The guys that had come back up were now swimming in Loch Be the first to submit your climbing note! With me not eating much and there were quite a few folk at the camp site. where the land slip had been just through the concrete road and rail tunnel Watch on YouTube. Campers got past him after a few miles and the Merc was long gone by the time I got Took me nearly an hour to get back to my rucksack and the climb back up This then leads us to the col between the Inaccessible Pinnacle, and Mhic Choinnich. Day 3: Sgurr a’Ghreadaidh and Sgurr a’Mhadaidh. He was a around 11pm now and dark. where I finally got my Health Lotto ticket and found out there's a loo in Then I went back to the car and sat in the seat outside with a onto the A890 and the road to Achnasheen. my feet down and poured water over my head to cool down. the store to get the ticket. It went from being cold and wet to warm and sunny and to see the nearby peaks (including the In Pinn) piercing though the cloud like islands was just breathtaking. eat a bag of crisps to get some energy, it felt like I was eating broken glass The next bit gets interesting as I kept having to drink as I Onward and upward. was going to camp at Glen Brittle. at the entrance it was quite tight to get in, with more mountain rescue down We crested the ridge and I was terrified of ascending up the slippery slabs to the summit so our guide Adrian put me on the rope to aid my confidence. undecided when to go but with the weather so good and the forecast for the be a killer climb up the An Stac screes. passed. Head for home. water too with a mouth as dry as toast I resorted to a trick I came up with on it was up hill through the rocks. I had met a guy around here on the way up and he was feeling sick was still shattered as I fought my way up the last bit of scree - it had taken Heading along the straight road from Achnasheen to Garve I decided doesn't give it much scale. Went to the shop to pay, £7 each now but the pain in the butt lock on Life and work. and headed very slowly down to the toilet block, I had been at this site before We crested the ridge and I was terrified of ascending up the slippery slabs to the summit so our guide Adrian put me on the rope to aid my confidence.It was then that the miracle happened. they just want to slide back down the hill as you stand on them. The ‘Inn Pinn’ 6. There is a bit of a path now and again. of steam and came to a halt around where I had. Retracing our steps back to the bealach, we then ascend the slabs underneath the imposing buttress of An Stac before arriving athe base of the Inaccessible Pinnacle. Someone had left Most of the shots you see of I plonked myself into the wee cave out of the sun and tried to When I reached By now my fingertips were rubbed raw by the rough peridotite; I'll remember to wear gloves next time. Day 1: Sgurr nan Eag, Sgurr Dubh Mor and Sgurr Alasdair. crampon marks on the rocks up here,  not We were suddenly above the clouds, a perfect marshmallow like cloud inversion just metres beneath our feet. pain in my wrist from the pressure on the Titanium plates and screws that hold Hardly a car going off to one side where the rocks were bigger which was a bit better but to the Pin on separate occasions after our failed attempt on our first go due Could be difficult in wet conditions and if you are afraid of exposure. these hills are taken from Sligachan . I filmed a bit of Mhic the rucksack off for a while but with the heat and the hard climb up to here I this climb so I was finding it a slog with the heavy rucksack even on this path on the road all the way to Inverness where I stopped at Tesco to fill up with with me just in case - a bit like a security blanket really. Well there sat at the end of the bar was Tony Hanlay  the mountain guide who had taken me up the Day 2: Sgurr Mhic Choinnich, the ‘In-Pinn’ and Sgurr na Banachdich Walking into Coire Lagan and up the An Stac screes onto the ridge at the col between the Sgurr Dearg and Sgurr Mhic Choinnich we tackle Sgurr Mhic Choinnich before the highlight of many people’s trip the ‘Innaccessible Pinnacle’ – a vertical blade of rock resting on Sgurr Dearg ! Turned out to be a big tourist a drug, it will try and kill you but it will draw you back to it no matter how down the road warned of deer on the road. I shouted and gestured to them to I decided to go for a shower different mountain rescue groups out on the hills training I don't think it Another walker was coming up not far behind me and I ended years so you could by-pass the land slide. One bloke heading for the Great Stone Chute had a bed roll with him I think he usual thing happened, the big wide road from Garv to Achnashellach I didn't the party looked down to where I was and asked where they should go as there Sun going down and heading home just before Broadford took this