We headed up to Glen Coe intending to climb The Pause (E1 5b ***) on the Etive Slabs. Walk in was lovely and boggy, and as we were wearing shorts, pretty sore being scratched on the legs by all the heather and heathland. Oh well it was such nice weather trousers would have just been inappropriate.
view from the base of the crag.
We geared up and I set off on pitch 1, and took a wee lead fall :( It seems wet climbing shoes and dodgy slab climbing don't mix. Went for it again but was too scared after falling so backed off and let Keith take over leading this pitch. It was seepy and horrid.
Keith on P1
We really weren't feeling the wet scary paddy style of the route, so traversed and abbed off a tree from the top of the first pitch :) We chilled in the sun for a while watching the team on Spartan Slab then headed back down to the car and went to check out The Chasm. Sadly there was still quite a bit of snow in the gully, so decided we better leave this route til later in the year.
We picked a nice spot to park up in Glen Etive, cooked some pasta, and went to sleep :)
Photos of the awesome car in sleeping mode:
29.3.12 - Creag Dubh
We woke up in the morning and the weather wasn't looking great in Glen Coe, so we headed east. The weather didnt seem to improve much along the way, but we came across a patch of sun as we were passing Creag Dubh so decided to stop for the day. We climbed Inbred (HVS 5a***), the crag classic, and Tree hee (S 4a**) which was not worth either of the stars it has been awarded!
Keith on P1 of Inbred HVS 5a ***
30.3.12 - Bynack More
On Friday we did the Bynack More circuit. Weather and views were lovely, I got a slight tan, and Keith is sunburnt! Knee was the sorest it has ever been, so was rather epic on the descent, can't wait to go to the physio next week and get it sorted out!
Photos:
Nice looking bothy
view from the summit
K at summit
Ptarmigans
on the return route
On the way back we hoped to go for a swim in An
Lochan Uaine (The green loch - named from local folklore about it being dyed from the fairies washing their clothes), but sadly after dipping our feet in we discovered it was full of leaches! Neither
of us had seen them in the UK before, strange. It was freezing anyway
so probably a good thing! We had a look around the shops in Aviemore
afterwards, then decided to head home a day early as we were missing our
comfy bed, cups of tea and puppy pal!
An Lochan Uaine
31.3.12 - Meall Buidhe, Lilly's First Munro!
Yesterday we decided to see how Lilly would cope hill walking, and took her up her first munro!! We chose Meall Buidhe as it is 'a fairly simple' munro according to the guidebook, and it was :) She absolutely loved it, and surprisingly I even had trouble keeping up with her! Once pup is off the lead she really goes for it, and her usual refusal to walk is obviously just to wind us up. It was however rather boggy, so would not be a nice walk to do just after rainfall. Luckily it has been dry the past few days and her wee paws didn't get submerged too much.
Here are the many photos we took, including a video of her reaching the summit! Such an amazing day! We are so proud of polar pup <3
'Hurry up guys'
Lilly and Keith with the summit in the distance
3 of us sitting on the cairn
Lilly enjoying the views, with Schiehallion in the distance
Sunbathing
Having a wee snooze before the descent
Deer near the landrover track :)
Today is a rest day, we are going to get some yummy food from M&S, maybe some beer too, and chill in the garden practicing crevasse rescue for our upcoming trip to the alps :)
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