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Beinn an Dothaidh - A Return to West Gully

Beinn an Dothaidh - A Return to West Gully


Postby wilkiemurray » Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:58 pm

Munros included on this walk: Beinn an Dòthaidh

Date walked: 19/02/2012

Time taken: 4.5 hours

Distance: 10 km

Ascent: 890m

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A great day on Beinn An Dothaidh with outstanding views on top:)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKxZZTHhK6w&feature=plcp&context=C3cf89c8UDOEgsToPDskL4M7uA6sZPX-jYNc3qA6zK[/youtube]

Had planned on another technical route going for Taxus, however on closer insepection the ice had not formed properly and was mainly ice from the previous day. So we headed for West Gully.
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lower down in gully
Initially the gully did not look in however the snow and Neve turned out to be fantastic and we soloed up the gully having a great time.
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heading towards blue skies
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almost there
The weather was good as well and once we had finished the route the views of central and southern highlands were excellent. Could even see the distant cairngorms in the sun throug and beyond Loch Ericht. Cracking visibility today. :D
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Ben Lui from top
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blue skies
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Re: Return to West Gully

Postby quoman » Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:28 pm

you guys are mental :lol: :lol: only kidding
the video is superb and the music fantastic the late great Bon Scott
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Re: Return to West Gully

Postby monty » Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:50 pm

Awesome. Great video :D
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Re: Return to West Gully

Postby Jock McJock » Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:01 pm

One word, WOW!! Stunning, magic, brilliant! OK, that's more than one word but that's top stuff. You are mental, by the way, but loved watching that :lol: :lol:
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Re: Return to West Gully

Postby gaffr » Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:03 pm

Was doing a bit of exploration here with Sandy Trees not long after he did the Taxus route....we descended west gully but in different conditions from what you guys found at the exit....good solid looking neve there :)
Sandy, a very fine gentlemanly academic type of person, explained why they named their route as Taxus. Combination of the two names Trees and Ewing.....giving the Yew tree latin name for such a combination. I fairly sure that Sandy became a vet after studying.
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Re: Return to West Gully

Postby mgmt! » Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:09 pm

nice report and video, you seemed to be having a great time playing about in the gully, managed glovers chimney on the ben yesterday, started bright enough but the clag came in and couldnt see nothing from the summit, feeling a bit leg weary now.
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Re: Return to West Gully

Postby scoob999 » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:13 pm

What a great video!!! :shock:
I wish i had the guts to try that, Maybe if there was someone at the top steadying me with a rope :lol:
Well done for making it look easy, and fun :D
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Re: Return to West Gully

Postby Milesy » Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:16 pm

This time last year Taxus had decent ice.

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Everywhere was pretty lean though including West Gully.

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Re: Return to West Gully

Postby davgil » Tue Feb 21, 2012 2:01 am

Brilliant, loved the video, you guys made it look easy :D
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Re: Return to West Gully

Postby Stretch » Tue Feb 21, 2012 2:23 am

Top notch report! Thoroughly enjoyed the awesome video!
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Re: Return to West Gully

Postby smirnie71 » Tue Feb 21, 2012 2:52 pm

What a brilliant report and video! This video has given me a real idea of how exciting but knee disintegratingly scary I would find this - petrified just watching.. but I want to DO IT! Well done guys, absolutely flamin AWESOME! :D :D :D :D :D 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Re: Return to West Gully

Postby wilkiemurray » Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:34 am

Thanks for all the comments, I really enjoy doing the videos as an addition to the photos and report- will try and do some more if I can get out anytime soon!! :D :D
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Re: Return to West Gully

Postby PeteR » Sun Feb 26, 2012 3:14 pm

Insane :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: But fantastically entertaining :D Loved the upside down shot in the video looking back between the legs :D More than happy to experience this through the power of video than to ever be there myself :D :lol:
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Re: Return to West Gully

Postby andyfitz » Sun Feb 26, 2012 3:36 pm

Superb 8)
(Even better with the sound muted!)
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