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.
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Sgurr Alasdair, Sgurr Dubh Mor, Sgurr nan Eag
Another wonderful day that defied the weather forecast. In view of the predicted mist and drizzle, we set our sites on purely bagging Sgurr Alasdair via the Stone Chute, but as the mist cleared we extended this by descending the chimney toward Sgumain and traversing out to Dubh Mor and thence Sgurr nan Eag. Going UP the stone chute was hilarious, but I'm not sure that I'd want to do it more than once. The intricate route finding to Dubh Mor panned out well and Ben just seemed to grow in confidence and ability as the day wore on. I nipped up and down Thearlich too which is a nice scramble. The late afternoon walk back was superb, as the Cuillin were bathed in golden sunlight and the sea sparkled.
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