Re: [TR} Mullach na Dheiragain


"druidh" <druidh@xxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
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>I think the classic response would be "it's not a race"

I totally agree.

> but by the
> time I was doing Am Basteir and Gillean (not the same day), I'd already
> decided on Bruch na Frithe as my last. That's what stopped me ticking
> it off. I have to admit that I was torn when leaving Am Basteir,
> knowing it was a short walk away and would mean another "tick", but
> what's the rush. And what was I achieving by bagging it then - one less
> trip to Skye? Hardly a major trauma.

*Most* people do the northern part of the Cuillin starting from Sligachan
going up BnF. I've tried BnF but mist the summit completely due to bad
weather. It turned out I was near Bidein Druim nan Ramh before giving up in
a ferosious hailstorm.

>
> 15 years would be about right - good guess. I settled on BnF about 2/3
> years ago after seeing what was left. I've got one mate who plans to
> leave Ben Nevis till last and another choosing Lochnagar (but it has to
> be a winter ascent, and from the North - now that's just being fussy!)

I'm not a real bagger and I don't plan my *last* one. From this side of the
North Sea it's a long and expensive journey and I'm restricted to holidays.
Above all I wouldn't like to do them all because I hate the green lumpy
Munros, I like the characteristic ones.
My must-do-list contains more Cuillin, An Teallach, the Mamores, the Grey
Corries and the north and south Glen Shiel ridge. I'll be a pensioner by
then :-(

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