These innocuous hills gave surprisingly good sport, with the snow on the first hill having compacted to bullet proof neve on which Ben managed admirably in his new pair of 12 point crampons. even more surprisinf was the cornice which seemingly appeared out of nowhereon the next hill. Ben wasn't too keen on downclimbing the 40 degree slope.
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Meall Teanga, Stob Coire Odhar
12.8 miles, 1200m ascent, 7 hours 30 mins
These innocuous hills gave surprisingly good sport, with the snow on the first hill having compacted to bullet proof neve on which Ben managed admirably in his new pair of 12 point crampons. even more surprisinf was the cornice which seemingly appeared out of nowhereon the next hill. Ben wasn't too keen on downclimbing the 40 degree slope.
These innocuous hills gave surprisingly good sport, with the snow on the first hill having compacted to bullet proof neve on which Ben managed admirably in his new pair of 12 point crampons. even more surprisinf was the cornice which seemingly appeared out of nowhereon the next hill. Ben wasn't too keen on downclimbing the 40 degree slope.
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