Category: Torridon
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Traversing over the pinnacles of Liathach, Torridon, Scotland – September
Liathach day. We got up early-ish, had breakfast, and drove to the starting place for Liathach. We set off at 7.50am. I tried to keep my trepidation under control – I had always looked at Liathach with a little fear, and reading descriptions of the route we were taking that day had never changed this.…
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Arriving again in Torridon, Wester Ross, Scotland – September
The day after we went up Ben Nevis, it was raining from early morning. We did some laundry at the campsite, and then drove off down the Great Glen, through Inverness, and on until we reached Torridon in Wester Ross. In Fort William, we had seen runners preparing for the Ben Nevis race. When we…
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A rainy and windy day in Flowerdale, near Gairloch, Wester Ross – August
Another poor forecast, so we decided to try to get some practice scrambling with rope protection. As we got to the area of An Groban, the rain became quite heavy, so we tried to take what shelter we could find, against a slightly overhanging rock.