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DATE : 12/05/09
WEATHER : clear blue skies all day
TIME TAKEN : 6 hours + 1 hour in stops
i chose to climb these 2 cracking munros last week due to the great weather we had.
starting from the car park at inverlochairig at the end of loch voil which i thought was best to miss out the steep slopes of ben more and a quicker starting point coming from stirling following the road from balquidder down the side of loch voil.not the best road in the world with a bit of advice for this road,dont eat a big breakfast before you go its likely to come back on you.
the starting point for this route is very steep from the off and testing on the legs,(as this was to prove to me as its my first walk in 2 months)
by cosssing the stile and heading in a straight line up the hill ascent is quickly gained to offer fine views down the glen
after the steep climb the path eases to a slow incline for about the next 1/2 hr until the climb to stob coire an lochain.great views here to beinn tulaichean
the walk up the ridge from here is very impressive which wasnt what i expected from this big lump of a hill with the legs getting a chance to ease along the ridge
i reached the summit of stob binnein after 2 1/4 hrs and could only stand in amazement of the views which where by far my best yet but by looking accross to ben more i was in 2 minds weather to attempt this but with the clear skies i didnt want to miss my chance so it was down the steep slopes of stob binnein to tackle ben more.
this was really difficult in which was now hot sunshine and by forgetting my sun tan lotion my face was on fire.
it took me an hour to get to ben more with the legs really aching now but that soon dissapeared on the summit of ben more with a real sense of acheivement here as this was my 20th munro on one of the best hills in scotland (for me anyway)
after a good break and loads of pics it was back down the steep slopes to the bealach eadar dha beinn with my first thoughts being i aint climbing that again
the view from here up to the the top of stob binnein looks very scary after what youve just climbed but by looking at my map i could see there was a track on the opposite side heading up the inverlochairig burn and going round the western slopes of stob binnein.i so a guy here heading back down this direction but thought it best to return the same route.
this may have been hard but i was back at the car park 15 mins before him.he said that way was very boggy and wouldnt reccomend it.
after the slow crawl back down stob binnein i had forgot about the steep starting point to the car.this was very hard on the leg muscles but most of this was done on my backside
this was my best walk by a long way but really difficult at the same time i would definetly return to stob binnein but not so sure about ben more along with it again
hope you enjoy
cheers alan