This was a novelty: Climbing two Munros in one day but using a car to travel from the first to the second hill. We climbed Ben Hope from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Ben Klibreck from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Frank and I parked the car in a layby on the A836 a …
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I repeat myself: May 2009 in Scotland was not an extremely dry hillwalking holiday. The day on which Frank and I climbed Ben Hope and Ben Klibreck was a particularly stormy and wet one. But let’s start at the beginning. After about two hours of driving through nice parts of Northern Scotland with many miles …
Read more »Ben More Assynt and Coigach are really special mountains and the highest in the wild country of Assynt. I already tried to tackle them in 1992, but due to severe weather conditions – heavy winds and very poor visibility – i did not suceed. So this time, it was 1995, i was eager – maybe …
Read more »“Todeswanderung” Komplette Traverse des Conival und Ben More Assynt. Zunächst sind wir durch einen falschen Kamin aufgestiegen, der sehr steil und steinig/brüchig war. statt auf den Bealach. Auf der Ridge kamen wir in Schneeschauer. Nach dem Ben More Assynt wählten wir den falschen Abstieg. Statt zum Dubh Loch Mor (South ridge) stiegen wir Richtung Osten …
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