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The Madness of the Monar 8 - a Dooterbang and Jaxter special

The Madness of the Monar 8 - a Dooterbang and Jaxter special


by Jaxter » Mon Jun 20, 2016 11:14 pm

Route description: Bidein a' Choire Sheasgaich and Lurg Mhòr

Munros included on this walk: Bidein a' Choire Sheasgaich, Lurg Mhòr, Maoile Lunndaidh, Moruisg, Sgùrr a' Chaorachain, Sgùrr Chòinnich

Corbetts included on this walk: Beinn Tharsuinn, Sgùrr nan Ceannaichean

Date walked: 18/06/2016

Time taken: 17 hours

Distance: 43 km

Ascent: 4300m

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Re: The Madness of the Monar 8 - a Dooterbang and Jaxter spe

Postby simon-b » Sun Jun 26, 2016 11:13 pm

Well done to you both on a huge round. Cheesecake seems like a real beauty; I'm thoroughly looking forward to that one.
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Re: The Madness of the Monar 8 - a Dooterbang and Jaxter spe

Postby Mal Grey » Sun Jun 26, 2016 11:27 pm

Erm, flippin' heck.

That's a massive day. I kept expecting you to pitch a tent for an overnight stop on the way!

4 separate days to get those for me, not including the bothy approach for Cheesecake and Lurgy!
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Re: The Madness of the Monar 8 - a Dooterbang and Jaxter spe

Postby Jaxter » Tue Jun 28, 2016 10:40 pm

Thanks everyone for your kind words - it was a magical day, totally still buzzing from it :D 8)

Guinessman wrote:Epic adventure. That zig zag path up Moruisg is one of the best in the Highlands for height gain

Aye I think a pathless ascent there would have killed us both :lol:


jackfrost wrote:Did you not go over Bidean an Eoin Deirg? Looks like a good connecting ridge from SaC.

The descent/ascent looked a bit less steep the way we went - conserving energy and knees :wink:


malky_c wrote:Christ that's a long day - but great conditions :D . I see Dooterbang has gone from not bagging to bagging again in a pretty spectacular fashion :wink:

Doots is insane :lol: :lol:


Alteknacker wrote:But what really blew me away was sunset pic 437 - absolutely fabulous!

How long can this weather continue..???

Thanks!! I think that was one of Doots photies...he had the better camera :lol:
It seems summer may be over :shock:


dav2930 wrote:Cripes :shock:
How you managed to keep up those smiling poses I'll never know! :lol:

Getting that leg up ( :shock: ) on summit number 8 was a bit of a struggle :lol:
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Re: The Madness of the Monar 8 - a Dooterbang and Jaxter spe

Postby Mountainlove » Fri Jul 01, 2016 12:58 pm

Brilliant effort :clap: :clap: Thats a hard day! But you did it and thats the main thing. Some really funny photos too :lol:
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Re: The Madness of the Monar 8 - a Dooterbang and Jaxter spe

Postby Jaxter » Sat Jul 02, 2016 11:25 pm

Mountainlove wrote:Brilliant effort :clap: :clap: Thats a hard day! But you did it and thats the main thing. Some really funny photos too :lol:

Thanks - I like the challenge of looking as silly as possible :D Of course Doots doesn't even need to try :wink: :lol:
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Re: The Madness of the Monar 8 - a Dooterbang and Jaxter spe

Postby bigkeith » Sun Sep 05, 2021 10:17 am

Wow! Fantastic route (for those that can manage it :) ). Impressive :clap: . I really enjoyed reading that :thumbup:
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