Black Cuillin part 2

On this route i went up Coir an Eich to the summit of Sgurr á Mhadaidh then along the top of the ridge covering Sgurr Eadar da Choire, Sgurr á Ghreadaidh, Sgurr Thormaid up to Sgurr na Banachdich, then across the ridge that sticks out to the west to Sgurr nan Gobhar.
Sgurr means peak.

I had quite a serious accident this time round. I was lining up my tripod for a shot when i slipped onto my side, crushing my custard creams that were in my pocket.

Forgot to get a photo of the whole section but thats a chunk of it.

Sgurr nan Gobhar was a last minute addition. I didn't know if there was a way down from the end of it but then i saw this guy running across it so though there must be.
I eventually caught up with him and asked him. To which he replied, "Och ye shudna followed me pal! I ne'er bin here in ma life!"
We wished each other good luck and he took off down the side somewhere and i carried onto the end.

Good view at the end.

Had to slide down here to get down. Who even needs paths when you've got lethal stone slides.

Garbh-bheinn and Belig

Due to the limiting factors of the weather, this was the only scramble i could do today. Seemed like a waste of time compared to the Cuillin ridge. There was no path there or back either, had to wade through a bog. Nice views though.

Skyline of the Black Cuillin.

Why did i come up here?

Seen some orchids on the way back.

Old Man of Storr

I wasn't gonna go here but then i watched Prometheus and it was in one of the opening scenes so i had to. That cave wasn't there.

Also i seen someone who i used to work with. Maybe they had also watched Prometheus the night before.

Black Cuillin part 1

A southern section of the ridge starting at Sgurr Sgumain, to Sgurr Alasdair, Sgurr MhicCoinnich to the base of Sgurr Dearg.

Way up.

This is the route i took down, viewed from the side i went up.

Hard work going up the scree.

Made it onto the ridge

Nice views though.

That's the isle of rum, def gotta have drink there sometime.

This bit is called Collies Ledge

 

The route i took is from right to left.

Bla Bheinn (Blaven)

A slug eating some sheep poo.

Sgurr Nan Gillean

Was quite windy, nearly got blown off here.

Aonach Beag and Mor

Aonach Beag means 'small ridge' and is the 7th highest Scottish mountain. Aonach Mor means 'big ridge' and is the 8th highest. Totally original names them.
I knew it was gonna rain today, drizzle, totally forgetting that on the top of a mountain it's a whole lot worse. The walk started with this nice greeting.

On the way there was this cool rope bridge.

The bulk of the walk was over a generally flat bog following a river with a few rocky steps up. At the end there was a steep grassy cliff to climb up, leading to the plateau that divided the Aonachs. When i reached the bottom of this cliff it had started to rain and was quite windy. The cloud had lowered and decreased visibility. I thought i was pretty close so no point turning back now.

It was actually quite difficult and took a while to get up because it was so steep. The weather was getting worse.
At the top it flattened out into a huge grassy plateau. You could only see a few metres in any direction. I decided to go for the easier peak first which was pretty much a flat walk.

The weather was now quite severe, horizontal rain and strong wind, but i was still enjoying it.
On the way to the second peak i was now soaked to the bone and freezing and actually struggling to move. This one was steeper but not difficult apart from the weather. There was also some snow up here as well. When i got to the top, i didn't hang about and headed straight back for the path down the cliff.
Only problem was, i couldn't find it. Now is really not the time. I am dying here.
Luckily i have this gps app now. To be honest, i wouldn't have done half the things without this app. Cause when you're up a mountain in fog, there is no hope of finding the path. These paths aren't even clear when there's no fog.
The gps app isn't perfect though and gets it wrong enough so i jus had to hope it was right. Eventually i did find the path and had a nice 4 hour wet and windy slog back to me van.