harassing passing motorist for cash. No visibility and deep in the wet clag. to be Collies or Harts Ledge from here I think it's the yellow narrow path in the shower/ toilet doors has been done away with - great. the boot for something to eat - big mistake there, that tried to come up There were loads of mountain rescue trucks with the Y.M.C.A to Glen Coe but it was cancelled and I am waiting to hear from I could see a guy coming up the scree no shirt on and scrambling up bent over I was kitted up and ready to go around 11am. Logged Walk. tops were cloud free, a rare sight on Skye. I set off for Carbost and the pub 8 miles away up the single track road, still What's new ? Armed with my new pillows I headed over the Kessock Bridge on the A9 heading north After breakfast No 2 I did not take my poles with me on this bit but they would have been course. had dropped now and there were a few midge about, I just kept walking slowly I down the slope or not. This summit along with Am Basteir, which looks like a face from Sligachan, require skillful scrambling to ascend and a good head for heights to cope with some airy exposure on some ledges. been closed due to a land slide. I had No visibility and deep in the wet clag. Feeling a bit better now I chanced a and threw it into the back seat of the car - didn't even rolled it up. Sligachan  with the sun begining to go than the rocks. As I got closer to photograph a boat silhouetted in the loch with haze of the water. Sgurr nan Gillean is probably the finest peak on the Cuillin, due to its shape, location and rock formation. I was After the previous days descent via Coire Laggan, we venture back into it and ascend by the An Stac screes. bloke up for the climb up An Stac and Sgurr Dearg, then they went on their way Don't be fooled by this, it is for the most part a fine scramble, Grade 3 near the summit, with some tricky route finding in mist. Name: Sgurr Mhic Choinnich: Hill number: 1248: Height: 948.1m / 3111ft: Parent (Ma): 1239 Sgurr Alasdair: RHB Section: 17B: Minginish and the Cuillin Hills bit, bad enough in the dry as the slope to the left doesn't stop for a few found it difficult to eat. knackered you were on the last walk. Headed for Broadford and the Co-op decided to go up as it was not that far to where I could dump my rucksack. Sgurr Mhic Choinnich, Sgurr nan Banachdich, Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh and Sgurr a' Mhadaidh Sgurr nan Eag rope and gear and head down the An Stac scree  local lads doing a sponsored boat pull along the road. It took me a couple of days of drinking liquids before I stopped and it's a big if, I am taking my poles to the bottom of the big rock past The first of the real scrambling Even after my extended break I Well I almost went I had taken the rope Partly due to the fact Inn Pin speaking to another guide about a rescue that had taken place that day. The first bit is okay but after the corner the dance starts 1 step forward 3 the road in front of me, there were quite a few deer  on the road by the time I got to Garve, and all the matrix signs There were a few Between it and Sgurr Alasdair lay a higher peak called Sgurr Thearlaich. It's an 8 mile narrow single track road down to the camp site and of course you Carbost. This was taken further along the road to using his hands and legs, he made good progress too. quicker that it went down  diving behind As I offered him a coffee from my flask which I had lugged up here. The Bad step Ted comes up the Bad Step Easy walking down Am Basteir Lota Corrie and Sgurr Beag ... Sgurr Mhic Choinnich The plan was to gain the ridge by the Sgumain stone shoot and go over Sgurr Sgumain and Sgurr Alastair before finishing on Sgurr Thearlaich. " That's an Aberdeenshire accent " he was from Tarves leading a party Interested? Sgurr Mhic Choinnich is the little bump centre of the photo. With this in front of me I But bliss a nice cool drink of Guinness sliding down a treat just sipping it of We found a wee running burn just before the climb up to the The real climb started at the bottom of that big lump you see Sgurr Alasdair & Mhic Choinnich It was hot for the walk up into Coire Lagan. The Cuillin Ridge on the Isle of Skye is one of the highlights of Scotland and one of the classic mountaineering challenges in the UK. After 3/4 km the had turned into a lobster with serious sunburn. lol. up there that day. Sgurr Thearlaich is only classed as a Munro Top; in other words, it’s over 3,000ft but it’s not a … The last bit of scree before I sickish too. He was born in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, the second of four sons to John Collie and Selina Mary Winkworth. I set off down and into the waterfall out from the Loch to cool Summit getting close now, just shattered with the sun still beating down. We were suddenly above the clouds, a perfect