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| zodis | Ben Nevis  Date Climbed: Oct 24, 2007 | |
| I took the path starting at the youth hostel in Glen Nevis. I had perfect, clear weather the entire trip. Walked up in a t-shirt. Took five hours round trip at a moderate pace. The scenery and views were glorious. | |
| Posted Nov 3, 2007 6:53 am | ||
| charles | Tower ridge winter Date Climbed: Jan 12, 1981 | |
| At least it could have been then! Great winter route. | |
| Posted Sep 10, 2007 11:21 am | ||
| big_g | Great finish to the WHW Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2007 | |
| I waited out a couple days of rain after finishing the WHW so I could pick this summit up. | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2007 4:44 pm | ||
| J Fox | Standard Route Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2004 | |
| My wife and I climbed this to get in shape for our trek on the Haute Route later in the year. We were hoping to do the CMD route but it was raining when we started so we did the tourist route instead. We had every from of precipitation known to man at various points of the route including a snow storm when we summited. | |
| Posted Jun 26, 2007 2:10 pm | ||
| Outdoorgirl_ca | Tourist Route Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2006 | |
| Really great hike up the hill. Didn't get any sunshine this day, even though the rest of my stay in Scotland was more like sunny California weather. Reached the top, and celebrated by eating wedding cake, left over from my friend's wedding 3 days earlier! Next time I'm taking the more difficult path. | |
| Posted Jun 22, 2007 8:55 pm | ||
| joe_akeem | Route Climbed: standard Tourist route | |
| Nice hike during our vacation in Scotland... | |
| Posted May 23, 2007 9:46 am | ||
| Little_Mole | First blood Date Climbed: Oct 1, 1994 | |
| My very first mountain ever! I did it in a motorbike-trouser made of leather and felt a little bit as a stranger in this large queue of people. But it was a great day out (despite of the weather - hey, this is Scotland!) and obviously I was hooked ... | |
| Posted May 15, 2007 1:14 pm | ||
| Proterra | First time halfnaked. Date Climbed: May 3, 2007 | |
| Was guiding a group of my classmates up the Ben on this beautiful day, some of which had never been in the hills before. Best weather i've ever encountered on Ben Nevis, and got back down to Achintee with a nice sunburn. My ex-girlfriend came back the same day from Malaga, and you should've see the look on her face when she saw the color of my skin :P | |
| Posted May 13, 2007 10:23 am | ||
| atavist | scottish highlands | |
| Beautiful mountain in a beautiful country. I can't wait to get back to the highlands. I road the train up from Oxford and climbed Ben Nevis, everything was great except for the train being delayed on the return due to cows on the track. | |
| Posted Mar 15, 2007 3:52 pm | ||
| rockmonkey1 | aonach mor - carn mor dearg - ben nevis Date Climbed: Mar 2, 2007 | |
| long day, not very nice conditions (complete white-out!)but a cracking day! and nice ascent. will definatly be goin back and trying a harder route | |
| Posted Mar 4, 2007 11:51 am | ||
| Nigel Lewis | twice so far | |
| Once by Tower Ridge, once by Coire Leis. The first time we had the mountain to ourselves, the second time, the top was like Tesco car park. N | |
| Posted Feb 13, 2007 11:59 pm | ||
| Nyle Walton | Ben Nevis in the rain. Date Climbed: Nov 12, 1960 | |
| In November 1960 as a final gesture before leaving the UK for good, I hitchhiked northward from Oxford. After a tramp in the English Lake District, I found myself at Fort William beyond Glasgow. While my memory of this uphill hike has faded, I remember following a trail in dense fog to Nevis's summit still enveloped in clouds. Lack of any view disappointed me but I felt some satisfaction of having reached the highest point in the British Isles. I subsequently hitchhiked along Loch Ness to Inverness and on around Scotland to Edinburgh. There on a rainy Sunday morning before the castle, I met a madcap American heiress and had a smashing time riding in her rented Ford around Edinburgh looking for a bar to have a drink, then hurried south to England to find an open pub while carrying a lump of coal to Newcastle. At around midnight, we found the country hotel along Hadrian's Wall. Far more exciting than mountain climbing. Whoopie! | |
| Posted Feb 6, 2007 4:43 pm | ||
| tphubbard | Many times | |
| over the years, mainly on winter climbing routes. This hill still scares me though. It has some of the worst weather you will encounter anywhere! I've only ever seen cloud from the top. | |
| Posted Jan 28, 2007 11:04 pm | ||
| newenglandhiker | Summit Date Climbed: Jul 16, 1994 | |
| Day hike up the tourist track. | |
| Posted Dec 18, 2006 3:51 am | ||
| boojem | tourist route Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2006 | |
| Very beautiful day...8 year old daughter summited as well. | ||
| Posted Jun 30, 2006 12:34 am | ||
| baez | Tower Ridge Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2005 | |
| Great ridge scrambles to the summit amusement park. Perfect weather and great views of Fort William and beautiful Scotland. | |
| Posted Jun 25, 2006 10:37 pm | ||
| Baarb | Route: CMD Arrete Date Climbed: Jun 8, 2005 | |
| Couldn't see a thing, occasional glimpses of the north face were stunning. Summit deserted. Amazing experience. No end of fun on this peak. | |
| Posted Jun 13, 2006 10:24 pm | ||
| Boydie | Route climbed: Tourist route Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2005 | |
| Done this with my workmates for charity. Set off at 3:30 in the morning when it was fairly quiet. Well worth it, even though i'm still cursing those zigzags. Great day. | |
| Posted Apr 29, 2006 4:45 pm | ||
| roadmountain | Route Climbed: Glover's Chimney Date Climbed: Feb 26, 2006 | |
| Bart Verstegen and I climbed this route with another second grade route. The weather was good and we enjoyed it much! | |
| Posted Mar 7, 2006 5:17 pm | ||
| James Orr | Tourist Route Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2005 | |
| Rubbish weather- long, wet slog to the summit with no views to make it all seem worthwhile. Still, its the largest peak in the UK so i guess that was the trophy :) | |
| Posted Feb 25, 2006 8:05 pm | ||
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