What are the Irish Furths? It is perhaps first worth explaining what the “Irish Furths” actually are. The Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) is the keeper of certain mountain/hill lists. All bar one of these lists cover Scotland only – Munros, Munro Tops, Corbetts and Donalds. Continue Reading
Archives for October 2024
Beinn Mhor, Thacla and Beinn Corradail, South Uist
In my previous blog I mentioned that this was just the second time that I had been to the Outer Hebrides. Before visiting Seaforth Island by kayak and seeing the white-tailed eagle, I had been on the island of South Uist. Here I had some gorgeous weather and climbed Beinn Mhor. Continue Reading
Seaforth Island
I recently spent a little time in the Outer Hebrides. This was just my second ever visit. And the first was last year! The original purpose was to see if I could get out to the relatively remote St Kilda archipelago. Unfortunately, that did not materialize. So, looked Continue Reading
Quinag
This is the third of my blogs about climbs that I have undertaken in the north of Scotland this year. This blog is about Quinag. Quinag is a complex mountain with seven recognised summits of which three are Corbetts (Scottish hills of between 2500 feet and 3000 feet with at least 500 Continue Reading
Ben More Coigach
This is the second of my blogs about my trips to the north of Scotland this year. The previous one was about Cul Mor. This one is about Ben More Coigach (Gaelic – Beinn Mhor na Coigich). In Gaelic, Beinn (or Ben) Mhor (or Mor/More) just means ‘big hill’ or ‘mountain‘. Coigach is Continue Reading