We set out from Achnashellach on a day which looked quite promising in terms of water comming down from the skies. Some sunny spells on our drive from Lower Diabaig to our starting point had given us glimpse of the sun, however. But those were the only rays of sunlight until the hike was over. …
Read more »The Coire Lair Skyline. Route 57 in Ralph Storer’s book. Many times had I gone through this particular tour on the map. But since we had abysmal weather on or first try and only made it round the first half of the Skyline i.e. Beinn Liath Mhor we decided to take a different, non-standard approach …
Read more »2000 The hill of hills. Since we had tried to climb Liathach in 1995 and had failed due to bad weather close to the ridge of the hill it had been on our mind. Now on a very sunny Saturday in September we set out to climb this precious Torridonian hill. This being the first …
Read more »2000 The hill of hills. Since we had tried to climb Liathach in 1995 and had failed due to bad weather close to the ridge of the hill it had been on our mind. Now on a very sunny Saturday in September we set out to climb this precious Torridonian hill. This being the first Munro …
Read more »2000 Beinn Eighe. Quite a few times before – when passing through Glen Torridon – I had seen its scree flanks and had wondered what the northern corries of that giant hill might look like. Now in the late morning of a beautifully sunny late September day Stephanie dropped me off at the car park …
Read more »1991 Traverse vom Tom na Gruagaich zum Squrr Mhor. Den eigentlichen Aufstieg zum Tom haben wir erstmal links liegen lassen – das konnte er nicht sein, ist ja viel zu steil – wir wollten erst den Toll a’ Mhadaidh Mor hoch. Dann aber die Einsicht es geht nicht anders, denn dieser war noch viel steiler. …
Read more »1991 Traverse vom Tom na Gruagaich zum Squrr Mhor. Den eigentlichen Aufstieg zum Tom haben wir erstmal links liegen lassen – das konnte er nicht sein, ist ja viel zu steil – wir wollten erst den Toll a’ Mhadaidh Mor hoch. Dann aber die Einsicht es geht nicht anders, denn dieser war noch viel steiler. …
Read more »2000 Cord: Beinn Eighe. Quite a few times before – when passing through Glen Torridon – I had seen its scree flanks and had wondered what the northern corries of that giant hill might look like. Now in the late morning of a beautifully sunny late September day Stephanie dropped me off at the car …
Read more »2000 Beinn Eighe. Quite a few times before – when passing through Glen Torridon – I had seen its scree flanks and had wondered what the northern corries of that giant hill might look like. Now in the late morning of a beautifully sunny late September day Stephanie dropped me off at the car park …
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