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Ben Vane The Wrong Way - My 1st Munro!

Munros: Ben Vane

Date walked: 11/07/2013

Time taken: 5.25 hours

Distance: 9km

Ascent: 915m

After a failed attempt at Bruach Na Frithe a few weeks ago, I was even more determined to bag my first Munro!Moved to Glasgow on Monday so it didn't take long until I was planning to go, unfortunately a bit more planning would have been good! Didn't get a map and after a brief search on here couldn't find a mapped route, so just had the written instructions from here vaguely in my head... too vaguely as it turned out! Below is the accidental route I took, definitely overshot the path!!!


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Ben Vane Looming

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Definitely too far round!

It was pretty much scrambling the whole way up, not clever! Just kept heading up in the hope I'd find a cairn!

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After a lot of scrambling I reach a plateau

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When I did get to the top, it was all of a sudden, and having ready about many false summits I thought at first that I wasn't at the top of Ben Vane (yet again, map would have been useful!).

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Selfie!

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1st Cairn

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The summit


It wasn't until the walk down when I found the path that I realised if I'd gone up that way there would have been lots of false summits. I got on google maps back down at the road then I knew it was Ben Vane!

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That would be one of the false summits!

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So bit of an anti climax, think I was expecting something much scarier after the Cuillins! Managed to get a bit burnt as it was so hot and sunny, my sunblock couldn't beat the sweat. I drunk 5 litres of water in 5 hours thanks to the lovely July heat wave! Planning on doing Ben Lomond in a couple of weeks which by all accounts is even easier!

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Comments: 11



Procrastination at its best!

Attachment(s) Fionas: Beinn Mhór (Uist)
Date walked: 16/03/2013
Distance: 10km
Ascent: 620m
Comments: 7
Views: 4860


Clisham

Attachment(s) Corbetts: Clisham
Date walked: 11/01/2013
Distance: 5.25km
Ascent: 799m
Comments: 8
Views: 7437


My First Moutain

Attachment(s) Fionas: Beinn Ghobhlach
Date walked: 27/12/2011
Comments: 8
Views: 4650

Beckie


Location: Glasgow
Occupation: Dental Therapist
Activity: Munro compleatist
Mountain: Slieve Donard so far
Place: Ullapool
Gear: Buff
Camera: Xperia Z
Ambition: Climb more munros!

Munros: 34
Corbetts: 3
Fionas: 4
Sub 2000: 6



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Statistics

2013

Trips: 3
Distance: 24.25 km
Ascent: 2334m
Munros: 1
Corbetts: 1
Fionas: 1

2011

Trips: 1
Fionas: 1


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Last visited: Apr 19, 2023
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