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Ben More

Ben More


Postby grahamdrew » Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:03 pm

Route description: Ben More and Stob Binnein

Munros included on this walk: Ben More

Date walked: 17/07/2012

Time taken: 5.5 hours

Distance: 9 km

Ascent: 1174m

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I originally planned to tackle Stob Binnein as well but the fog came down on the summit of Ben More and with zero visibility I decide to leave that for another day
started at 9:oo am and was back at the car for 2:30pm
Hard going like everyone says but still an enjoyable dayout in the hills.
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start of walk

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track
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lock

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pick a spot and keep going
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a hard slog
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looking back

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cairn
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Trig point in mist

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way back down
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Re: Ben More

Postby Tomsie » Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:29 pm

Shame bout the view at top, but some nice photo's on the way up
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Re: Ben More

Postby skuk007 » Wed Jul 18, 2012 5:42 pm

It certainly is a hard slog up that North face but looks like you found the path near the wall over to the right, makes it a bit easier, but only a bit. :)
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