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Meall nan Tarmachan

Meall nan Tarmachan

Postby grahamdrew » Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:29 pm

Route description: The Tarmachan Ridge

Munros included on this walk: Meall nan Tarmachan

Date walked: 09/06/2012

Time taken: 5 hours

Distance: 12 km

Ascent: 1044m

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Got to the car park at 9.30 am
lovely weather and a great walk including the top "Meall Garbh"
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start of the walk
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Meall nan Tarmachan
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a scramble up the stairs
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nearly at the cairn of Meall nan Tarmachan
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cairn
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a lochan on the way to Meall Garbh
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Meall garbh in distance to the left
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on the way back to the car park
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car park in view
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"the top"
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Last edited by grahamdrew on Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:22 am, edited 4 times in total.
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Re: Meall nan Tarmachan

Postby tomyboy73 » Sun Jun 10, 2012 2:20 pm

well done, didn`t happen to find a camo skip cap up there did you ?
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Re: Meall nan Tarmachan

Postby grahamdrew » Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:00 pm

tomyboy73 wrote:well done, didn`t happen to find a camo skip cap up there did you ?

sorrry mate i didnt find anything apart from people there were quiet a few yesterdary
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Re: Meall nan Tarmachan

Postby ScottishLeaf » Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:10 pm

Including me, I did the whole Tarmachan Ridge, was very busy indeed. Which surprised me a wee bit after Tuesday's solitude on Corranaich and Choire Leith.

Did you see the Help For Heros chaps in the Lawers car park? They did the 10 highest Munros in 7 days!! :
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Re: Meall nan Tarmachan

Postby grahamdrew » Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:43 pm

ScottishLeaf wrote:Including me, I did the whole Tarmachan Ridge, was very busy indeed. Which surprised me a wee bit after Tuesday's solitude on Corranaich and Choire Leith.

Did you see the Help For Heros chaps in the Lawers car park? They did the 10 highest Munros in 7 days!! :

NO must have misssed them when i got back to the car park but great day
am going to do Ben lawers next and see the other side
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