The Munros - Complete Rounds, Ramsay Rounds, Day Trips
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Aug 2020
10:23pm, 5 Aug 2020
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flyingfinn
Fingers crossed. I'm enjoying looking at the Munro possibilities for future trips.
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Aug 2020
11:06pm, 5 Aug 2020
10,823 posts
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_andy
Likewise, I'm enjoying seeing the "optimum" lines between lots of Munros from Donnie's tracker. Lots of good memories of all of these hills. Windering he'll camp somewhere high after Cairngorm tomorrow to avoid the climb back up on Friday for Bynack Mor. Conditions look good except for gales (!) metoffice.gov.uk I think I'd drop down to the ski carpark for a decent sleep with those gales forecast. I've been on top of Cairngorm in tent-folding gales before and it's quite challenging. |
Aug 2020
8:15am, 6 Aug 2020
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K5 Gus
Day 6, 44/282 completed, 12 planned today _andy - I think after a big day like today, you'd want a decent bed for the night rather than a tent, so yes I think he'll come down to the van. If the van was at the ski carpark, then no easy way from there to Bynack Mor, quite a drop down into Strath Nethy, then a steep, pathless climb. Wonder if he'll just cycle down and overnight outside Glenmore Lodge ? Really good path from there up Bynack Mor, quite a bit of it was upgraded a few years back. He'd even be able to mountain bike in for a few km if he had someone to follow him to retrieve the bike. Tomorrow's a relatively short day on the hill, just the 5, but a decent cycle from Braemar to Glen Tanar for the isolated Mount Keen |
Aug 2020
8:19am, 6 Aug 2020
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Derby Tup
Epic and surely more interesting than running round in circles for two or three days
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Aug 2020
11:06am, 6 Aug 2020
6,112 posts
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
Much more interesting than normal dot watching! The route planning must have been quite an exercise in itself. Hope the weather improves for him. Forecast is better at least. I had issues in the past in Knoydart when burns became raging torrents and miles got added to the plans. |
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Aug 2020
5:04pm, 6 Aug 2020
3,802 posts
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K5 Gus
Annoyingly, lost the GPS signal from the tracker for the last 30-40 mins - I'm interested to see what route he's taking from Beinn Mheadhoin to Cairngorm. I think the "standard" route is to drop down to the east end of Loch Avon, up to the Saddle, then up Cairngorm, but he's started retreating back to Loch Etchachan before the signal went. Will he drop down to Shelter Stone then up Coire Raibert, or try and stay high and go the longer way around, skirting Ben Macdui ? Wondering if the torrential rain from 2 days ago has meant that they are worried that the outflow from the east end of Loch Avon will be difficult to cross ?? Only done it in a dry spell and was straightforward Any thoughts from anyone that knows the area |
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Aug 2020
5:14pm, 6 Aug 2020
3,803 posts
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K5 Gus
Ahh, I was too impatient, he's back on the map - Shelter Stone and Coire Raibert was the answer 
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Aug 2020
5:23pm, 6 Aug 2020
6,672 posts
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Northern Exile
Gus, can you post a link to the tracker please. I am also interested in his route up toe Cairngorm.
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Aug 2020
5:37pm, 6 Aug 2020
3,804 posts
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K5 Gus
It's in the sidebar -->
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Aug 2020
7:30pm, 6 Aug 2020
6,673 posts
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Northern Exile
Oops
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