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Ben Nevis charity climb...

Route: Ben Nevis by the Mountain Path

Munros: Ben Nevis

Date walked: 11/08/2012

Time taken: 7.5 hours

Distance: 17km

Ascent: 1352m

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Group shot on the peak...


Having planned the trip for the last 6 months, the day finally arrived, and boy was it a scorcher.. 8)

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The Ladies...


We set off at 9.00am on the tourist route and within an hour realised this was going to be tough... The heat was a major factor and did take its toll. After the initial climb we did find the middle section easier, but still had quite a few breaks on the way up. I was amazed by the amount of people heading up and down, but was equally amazed at the ones in trainers with no backpacks and no supplies..!!!

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The View...


There were 15 of us in total, with 4 of the group having never climbed a Munro before. I'm glad to say we all survived and completed the walk, although one of our group hurt his knee and took 5 hours to descend.

We ended up raising well over 3k for Cancer Research as well.. :clap:


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Trig point...

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Attachment(s) Munros: Cairn of Claise, Càrn an Tuirc, Creag Leacach, Glas Maol
Date walked: 31/07/2012
Distance: 19.5km
Ascent: 1033m
Comments: 1
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Attachment(s) Munros: Driesh, Mayar
Date walked: 14/07/2012
Distance: 14.5km
Ascent: 835m
Comments: 4
Views: 3691


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Attachment(s) Munros: Mount Keen
Date walked: 02/07/2012
Distance: 10.75km
Ascent: 810m
Comments: 2
Views: 3112


1st Munro - Lochnagar

Attachment(s) Munros: Lochnagar
Date walked: 18/06/2011
Distance: 11.75km
Ascent: 930m
Comments: 6
Views: 4560

Saltire2011


Activity: Mountaineer
Pub: Old bank bar, peterculter
Mountain: Lochnagar
Place: Aberdeen

Munros: 10
Sub 2000: 2



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Statistics

2012

Trips: 4
Distance: 61.75 km
Ascent: 4030m
Munros: 8

2011

Trips: 1
Distance: 11.75 km
Ascent: 930m
Munros: 1


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