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My first walk report.
And also the first time for my brother and I out on the hills together.
Weather from Glasgow teasing between heavy showers then blue skies - but decided to go for it. Setting off from Inveruglas was dry at least, and looked promising.
- towards Loch Arklet over Loch Lomond
'Thread through rocky outcrops', the guides say, 'No scrambling required'! Aye right. Snow had covered any signs of paths, and we were confronted with walls of anonymous rock and ice, frequently on all fours and shimmying against vertical faces to seek out a potential crevice to scramble up.
- steep scrambles
Lacking iceaxes, crampons, compass, map, and then visability, we were preparing for an early turnaround, untill. . .
- the summit
An exciting and speedy decent made for quite an impressive 5.5 hours considering the conditions.