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Ben Nevis & CMD & CMD Arete

Ben Nevis & CMD & CMD Arete


Postby mountainboy12 » Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:03 pm

Munros included on this walk: Ben Nevis, Càrn Mòr Dearg

Date walked: 19/07/2012

Time taken: 8.5 hours

Distance: 19 km

Ascent: 1558m

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The walk to Carn Mor Dearg:
The walk to Carn Mor Dearg was VERY VERY STEEP :-| and it was VERY VERY HOT :shifty: so sweated right through my T-shirt :o and i sweated alot aswell :shock:
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The split to Carn Mor Dearg and Ben Nevis cliffs:
At the split i had a break because i had sweated so much :shock: and i had also something to eat :) then we walk down the path and went into the corrie where the cliffs and Carn Mor Dearg was i could also see the Arete :-o
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The cliffs:
Ben Nevis has one of the biggest cliffs in Scotland and Great Britain :D the cliffs are absolutely amazing nothing like i had ever seen before :shock: (except Lochnagar) :lol:
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Carn Mor Dearg climb:
the climb was the steepest climb i have ever done in my whole life :clap:
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The Arete:
It was really scary :sick:
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Ben Nevis Climb:
There was a 1000ft bolder field till i was at the top of Britain :shock:
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I made it :clap::
I got a good day for it i seen more than 100 MUNROS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :shock:
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The way down :( :
Now i had to go down the knee-bashing tourist path :thumbdown:
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Re: Ben Nevis & CMD & CMD Arete

Postby wotnowalshy » Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:18 pm

Well done Mountain Boy(s). Good choice to go up that way.
Bet you're glad you were going down the tourist path and not up it!
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