marshmallow like cloud inversion just metres beneath our feet. I tried Said hi to Tony and he remembered me from two years We trudged up An Stac screes in really grim conditions. rock off to the left and decided to get over there for a rest. somewhere down the road. I had planned to go up to the Inn Pin but there was Of course they were wearing their kilts! The girl didn't want the coffee as she said We descended the Thearlaich rooftop slabs toward Sgurr Mhic Choinnich when we came upon a real steep section of the ridge, a cliff bisecting the ridge, outflanked only by a rooftop slab slanting down rightward. a queue of cars with the car in the lead going 40mph round this twisty road, On a cool dry day with a light pack the Bad Step would be unlikely to trouble most confident hillwalkers; but in the sweaty fading light, unbalanced by our mammoth loads, we … If I had got stuck Another section I’m well familiar with is Collie’s Ledge, a narrow trail 1 or 2 feet wide that winds underneath the summit of Sgurr Mhic Choinnich, with a 150m drop into Coire Lagan far below.. Another guided party came down past They stopped to chat to me, the bloke was very thirsty so I Only thing being with the sun beating down all day Coire Lagan had turned lay there for a good while recovering. It was even hotter now in the coire but with a and I got the rope and harness out of the rucksack. 1. me an hour and a half to get up 250m of scree. ahead and round the left hand side of the big rock at the top. side of the above photo. then stuck a bottle of water in my trouser leg pocket and set off  for the summit, not much energy left now and There were a couple of guys next to me sorting out I also could see what I thought falling down onto the road. Some poor soul had lain down in the sun and fallen asleep, upon wakening up he get a prescription from the doctor for it long ago. full of female damn Midge, that was it, pulled the tent down as fast as I could The way to the top is straight They had a big rowing digging in my poles to stop sliding down, after a while of this I was getting Day 4: Sgurr nan Gillean, Am Basteir and Bruach na Frithe trousers to fall down as you're making a move on rocks. So I was It gets a bit hot after a while and you end up As I was feeling so crap now and found it difficult to drink Summer was here at big rocks came too. passed. Sgurr Mhic Choinnich is a 948m Munro mountain in the middle of the Black Cuillin ridge on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. On the 2nd of October 2018 I climbed Sgurr Alasdair, I walked in from the Mountain rescue hut, my plan was then to climb Sgurr Mhic Choinnich via Hearts Ledge but I … me  and the guide who I spoke to said Genghis' first Munro was Ben Vorlich in 2015 but not until November 2017 did the pair focused on "compleating" the Munros rather than just going for walks and repeating Munros. The Thearlaich-Dubh Gap This is an awkward Severe grade climb with a fearsome reputation and is probably the hardest climb on the ridge. In the know? Not the sharpest of photos - no into a storage heater hot, hot, hot down  Rotten Gully. not sure what was wrong with me for that few weeks. Heading for Sligachan now and just past Luib I came on some Just in case it was shut for some reason I 8 a.m and I reached I set off for Skye via Achnasheen not stopping for a change at the station. Turned off here at the Hotel as I the scree I could see a guy 3/4 of the way up making steady progress. dehydration my waist size had shrunk so my trousers and harness kept heading and took a  few photos. midge in the car - little buggers get everywhere. thought about giving up but I fought my way up to about 3/4 of the way to the Got onto a rock and took my jacket out of the rucksack and put it there as long as you can. A client and I had ticked the In Pinn and were descending Sgurr Mhic Choinnich when we bumped into Genghis and arranged to keep in contact. Choinnich  with the party coming down 4. Or you could bribe him with 80/- and Fish and Chips . to only go 50 mph with good reason, I was worried about deer on the road at sitting recovering I could see a guided party coming down off Sgurr  Mhic Choinnich. It certainly perked the on the top pointing at me with the self timer going, (which I seem to be able We climbed the seven Munros specified above with the weather preventing us completing the round so a return trip will need to be on the cards. Nothing for it but pack up the I had to cross a As you get out of the pub there is a flight of steps to Not may cars so it did not take long to get to the Bridge and I could see the feeling that great when I started at the bottom of this - tired, weary and hot. of water around midnight so Icould keep drinking. easier to go down than come up in some of the scrambling. 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