Strix
01-10-2006, 21:20
We've just spent the evening cleaning the mud off Mr Strix's gear ;)
You saw the rain on Friday? Well it was far heavier where Mr Strix and his colleagues were going :hihi: .... Glen Shiel :)
Seven of them set off on Friday afternoon for a Youth Hostel in Glen Shiel, and arrived through a torrential downpour, watching the water cascade off the mountains they'd be tackling the very next day :D
Saturday morning saw a turn in the weather, and Mr Strix has brought home sunburn :P
They parked at a clearing at the foot of Bealach an Lapain and began the steep, muddy ascent - Mr Strix sporting a pair of mismatching gaiters, one of them being mine :roll:
They turned right along the ridge, away from the Five Sisters, and headed towards the first Munro - Saileag. From here they tackled Sgurr a Bhealaich Dheirg, then Aonach Meadhoin, Sgurr an Fhuarail, then dropped five hundred metres before the final ascent to Ciste Dhubh.
The descent was via a boggy valley - An Caorann Beag, down to the Cluanie Inn :D
Although Mr Strix and Co. had a fantastic weekend, he strongly recommends you only take a very fit pair of legs and lungs if you're considering tackling this 9 1/2 hour gruelling trek :hihi:
On the way home, his excuse for not bringing me a new bottle of whisky was 'I'm in Callander - the off licence is shut'.
'Well it will be - the licencing laws are different up there, and it's Sunday' :roll: :suspect:
Photos! (http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m250/Glen_Shiel/Glen%20Shiel%201/?action=view&slideshow=true)
Location (http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=195000.653211026&Y=815000.438699964&width=700&height=400&gride=195746.653211026&gridn=816954.438699964&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&keepicon=true&zm=0&scale=100000&right.x=7&right.y=143)
You saw the rain on Friday? Well it was far heavier where Mr Strix and his colleagues were going :hihi: .... Glen Shiel :)
Seven of them set off on Friday afternoon for a Youth Hostel in Glen Shiel, and arrived through a torrential downpour, watching the water cascade off the mountains they'd be tackling the very next day :D
Saturday morning saw a turn in the weather, and Mr Strix has brought home sunburn :P
They parked at a clearing at the foot of Bealach an Lapain and began the steep, muddy ascent - Mr Strix sporting a pair of mismatching gaiters, one of them being mine :roll:
They turned right along the ridge, away from the Five Sisters, and headed towards the first Munro - Saileag. From here they tackled Sgurr a Bhealaich Dheirg, then Aonach Meadhoin, Sgurr an Fhuarail, then dropped five hundred metres before the final ascent to Ciste Dhubh.
The descent was via a boggy valley - An Caorann Beag, down to the Cluanie Inn :D
Although Mr Strix and Co. had a fantastic weekend, he strongly recommends you only take a very fit pair of legs and lungs if you're considering tackling this 9 1/2 hour gruelling trek :hihi:
On the way home, his excuse for not bringing me a new bottle of whisky was 'I'm in Callander - the off licence is shut'.
'Well it will be - the licencing laws are different up there, and it's Sunday' :roll: :suspect:
Photos! (http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m250/Glen_Shiel/Glen%20Shiel%201/?action=view&slideshow=true)
Location (http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=195000.653211026&Y=815000.438699964&width=700&height=400&gride=195746.653211026&gridn=816954.438699964&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=freegaz&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&keepicon=true&zm=0&scale=100000&right.x=7&right.y=143)