8 miles, 950m ascent, 5 hours 30 mins
Another very testing day which demanded a flexible approach to get up our mountain. The weather lived up to the horrendous forecast of 80mph winds and heavy rain, sleet and snow. We met the CRMC on the way up as they were retreating with tales of impossibly strong winds on the top. I has thought about trying a route round the side anyway, so this confirmed it. We entered the coire to the East of the summit which made an interesting way up the mountain and a relatively sheltered one. Unsurprisingly we saw no-one here and it felt quite exploratory. We managed the headwall quite easily and it was really quite sheltered until just near the top, before gratefully turning tail for the downclimb. The return journey in driving sleet and hail was not quite so pleasant, but it was highly satisfying to have bagged our summit in such demanding conditions.
This is a catalogue of my son Ben's Munro Bagging with me. We did a few around Ben's 6th birthday, but only really started ticking them off the following year, often as part of multi-day backpacks and sometimes in the winter. On 28 August 2011 we finished on Ben More with Ben having reached the ripe old age of 10 years and 3 months. Its been a great experience.
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