Toughest hike in my life. nervous.
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Hooray, and congrats.
Any pics you'd care to post?
Cheers, h.1 -
middlehaitch wrote: »Hooray, and congrats.
Any pics you'd care to post?
Cheers, h.
Hmm.. I have a rather political image that went all across twitter (lots of demonstrating against a certain orange guy all across Scotland on that day). Not a good idea to post that one here as people might be offended. Thus no photo of me then
Near the start:
Over halfway:
Top is in the distance:
View from top:
View from top:
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I'm so glad I read the waking guide and looked at the map when you first posted. It gave me a really good sense of place in your photos.
It really is quite rubbley in the last stretch, more so than the discriptions would have led me to believe.
Is that snow?
(That section looks very like the rubble you see when mounting a glacier in Canada.)
The views are spectacular. Did you walk it on your own?
I ask because I am tempted to drag myself out of the Borders and walk it when I'm over next year, but have no one fit enough to accompany me.
Cheers, h.0 -
middlehaitch wrote: »I'm so glad I read the waking guide and looked at the map when you first posted. It gave me a really good sense of place in your photos.
It really is quite rubbley in the last stretch, more so than the discriptions would have led me to believe.
Is that snow?
(That section looks very like the rubble you see when mounting a glacier in Canada.)
The views are spectacular. Did you walk it on your own?
I ask because I am tempted to drag myself out of the Borders and walk it when I'm over next year, but have no one fit enough to accompany me.
Cheers, h.
a bit rubbly: well, the last 600m of elevation were that rubbly. I was basically jumping from stone to stone at times
It's basically due to water seeping into cracks of rocks, the water freezes over night and extends the cracks, and many of those cycles basically blast pieces of rock off, and then they roll down the mountain eventually. And yes, there are always a few snow patches left in the Highlands until into autumn.
I walked alone. Have no-one to take along (and no-one with enough patience to walk with me ) Lots of people walk Ben Nevis though that are way less fit than me. I might be tempted to do it again if I'm still around. Give me a shout next year 
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I didn't have internet for a few days as I spent some time after the hike on the isles, where there's no phone signal. But anyway:
I MADE IT!
It took me 4.5 hours to reach the top, and I was very lucky that the endless flog even lifted for 30 minutes and allowed for some views. Down only took 2.5 hours. I would have managed in 2 hours if my socks had not caused burning to my foot soles and I kind of tip toed down the last 3km. Time for new hiking socks. So happy! Now I can think of other mountains as well.
Yes, it was super tough for me and I was already soaking wet after the first 200m climb (of 1300) but I just walked on very slowly and took breaks whenever I needed them. I found that walking so slowly made me faster in the end than some other slow walkers who sprinted up, totally wrecked themselves and needed a long break very often.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! This is awesome! I'm so happy for you.
Any thoughts about your next endeavor?1 -
Thanks a lot @SaraKim17
Not really. I'll be going to Tenerife next month but will take a gondola to the top of Mount Teide. I think of walking down though.0 -
Wow, stunning views!
Congrats on the climb! Sounded like it went really well.
The rubbly bits at the end are giving me flashbacks to scafell pike. It's so tough walking on terrain like that isn't it?0 -
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Glad you had a great time! Way to go! I like 2 pair of socks, a very thin polypropylene liner and a midweight wool blend on top.0
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Wow! That looks amazing!1
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Glad you had a great time! Way to go! I like 2 pair of socks, a very thin polypropylene liner and a midweight wool blend on top.
Yes, that was the problem: my feet moved a bit inside the boots when walking downhill and the slightly thicker sole of my socks caused some serious problems. Felt like I had blisters everywhere underneath my feet
But I was kind of running down instead of walking, so yes, lots of friction. I was thinking of a two-sock solution, with something thin and somewhat smooth inside. 0 -
One more photo: the day after the hike I drove to the Isle of Mull, and took a boat trip to Staffa where I met this lovely one, and lots of his friends
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Wow, great achievement! I’d love to do something like that one day, when I’m fit enough. At the moment I’m only doing very short hikes!
I have an important question though.....:
Did you find the GEOCACHE?????
(Fellow geocacher here, in case you can’t tell) 2 -
Leannep2201 wrote: »Wow, great achievement! I’d love to do something like that one day, when I’m fit enough. At the moment I’m only doing very short hikes!
I have an important question though.....:
Did you find the GEOCACHE?????
(Fellow geocacher here, in case you can’t tell)
YES! Took me ages to find as my GPS send me all across this windswept, rocky plateau in increasingly bigger circles. And then it had a soggy log book. Oh well.. There were also an EarthCache and a Virtual at the top, so that was really worth it I'm still busy logging from my Isle of Mull trip, where I mainly looked at the geology and found EarthCaches. 1 -
Funny thing, I was in Scotland to keep an eye in my elderly mum while my sis and BiL did an extended camping trip on Mull and Iona. They brought me a nice pair of Iona green marble earrings.
One day I will get to the west.
Cheers, h.0 -
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Oh, such beautiful views! Congratulations! Now I know where I will have to go the next time I’m in Scotland. I’d love to see your more political pic if you want to send me a message-please!
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Leannep2201 wrote: »Wow, great achievement! I’d love to do something like that one day, when I’m fit enough. At the moment I’m only doing very short hikes!
I have an important question though.....:
Did you find the GEOCACHE?????
(Fellow geocacher here, in case you can’t tell)
YES! Took me ages to find as my GPS send me all across this windswept, rocky plateau in increasingly bigger circles. And then it had a soggy log book. Oh well.. There were also an EarthCache and a Virtual at the top, so that was really worth it I'm still busy logging from my Isle of Mull trip, where I mainly looked at the geology and found EarthCaches.
Yay, well done!
Bonus, 3 geocaches!!! I’d do the hike just for them lol.0 -
Well done0
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Leannep2201 wrote: »Leannep2201 wrote: »Wow, great achievement! I’d love to do something like that one day, when I’m fit enough. At the moment I’m only doing very short hikes!
I have an important question though.....:
Did you find the GEOCACHE?????
(Fellow geocacher here, in case you can’t tell)
YES! Took me ages to find as my GPS send me all across this windswept, rocky plateau in increasingly bigger circles. And then it had a soggy log book. Oh well.. There were also an EarthCache and a Virtual at the top, so that was really worth it I'm still busy logging from my Isle of Mull trip, where I mainly looked at the geology and found EarthCaches.
Yay, well done!
Bonus, 3 geocaches!!! I’d do the hike just for them lol.
that's what gets me out and about in the end 0
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