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First walk report, here goes

Woke up early on sunday morning, porridge and a coffee then headed for the crianlarich hills
usually take my wee sidekick Bruno (the dog) but thought it might be too much for him lol
Arrived at the lay-by on the A82 at 7:00am, quickly got my clobber on and set off, first munro of the day in my sights, An Caisteal, over the fence into the soaking field, bit of a mission trying to get under the rail-bridge without getting soaked right away crossed the bridge over the river falloch then headed straight up An Caisteal

reached the summit at 8:30am

left An Caisteal and headed to Beinn Chabhair, arrived at Beinn Chabhair summit 10:00am


had a bite to eat then set off to Beinn a' Chroin, arrived at the summit at 11:40am


left Beinn a' Chroin at 12:00pm heading for Beinn tulaichean, stopped at the bealach for some lunch at 13:00, after a deserved break and a few mars bars i was good to go again and headed up Beinn Tulaichean, reached the summit at 14.10

this was the hottest part of the day for me, weather was absolutely brilliant and was having the time of my life
left the summit and headed for Cruach Ardrain, reached the summit at 15:20

the views from here were amazing, sat here for a good 40 mins wondering if i should call it a day and bag Ben More and Stob Binnein another day, but they were looking inviting

i had finally decided i was going to carry on and set off at 16:00, arrived at the bealach below Stob Binnein at 17:15

from here i headed up to the bealach between Ben More and Stob Binnein

third attemt for that pic

reached Stob Binnein summit 19:10

didnt stay long as the wind was picking up now and was getting chilly, set off and was starting to feel it in my legs now, ben more summit not far away now, keep plodding on
reached Ben More summit at 20:30, at this moment i was feeling quite proud of myself



by this time my legs were tired and i had no food left, body was totally drained and my descent from Ben More was the hardest part all day, finally reached ben more farm at 22:00 and phoned a taxi back to my car at the A82, was a long day on the hills but was amazing and enjoyed chatting to the other walkers but missed my wee sidekick Bruno (the dog)

thats some going.. well done.. how many is a few mars bars??

cheers
had 2 mars bars and 2 snickers and a red bull plus my sandwiches lol

paddy_da_mighty_atom wrote:cheers
had 2 mars bars and 2 snickers and a red bull plus my sandwiches lol

another few red bulls and you might no have needed the taxi

That's some day out, brilliant stuff....yer mental by the way........but brilliniant stuff Liked the pic on the rock Had a few of those timer moments myself

Now thats my knid of walk

Ive did all these over 3 trips but have thought of doing them all in one ..think i would have my bike waiting at Ben More farm.

Welcome to the site.

Plenty of big routes by many walkers on here for you to emulate.

Thanks for posting.

Just the seven? I'm sure you could have squeezed in another couple

Fantastic achievement

Thats an awesome walk for one day. Another nutter joins the site Superb.

Geez, that's an epic route. I'm still in pain from climbing Bidean nam Bian 2 days ago (12km, 11hrs), thinking about 30km and 15hrs makes me wince

Sounds just dandy! We've bagged An Caisteal and Beinn a'Chroin but doing all 7 together does sound like a grand day out (although I need to get my fitness back up after bagging no hills and getting little exercise between 25th March and 28th April - the hikes of the last couple of weekends were certainly a shock to the system)

Looking forward to more reports, especially if Bruno is involved - in the general discussion section there is a thread called "Mutts on Munros" - get Bruno's mountain mug shot up there!

Cheers everyone, was a good day out but wont be doing that many again in a hurry
Will have a look at the "mutts on munros" thread and post a pic of Bruno

Wow would not have thought to do them in one outing - but briliiantt!!! Specially alone which must be pretty lonely at some point. Guess if you would have taken the dog, it would have been hard to convince him/her to go along with you again...

paddy_da_mighty_atom wrote:Will have a look at the "mutts on munros" thread and post a pic of Bruno

Get it sorted Paddy! http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17003

Phenomenal first walk report but I suspect you have many hills under your belt already! Love the timer pic. Very cool

Quality report 7 in one day superb, it took me 4 weekends to do them they were my first hills.