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6 summits from the devil's elbow

Munros: Cairn of Claise, Càrn an Tuirc, Creag Leacach, Glas Maol, Tolmount, Tom Buidhe

Date walked: 16/12/2012

Time taken: 8 hours

Distance: 22km

Ascent: 1017m

Before this trip i had been telling Alan that i had only been up 19 munros and would like to finish 2012 with 20, next day Alan called and asked if i would be up for 6 munros? of course i was :D
First big winter walk that would take me to 25 :D
Left Paisley at 6.00am and were at the devils elbow and walking for 8:30am
First munro of the day, Creag Leacach, was quite an easy walk in, loads of hare running everywhere, never managed to get a pic tho, think the dogs were scaring them off.
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soon we reached the wall which we followed to the summit
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quick summit pic and on to our next munro, glas maol
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we had been in the clag all morning but then the the sun managed to break through, not for long tho :(
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once we reached the summit we were back in the clag again and were the rest of the day :roll:
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next munro, tom buidhe, on the way we stopped at ca whims for a bite to eat and a coffee, and a rest for me :lol:
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from tom buidhe we returned to ca whims and headed for tolmount, a nice easy stroll,
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the walk from tolmount to our final munro carn an tuirc was a bit heavy going now, snow was a lot deeper in places and my legs were starting to feel it :roll: after what seemed like ages we finally arrived at the summit
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a quick summit pic and we were on our way down,
was good to drop out of the clag
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was glad to see the road, but we still had a 5km walk back to the car :crazy:
tried hitchiking for a bit but had no luck, might have been because we had 2 collies with us :lol:
i let alan get about half a mile ahead of me while i tried to thumb a lift,after 10 mins a true gentleman stopped and offered me a lift back to the car, cheers mate :clap:
once at the car i had to nip back and get alan and the dogs,
was a great day out, pity we never had the views but was a good end to 2012 :D

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yellow snow on the bookil

Attachment(s) Munros: Stob Dearg (Buachaille Etive Mòr), Stob na Bròige (Buachaille Etive Mòr)
Date walked: 02/12/2012
Distance: 11km
Ascent: 1001m
Comments: 5
Views: 4492


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7 munros in a day, crianlarich hills

Attachment(s) Munros: An Caisteal, Beinn a' Chròin, Beinn Chabhair, Beinn Tulaichean, Ben More, Cruach Àrdrain, Stob Binnein
Date walked: 29/04/2012
Distance: 30km
Ascent: 3400m
Comments: 32
Views: 56873

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Location: paisley
Interests: mountain walking, fishing, formula 1
Activity: Munro compleatist
Place: sandwood bay
Gear: bruno, the dog

Munros: 18



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2012

Trips: 3
Distance: 63 km
Ascent: 5418m
Munros: 15


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