09-08-13, 12:57 PM
(08-08-13, 10:28 PM)esetest link Wrote: Yes , I made it to the top and back down in 7 hours , the average time is between 6 -8 hours I thought I was pretty fit until I saw people running up the mountain pass me , I got really bad cramps in my thighs about 900m up but I still made it up , I didn't have the right footwear though , it was a choice between canvass shoes or motorcycle boots so I wore the boots , glad I did it though .
I climbed up it about 7/8 years ago with my mate. We had shorts, trainers, 20 fags each (a few of which were deconstructed and rebuilt to our liking
), a sandwich, a can of irn-bru and spent the night before in a bob the builder tent (courtesy of his brother-in-law) which we pitched beside a tidal loch with an inflatable mattress inside. Woke up a 5am floating and had to swim about getting our gear back :'( . Beautiful morning though, and the midges had a right good feed on us. Ah, the things you do in your yoof! It was a great day that I will never forget though.
Not quite sure what to do with my early mid-life crisis. Ideas on a post card to P.O.BOX 150...

