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A two day extravaganza in Sutherland for my mate Siborg, his dog Bria and myself beinning with the climb up Ben Hope. We had another couple of lads on the team but unfortunately they had an accident near Inverness and spent the night in hospital so never made it. They are fine by the way.
Arrived at the car park for Hope at around 0930hrs and we were underway by 0945hrs.
The rough path following the stream was very icy and because we had both invested in new microspikes any time we encountered a millimetre of frozen water we talked about the use of them!
Once we angled off the top of the stream we got a good view of the summit.
We got a brilliant day for this climb weather wise and the ascent was very straight forward all the way to the top.
Once at the summit a couple of comedy photos then down for a pint at the Crask Inn before a night on the lash in Lairg. Not too many though as Ben Klibreck was tomorrow (aye right!)
In summary a good quick climb on what was a perfect day!
