04-10-14, 07:43 PM
Yamazer, you can make it as easy (sh) or hard as you like, and as your skill set allows. The first pictures are Ben Arthur, known as the cobbler because there are 2 peaks that look like a hook and an anvil. The anvil is the flat square rock with the hole through it. To ascend the true summit you must "thread the needle". A daunting, awkward climb through a small gap with a 45-50 foot drop on one side and a 300 foot drop on the other. The very first picture of me is a selfie on the 300 foot ledge! No ropes, harness or equipment. Just my hydropac, music and a tight grip with the right hand as the left snaps away. Smiling was to big an ask :lol .
The second lot of pictures of Ben Ghlas, Ben Lawers and An Stuc is a good day out. 5 Munro's can be walked in a day. No climbing equipment is required, other than good outdoor gear that is. There was some climbing involved as we decended in the wrong direction (due to my mates terrible navigation skills and lack of listening to me). We made our way down about 800 feet of scree and non-vertical cliff in dense fog. It made for some great pictures though, and a good story. The climb up was safe, as long as you can climb. Just don't look down.
Ben Nevis is a good example of this. There is a South facing pony track, which is a long ass walk, but fairly safe. But the North face is for experienced mountaineers only. If you Google both of these you will see what I mean.
Nick, that looks beautiful. I went to the lakes back in March. Just for a bike tour, but I fancy climbing some of those hills sometime. I enjoy walking as much as climbing and one of my mates (from Preston) knows that area pretty well. He has been trying to get me out with him for a while now. I think I'll take him up on it after seeing your pictures.
The second lot of pictures of Ben Ghlas, Ben Lawers and An Stuc is a good day out. 5 Munro's can be walked in a day. No climbing equipment is required, other than good outdoor gear that is. There was some climbing involved as we decended in the wrong direction (due to my mates terrible navigation skills and lack of listening to me). We made our way down about 800 feet of scree and non-vertical cliff in dense fog. It made for some great pictures though, and a good story. The climb up was safe, as long as you can climb. Just don't look down.
Ben Nevis is a good example of this. There is a South facing pony track, which is a long ass walk, but fairly safe. But the North face is for experienced mountaineers only. If you Google both of these you will see what I mean.
Nick, that looks beautiful. I went to the lakes back in March. Just for a bike tour, but I fancy climbing some of those hills sometime. I enjoy walking as much as climbing and one of my mates (from Preston) knows that area pretty well. He has been trying to get me out with him for a while now. I think I'll take him up on it after seeing your pictures.
Not quite sure what to do with my early mid-life crisis. Ideas on a post card to P.O.BOX 150...