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| joshua.cook | Winter climb  Date Climbed: Jan 5, 1999 | |
| Had a great time, this was the first time up Ben, a few years later a few friends and I did a summer day hike up. Always a great time in Ft William. | ||
| Posted Mar 6, 2013 11:28 am | ||
| Marty32 | via Carn Mor Dearg arete | |
| Weather came in on the ridge spoiling the summit views. My 1st Scottish summit. | |
| Posted Jan 21, 2013 2:17 pm | ||
| ajberry | 1975, 1980 | |
| Long time ago... Started from the Caledonian Canal at Banavie via Allt A Mhulinn and then on to the main drag. Next time, camped in Glen Nevis. Up early and down in time for a 10am train to Mallaig. | |
| Posted Nov 12, 2012 7:57 pm | ||
| paulparkie | Didn't see anyting | |
| Until we made it to the ice covered, wind blown refuge at the top. | |
| Posted Nov 12, 2012 5:00 pm | ||
| markrjtaggart | Climbed. Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2012 | |
| Climbed up the tourist route from Glen Nevis. Very busy path@ | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2012 4:54 am | ||
| mountaindream | in to the mist Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2012 | |
| well this was the last challenge i had to do . The west highland way i already end the day before. it was exciting... for me it was one of the things i just had to do, otherwise the trip was not a succes . And i did it ! but one my way back i get really sick i made it back down but the rest of the evening was a constant run to make it on time in the toilett . But it was worth it ! | |
| Posted Sep 3, 2012 11:52 am | ||
| eza | Low clouds and rain Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2012 | |
| From the very start, it was a most unpromising day. But I had flown in from Spain to climb Ben Nevis, and finally reached the summit starting from the Glen Nevis visitor center with my friend Juan. We used the Mountain Path up to Lochan Meall an t-Suidhe, but after that we entered the Allt a'Mhuilinn valley to reach the CIC hut and the CMD arête from Coire Leis. This last section is not really advisable, but we chose it when strong winds kept us back from the CMD... and we just didn't feel in the mood to turn back and re-join the Mountain Path. In the end, summit without any sights and lots of clothing to dry | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2012 11:24 am | ||
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| DrJonnie | Re: Low clouds and rain | |
| Hi Eza, not quite as warm as your home Pyrenees I bet. We're not going to Benasque this year but up to the Highlands again probably to do Suilven and Ben More and maybe back to An Teallach. cheers Johnnie | |
| Posted Jan 14, 2013 8:39 am | ||
| Alan Arnette | Tower Ridge Date Climbed: Mar 5, 2012 | |
| Fun climb via Tower Ridge | |
| Posted Jul 8, 2012 10:55 am | ||
| Outdooraholic | Awesome hike! Date Climbed: May 25, 2012 | |
| Beautiful day, nice hike, gorgeous waterfall, snow covered peak... What more could you ask for! | |
| Posted Jun 11, 2012 6:16 pm | ||
| salodanger | Via Tourist Track | |
| With the wife, nice hike. | |
| Posted May 2, 2012 3:29 pm | ||
| Simnel | CMD arete and Ledge R | |
| Ascended twice in two days in winter conditions. Two cracking routes..did full traverse descending to the half way Lochan. Good nav skills required for both decents. | |
| Posted Jan 30, 2012 5:13 pm | ||
| AdamTurner | As part of the 6 Peaks Challenge Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2011 | |
| I was the only one on the summit at sunset (10pm-ish) with an amazing cloud inversion. Was hallucinating on descent (long story!) and the weather began to turn rather nasty where my eye lashes began to freeze. One to remember! | |
| Posted Jan 14, 2012 5:10 pm | ||
| PUCHMAN | after work in strawberry farm :) Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2006 | |
| during the trip of Scotland, West Higland Way and Grampian:))))nice | |
| Posted Nov 19, 2011 5:38 pm | ||
| Andrew Rankine | Perfect Day on Nevis Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2010 | |
| Took the Mountaineer's Route and climbed Nevis in prefect weather. A little wind, cloudless skies. One of my all time favorites. | |
| Posted Oct 28, 2011 1:43 pm | ||
| Andy_Hornung | long long ago Date Climbed: Jul 20, 1982 | |
| On the first day of a week long expedition backpacking around the highlands carrying all the kit and food for a week. Not sure it was the right choice for the first day! Incredible weather for Scotland, didn't see a cloud all day, indeed, all week! The sunburn sticks in my memory. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2011 4:49 pm | ||
| bertesq | false teeth Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2011 | |
| Went up to the summit of the Ben last Friday temperatures were very high .My arms were sunburnt and I lost my two front false teeth around the 1 mile stage. I informed the hordes on the mountain of my plight and a mass search ensued. On the descent I was informed about thirty times that the teeth belonging to the guy in the red t-shirt with the wee black cocker were in the Nevis centre. A big thank you to the unknown guy who found them and the staff at the Nevis centre who said that the chances of finding them were millions to one | ||
| Posted Jul 4, 2011 3:33 pm | ||
| DrJonnie | 100th Anniversary Day Date Climbed: May 18, 2011 | |
| Ken and I took the Tourist track on a wet day in the middle of a wet week. The previous day we'd met a Forester who told us that he would be there helping to carry a Model T Ford to the summit. It would be a 100 years since Henry Alexander had driven one up there in 1911. Nearing the summit in the area of the big cairns in whiteout conditions we heard shouting. We descended off the path a ways and found a lone walker who had summitted but had gotten disoriented on the descent. We re-directed him and paired him with two Scots guys who were also descending. We ate our sandwiches in the observatory ruins sheltering from horizontal snow and hailstones. No views until halfway down the zig-zags where we could see our tent on the Glen Nevis campsite. | |
| Posted May 27, 2011 3:04 am | ||
| John Climber | Guiding to the top Date Climbed: May 13, 2011 | |
| Climbed with a group of 12 persons from Glen Nevis Youth Hostel. Misty weather from about 1.000 meters, and some showers. Snow on the ground (fresh)from 1.200 meters, but only a patch of old snow on the way to the summit. On the gullies to the north plenty of snow too. Bad weather on descent. Started at 6:10 am and arrived some minutes before 13:00 back down (top on 10:00 am). | |
| Posted May 19, 2011 7:45 am | ||
| Frankie | Holidays in Fort William Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2010 | |
| Scottish weather. 15 degrees in Fort William, windy but beautiful climb. At the top of strong wind, rain, temperatures slightly above 0 degrees. But we were on the highest mountain in the British Isles! We had a very nice apartment in Torlundy at Moira Mee (tip). | |
| Posted May 1, 2011 8:27 am | ||
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