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It was time to do the Aonach Eagach , reports read , books studied , Muriel Gray watched on Youtube.
The weather forecast was fine for the morning so I arranged to meet Pigeon in Glencoe village at 7 am , I turned up half an hour early and he was already there so we sorted out cars and drove up the Glen to the start . Nice views from the ascent of Am Bodach , we made good time and were soon on the summit enjoying the sunshine .
I was definitely a bit nervous at this stage but we got started on the downclimb and I was soon concentrating too hard to think about anything else , plenty of exposure here and fairly polished but a bit of care and we got down without any trouble .
The next section to Meall Dearg was straightforward enough , a few ups and downs and we reached the Munro summit
After a wee sit down and a bite to eat at the cairn we wandered over to survey what was in store for us , an amazing and frightening looking section of ridge .
At this stage my nerves had disappeared and I was really enjoying myself , once you get your hands and feet on good solid rock it didn't seem too exposed , brilliant fun !
At one stage we had a look down a bypass path but it was very loose and steep, crossing a sheer gully so we climbed back to the crest of the ridge and stuck to it for the duration , feeling far safer on the clean solid rock .
Eventually we reached the end of the pinnacles and started the ascent of Stob Coire Leith, turning round to look at the ridge it is hard to pick out your route , did we just cross that ?
The route onwards is plain sailing , before long we reached Sgorr nam Fiannaidh , the second Munro ,and a well earned sit down .
From the second Munro we decided to nip over and visit the Pap of Glencoe , gorgeous views from here , a lovely way to finish the day.
A wonderful day , not as hard as I thought it would be ,although a good head for heights and an awful lot of care is needed
