past my sell by date wrote:Great report walk and pics, but I find it really sad that you wanted to rush round these gorgeous hills - especially with such fine weather and short nights
. Why didn't you bivouac somewhere so you could linger on all the summits? Bivouac gear is so light - mine weighs only just over 1kg
. Water is a bit of a problem - I found some on the col N of Sgurr Ban - but there are lots of lochans only a short distance below the ridge that you could easily drop down to
To be honest, I'm a bit peculiar when it comes to spending the night outdoors. I very much like to have certain facilities at hand.
In this particular case however, I really wanted to test my limits and see if I could walk this in one go. I don't do any sports at all except going to the hills a few times a year, so for me this was something really special.
Besides, it certainly was no rush with my snail speed average.
This is what I'd call a rush, and a very formidable feat:
F/F it can be done in a day!! by Fife Flyer