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2001 This was the last day of the spring 2001 vacation in Scotland. After the memorable day on Lochnagar I had spent the night in Braemar which appeared to be quite deserted for this time of the year due to Foot-and-Mouth-Disease. Starting from the hotel on this day I did not go straight to the …

2001 This was the last day of the spring 2001 vacation in Scotland. After the memorable day on Lochnagar I had spent the night in Braemar which appeared to be quite deserted for this time of the year due to Foot-and-Mouth-Disease. Starting from the hotel on this day I did not go straight to the …

I climbed Glas Bheinn Mhor as the second hill on a day’s tour together with The Bold Hill – Ben Starav. An apt name especially when viewing the outline of the hill and its steep northern ridge from Glen Etive. Starting from Coiletir I soon reached the foot of Ben Starav and started climbing up …

Clouds, spells of sunshine and strong westerly winds were forecast for this day. The weather was as predicted when I left the car park at Aberarder and vigorously walked along the path into Coire Ardair. I met several other hill walkers on my way into this very beautiful corrie. The cliffs of Creag Meagaidh are …

2001 This was the last day of the spring 2001 vacation in Scotland. After the memorable day on Lochnagar I had spent the night in Braemar which appeared to be quite deserted for this time of the year due to Foot-and-Mouth-Disease. Starting from the hotel on this day I did not go straight to the …

The Bold Hill. An apt name especially when viewing the outline of the hill and its steep northern ridge from Glen Etive. Starting from Coiletir I soon reached the foot of the hill and started climbing up the uniformly steep north ridge. At about 700m I donned my wind-proof gear and put on my crampons. …

The day before I climbed Lochnagar I had tried to reach the summit of Cairn Gorm from the Carin Gorm ski centre via the northern Corrie an t-Sneachda. But I had to break off that attempt after having climbed through steeply banked snow on the headwall of the corrie because of heavy winds, poor visibility …