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Beinn a'Chaorainn - there's two of these lumps if you didn't realise; and I didn't... I did a double take as I selected todays walk; thought I must have misread; either that; or I climbed something else yesterday....
What is with Scotland naming mountains with the same name; imagine having two Londons; eeeek...
Anyway; something shorter today; really just to walk off the hoof in the Cairngorms yesterday. Fair to say conditions weren't as nice, but what's a little wind right?
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- Just above the forest on the Ascent...
It's a decent pull up Beinn a'Chaorainn (this one anyway) and I couldn't see anything above the 600 metre contour line, so there's not a lot to say... Keep going; you'll get there in the end...
And I did...
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- The Summit Vista...
I kept well left of the steep drops to the east on the route; it was near whiteout conditions and I'd read the stories of people coming a cropper when walking on a direct bearing...
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- The reason I stayed away from the edge... Couldnae see it!!
I had some fun in deep snow skidding down to the high beallach that separates Beinn a'Charoain from his lower neighbour...
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- Finally some views... The second target of the day...
And then the ascent kicked in; not particularly enjoyable; I was being blasted in the face by snow; but there we go... It was fairly tough going in around knee deep snow for much of it, but it's not a big ascent; just 300 metres or so, and it's over before you know it...
There's two summit cairns; I've no idea which is higher though I'd wager the second one I got to; anyway doing both saves any unwanted errors and the scenery from both was stunning...
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- Hmmm The first summit; and no I'm not cold... ;)
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- The second summit; and I'm still not cold... ;)
That's it really; straight down... A good healing this weekend with 46 km and four new blue pins on the map over the two days. I'm almost ready to face another week of work!!
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- The drive home; and the sun come out to play; I love Scotland :)
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- The Stats...
