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Completing the Grahams on a couple of remote ones

Completing the Grahams on a couple of remote ones


Postby mountainsofscotland » Sun May 27, 2018 10:25 pm

Fionas included on this walk: An Stac, Meith Bheinn

Date walked: 25/05/2018

Time taken: 16.75 hours

Distance: 42 km

Ascent: 2325m

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Re: Completing the Grahams on a couple of remote ones

Postby malky_c » Sun May 27, 2018 10:39 pm

Congratulations :D :D

Nothing like leaving the most awkward till last! Loved these hills though - great area and a fantastic day to finish the Grahams 8) .

Having slogged through from Oban to Pean in awful flood conditions with an inflatable canoe on my back, I can appreciate what a bugger of a glen that is to walk through.
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Re: Completing the Grahams on a couple of remote ones

Postby Collaciotach » Sun May 27, 2018 11:14 pm

'S math a rinn sibh ...well done, no mean feat to complete the Grahams. :clap:
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Re: Completing the Grahams on a couple of remote ones

Postby rockhopper » Sun May 27, 2018 11:51 pm

Congratulations :clap: :clap: - well worth the wait for such good weather ! Can remember meeting a couple out at Strathan who were en route to the bothy - cycling but using electric bikes - cheers :)
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Re: Completing the Grahams on a couple of remote ones

Postby weaselmaster » Mon May 28, 2018 12:03 am

Well done on your completion - you certainly chose the weather to do it justice.
A good and helpful description of the route in - apart from the precarious path along the loch, which I think I remember from Malky's description, it sounds a good route and more scenic than the one we took.

You going to be finishing off those pesky Munro Tops now?
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Re: Completing the Grahams on a couple of remote ones

Postby mountainsofscotland » Mon May 28, 2018 7:23 am

Thanks Malky_c, Collaciotach, rockhopper and weaselmaster.

Weaselmaster, I will probably try to complete a second round of Munros mopping up any outstanding Munro Tops in the process.
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Re: Completing the Grahams on a couple of remote ones

Postby IreneM » Mon May 28, 2018 9:15 am

What an epic trip to compleat the Grahams, Andy!

Huge congratulations. :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Re: Completing the Grahams on a couple of remote ones

Postby Mal Grey » Mon May 28, 2018 10:58 am

Congratulations!

What an area to finish in, one of the wildest parts of a wild region. An epic end to your round. :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Re: Completing the Grahams on a couple of remote ones

Postby mountainsofscotland » Mon May 28, 2018 11:58 am

Thanks IreneM and Mal Grey
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Re: Completing the Grahams on a couple of remote ones

Postby BlackPanther » Tue May 29, 2018 8:18 am

Congratulations from us, too! Great achievement! Some Grahams are tough cookies to chew. We have just reached 100 and some of them were more painful to bag than Munros... :lol:
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Re: Completing the Grahams on a couple of remote ones

Postby mountainsofscotland » Tue May 29, 2018 9:17 am

Thanks Blackpanther
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Re: Completing the Grahams on a couple of remote ones

Postby robertphillips » Tue May 29, 2018 11:16 am

well done :clap: :clap: :clap: great couple of remote hills to finish on.
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Re: Completing the Grahams on a couple of remote ones

Postby mountainsofscotland » Tue May 29, 2018 1:24 pm

Thanks Robert
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Re: Completing the Grahams on a couple of remote ones

Postby Alteknacker » Tue Jun 05, 2018 2:21 pm

Magic! I loved reading this report. It's a superb area, as I just recently discovered (Glens Dessary and Kingie), and absolutely unbeatable in weather like you had. These 2 hills have duly entered my "to do" list, along with Streap and Sgurr Thuilm!

BTW I was interested to read that you purify your water before drinking. Have you had some bad experience that's persuaded you that this is a good thing to do?
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Re: Completing the Grahams on a couple of remote ones

Postby mountainsofscotland » Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:51 pm

Thanks Alteknacker

Yes. To be fair I invested in a UV Steripen for a trip to Indian Himalaya so now also use it at home.
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