THE GOAL

Starting on 17th May 2012 Joe Mann and Peter Holder will attempt to walk to the top of all the Scottish Munros. There are 283 of them!





Friday 29 June 2012

Bla Bheinn (Blaven) and the Kintail Ridges

On wednesday Nick and Jack joined us for a walk up the lone Munro on Skye. Bla Bheinn- or Blaven as it is often anglicised. It stands alone from all of the other 11 Munros on Skye which are all on the Cuillin Ridge. It is often regarded as one of the finest mountain in Britain that towers magnificently over Loch Slapin with some pretty unimaginable views. Unfortunately thoses view had to remain unimaginable because of the dense low cloud that has engulfed the west of Scotland for the lat few days.

Eager for some more walking, Jack and Nick were excited about joining us for another day of walking in the cloud. On Thursday they joined us on the south Kintail ridge of 9 Munros finishing on The Saddle
(The 4 of us on The Saddle)This picture just about sums up the weather we have endure recently, no inspiring photos recently, unless you are inspired by clouds!

Today (Friday) we were back to  a team of 2, we walked through the cloud to the summits of the first 6 summits of the North Kintail ridge, tomorrow we will walk the remaining 6 summits finishing on the 5 sisters of Kintail. 

We are now over the 200 mark! We are still enjoying the experience however, at times, the monotony of the ups and downs can be a little frustrating. We are still motivated by the fact the 'best' is yet to come, (Cullin Ridge, Fisherfields, Torridon,)

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