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Bailing out on Beinn Caomhin

Bailing out on Beinn Caomhin


Postby kevsbald » Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:27 am

Date walked: 01/04/2010

Time taken: 4 hours

Distance: 3 km

Ascent: 300m

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Dreadfully slow this morning - maybe 3 feet of snow. Thought I'd get it done before work - how wrong was I? Won't even bother going into detail or using the map, needless to say there is a lot of snow up there. Looked great from afar...

Caomhin1.jpg
Looking fab - pity I couldn't get there


The car park is pretty rudimentary. There were cattle chewing the cud right beside it and they weren't for moving. Some rather odd prayer flags on a tent at the bottom too. How odd.
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Re: Bailing out on Beinn Caomhin

Postby monty » Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:12 am

Looks like snow on the pyramids :shock: Must be global warming. :D
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Re: Bailing out on Beinn Caomhin

Postby gaffr » Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:13 am

Sounds good having a top name after you Kevin! :lol:
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Re: Bailing out on Beinn Caomhin

Postby Alastair S » Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:37 pm

Does look fab - perhaps we should ask Paul for a "Munros/Corbett/Graham/etc/ NOT included in this walk" button :lol:

BTW where is this "Beinn Caomhin" you speak of?
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Re: Bailing out on Beinn Caomhin

Postby kevsbald » Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:45 pm

It's not far from Sgurr nan Bhuidhe and Carn Dearg Beag Mhor.
About an hour from Glasgow....
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