:You have my sympathies - wasn't far away from you. The weather forecast was certainly well out again :shock: cheers :D
Cheers RH ,forecast was right about the wind though :( strongest i've been in :?
pollyh33 wrote:Well done Pigeon :D

Your conditions look awful!!! I bet you're glad there was good crowd of you. I would never attempt a solo walk in that kind of weather :(

Glad to see the catering was up to scratch as usual :D
Cheers polly,no way i'd have done it alone either :lol: soup was the best yet ,no sure how mrs Kev can top it :lol:
Tomsie wrote:It was nice to look over at from Ben Chonzie, I didnt get it as wet as ye, but got the strong winds
Cheers tomsie,had a look at your chonzie adventure,a bit blawy to say the least,still dried us out quick :D
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Re: The Battle Of Ben Vorlich

Postby EmmaTowle » Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:53 pm

Looks like a bit of a wild one indeed but you's managed to get some good shots there too.
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Re: The Battle Of Ben Vorlich

Postby Tomsie » Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:05 pm

Great report and photo's.

Looks a bit of a challenge that hill :D
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Re: The Battle Of Ben Vorlich

Postby mountain thyme » Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:10 pm

smashing..fond memories! this was my first munro and i think i had an nicer day then you guys...

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Re: The Battle Of Ben Vorlich

Postby gammy leg walker » Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:23 pm

Pigeon,thats some effort in that weather,but can I add a wee word of caution.The Battle of Ben Vorlich may have been lost,the trig point is sadly not the summit,the trus summit is a futher 200 yds on,marked by a cairn(sorry)

PS if you did go to the cairn,but did not take any pics can you please accept my appologies.
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Re: The Battle Of Ben Vorlich

Postby lomondwalkers » Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:31 pm

Looks a bit wild up there!!!! I mind having to hit the deck on Carn Gorm because of the wind at the summit, no nice!! Great effort 8)
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Re: The Battle Of Ben Vorlich

Postby pigeon » Sun Jan 08, 2012 4:00 pm

gammy leg walker wrote:Pigeon,thats some effort in that weather,but can I add a wee word of caution.The Battle of Ben Vorlich may have been lost,the trig point is sadly not the summit,the trus summit is a futher 200 yds on,marked by a cairn(sorry)

PS if you did go to the cairn,but did not take any pics can you please accept my appologies.
Gammy, the Battle of Ben Vorlich was well and truly won ,the group shots are at the cairn , :thumbup: we knew from other reports that the summit was a bit further on 8)
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Re: The Battle Of Ben Vorlich

Postby pigeon » Sun Jan 08, 2012 4:04 pm

Cheers Emma and lomondwalkers the pictures can,t really show how windy it was but when a solid fella like jim is lying on his belly you know it's time to have a think about it :lol: :lol:
mountain thyme wrote:smashing..fond memories! this was my first munro and i think i had an nicer day then you guys...

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Ah yes now that's more like it :thumbup:
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Re: The Battle Of Ben Vorlich

Postby gammy leg walker » Sun Jan 08, 2012 4:08 pm

pigeon wrote:
gammy leg walker wrote:Pigeon,thats some effort in that weather,but can I add a wee word of caution.The Battle of Ben Vorlich may have been lost,the trig point is sadly not the summit,the trus summit is a futher 200 yds on,marked by a cairn(sorry)

PS if you did go to the cairn,but did not take any pics can you please accept my appologies.
Gammy, the Battle of Ben Vorlich was well and truly won ,the group shots are at the cairn , :thumbup: we knew from other reports that the summit was a bit further on 8)



Yeeeeeeha,brillllllllllllll. :lol:
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