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Climbing an invisible Munro

Climbing an invisible Munro


Postby Decal Joe » Sun Apr 21, 2013 10:16 pm

Route description: Ben Vorlich and Stùc a' Chròin

Munros included on this walk: Ben Vorlich (Loch Earn), Stùc a' Chròin

Date walked: 21/04/2013

Time taken: 7 hours

Distance: 17.5 km

Ascent: 1635m

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Having postponed this walk a fortnight ago due to the quantity of snow still around, Pedro27 and I set off to complete the 2 Munros.

The weather wasn't great and our visibility was pretty poor when we parked the car at Loch Earn and started walking at 0900. Thankfully the pea soup lifted a bit around lunch time!

A fair amount of stopping for snapshots and a nice extended lunch break sheltering behind a rock added considerably to our time.

As you'll see from the Garmin adventure, we didn't take the 'traditional' route but decided to try an alternative.

http://adventures.garmin.com/en-US/by/decal-joe/ben-vorlich-and-stuc-achroin/#.UXRPupU_aMk

A really good day.
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Re: Climbing an invisible Munro

Postby Scotjamie » Sun Apr 21, 2013 11:53 pm

Great stuff DJ - not familiar with garmin adventure, but quite enjoyed finding out. Good report with a lot of Gore-tex in the pics :) and interesting deviations from the normal route.
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