Category: scrambling
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Ben Nevis via the back way, Lochaber, Scotland – September
Going up Ben Nevis (which we had never been up before) via the Carn Mor Dearg Arete had at some point recently gone on our shortlist of what we wanted to achieve on this trip. It was one out of three things we most wanted to do, the other two being An Teallach in Dundonnell…
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A heathery scramble near Ben Nevis, Lochaber, Scotland – September
A sunny morning. After breakfast, we headed up the steep path that starts near the youth hostel in Glen Nevis to meet the lower part of the Mountain Track (otherwise known as the Tourist Route). After a while we turned off for a grade 1 gully/stream scramble to head up to Meall an t-Suidhe. Not…
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Trying out the Lord’s Rake for Sca Fell, Lake District – August
The sky was grey in the morning, and the hills shrouded in mist, but we set off walking from the campsite up towards Mickledore col between Scafell Pike and Sca Fell. After a bit of discussion we found the bottom of the Lord’s Rake, a scree route up to Sca Fell, in the mist. We…