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We had been looking forward to this walk for weeks, well, except for me, as I am keen on hill walking, although not so keen on heights or tricky scrambling. The forecast for walk to be "superb" so we were all fairly excited. Drove up to Dundonnell from Perth leaving straight from work on Friday night. Quick stop in Inverness for food and 'refreshments'.
Stayed in bothy on Friday night, although didn't sleep much.
- Stayed in bothy on Friday night but got little sleep
Woke up on Saturday morning and superb weather did not appear, however no rain and little wind.
Initial walk in not too bad.
- Walk in
Boulder field steep and tricky.
- Boulder field
Looking ahead seeing daunting prospect of the pinnacles
- Daunting prospect ahead
It was always going to be one of the bypass paths for me, although there were so many.
Previous reviews stated go for the highest path , however , came to an impassible section - for me anyway.
Very exposed, so went for a lower path and the same situation, came to a dodgy climb, so went for lowest path. This still had exposure, so did not enjoy this part. Climbed up a tiered gully to get to the pinnacles to meet the others.
- Bypass paths
The Pinnacles - over 3000 foot drop at one side.
- Dont look down
After the Pinnacles, everything was quite straight forward, and nice to look back and see what has been achieved.
- Looking back
Was an excellent day, and really pushed me to my limits, and managed some of the pinnacles and two munros.