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3RD MUNRO 1ST ON THE SNOW

3RD MUNRO 1ST ON THE SNOW


Postby hazewell » Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:24 pm

Route description: Ben Chonzie via Glen Lednock

Date walked: 16/12/2012

Time taken: 4.75 hours

Distance: 12.5 km

Ascent: 712m

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Sunday the 16th two days after my works do so this walk was either gonna kill me or cure me..... :crazy:
Pigeon, Huckfinns wife Clippers, Frigate and his wife Senga, Jim Simpson and his daughter Erin decided to do this as the experienced among this crowd said it was easy bagger ( yes and we believed him) :roll:
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the bunch
The last time i had tried to do this munro
i gave up half way so i guess i was wanting to improve on the the last hike.
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the bold arctic Pigeon
The route is straight forward but we got to the first cairn and Pigeon decided that it would be better to cut straight across and onwards and upwards was the plan.
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Jim and Erin ( not out of breath honest !!!!)
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Getting there!!!
The weather started getting quite bad well i thought it was ..dark and very dreary then it got very cold.The snow in some bits was very deep so everytime we seen Pigeon disapearing down a hole we knew that it would be a better idea if we took a diff' path :lol:
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im stuck noo!!!
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i need a hug xx
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oops Clippers and I stuck again..no very lady like
I did seem to take a while to get to the top but when we did it was worth it..no views just Senga's homemade soup, chocolate and some coffee..mmmmmm
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summit Ben Chonzie...verycold.com
..good day out had by all !!!
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Re: 3RD MUNRO 1ST ON THE SNOW

Postby Gavin99 » Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:31 pm

That looks like a grand day out apart from the weather , well done on getting to the top second time around .
Are you sure that ' guide ' knows what he's doing ? :wink:
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Re: 3RD MUNRO 1ST ON THE SNOW

Postby hazewell » Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:42 pm

Thanks Gavin ..
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Re: 3RD MUNRO 1ST ON THE SNOW

Postby The Rodmiester » Mon Dec 17, 2012 11:15 pm

hazewell, looks like you all had a fun day out on Ben Chonzie :) , wow this wee lump is getting very popular this year judging by the amount of reports on walkhighlands, well done all, now for the next one :D
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Re: 3RD MUNRO 1ST ON THE SNOW

Postby Huck Finn » Tue Dec 18, 2012 5:26 pm

Good to see you all enjoyed it and that you had a great day out :D
I'm still chawing that I was stuck at work and missed out on the fun :(
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Re: 3RD MUNRO 1ST ON THE SNOW

Postby pigeon » Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:03 pm

Nice one Haze and gang,i promise ye better weather next time :wink:
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