by Bruadair » Tue Nov 09, 2010 10:15 pm
Munros included on this walk: Ben Nevis
Date walked: 25/09/2010
Time taken: 8 hours
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This is my first Munro, which I desided I would do following a few days holiday in Onich, which included a partial walk up Nevis.
Date of 25th september was pencilled in....alarm was set for 4.00am and it was up and off to Fort William for a life changing event. I arrived at visitor center car park around 7.45am and set off at 8.05am and some 35 minutes later, I was flattened against a rock, thinking my world was about to end and wondering what i had let myself in for or if I was ever going to make it any further.
After a rest and some fluid intake, the sickly feeling that came over me passed and off I set again...problem was I had set off a too quick of a pace, which caught up with me a bit. The assent was taking it's toll as I cramped up a few times, which in the main was as a result of pushing a pen for too long. I managed to work through cramps courtesy of a number of breaks and stretches and at around 12.30 I reached a cloud covered summit.
After approx 10 minutes of wandering about the summit...and as if by magic...the cloud cleared to open up some spectacular views in every direction I looked....and it was then I thought....this will do me.
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