The previous day Jet and I had walked a superb horseshoe route down in Morvern (Creach Bheinn and co). We then spent the night at an almost deserted campsite in Strontian, well positioned for this climb. Sgurr Dhomnhuill is the highest peak in Ardgour. We were up promptly. I had to shake down Continue Reading
Archives for October 2016
Morvern meandering
The areas of Morvern, Ardgour and Moidart lie in a wild area on the west coast of Scotland. They are moated by Lochs Linnhe and Eil and by the sea. Land access is from the north along the road to Skye. Though coming from the south, as I did, it is possible to take the Corran Ferry across the Loch Continue Reading
Climbing Mount Elbrus – to Elbrus
We had just the one night in Cheget following our climb of Mukal. Again we had to sort out gear for the second part of the trip, the attempt on Elbrus. This time the packing was simpler – we could take everything except anything that we knew we would not need. We would be able to Continue Reading