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fatty-arbuckle

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Ben Nevis photos
« on: May 24, 2010 »
There are quite a few photos.......

Water stop


Kitting up for the long walk


Micheal, Neil and Andy on Sgurr a' Bhuic (sugar lumps)


Chris and Micheal at the start of the snowline, approx 900m elevation


Final water stop before pushing up the snow gully (Top, center of image)


Chris and Micheal looking down over An Aghaidh Gharbh


Words cannot do this man justice...




Summit of Aonach Beag, with the CMD arete and Ben Nevis in the far distance.


Summit of Aonach Mor, with the next days mountains in the distance


Neil, Gareth and Andy on Aonach Beag summit. You can see how dangerous the peak is with the fault line in the snow.






Camp site on the saddle. Approx1100m elevation


The morning after.




Dropping down to the bottom of Carn Mor Dearg


Starting the climb up to CMD


Onto the CMD arete for the final push round to Ben Nevis






Summit of Ben Nevis
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Re: Ben Nevis photos
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2010 »
wooo: just looking at that gives me the collywobbles. ++Congrats.
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Re: Ben Nevis photos
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2010 »
Awesome photos, looks like it was an epic trip. However, I'd like to see the photos from Saturday night too. I heard it was nearly as exciting :D

What was the final route you took over the 2 days?
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Re: Ben Nevis photos
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2010 »
What the hell was this guy doing (apart from being mental)



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Re: Ben Nevis photos
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2010 »
Pretty much just being mental! He ran up to the summit ate a flap jack (actually spat most of it all round the place), Told us he was injured so this was his alternative training programme, got me to take a picture of him, checked out our map (he didn't have one) then ran into the distance limbs-a-flailing! He just known as "Crazy legs".
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Re: Ben Nevis photos
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2010 »
Crazy legs is god.


The route was pretty straight forward really.
We Started at the youth hostel at the foot of the ben and taxied it to the start of the trail to steall falls/ruin. We then head up Aonach Beag(1200+m) ane then on to Aonach mor . We camp in the middle. Next day we drop to the col head up the first arete to the summit of Carn mor dearg. form here we crossed the ridge untill we can to Ben nevis and one final push to the summit. 
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Re: Ben Nevis photos
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2010 »
Looks awesome guys!  Great seeing some photos up as well... kinda itching for a Scotland trip now!
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Re: Ben Nevis photos
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2010 »
I can but second the "awesome" of my fellow commentors.  Great to see your pics for us who couldn't make it.

Perfect conditions, excellent route!  Well done guys  8)
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Re: Ben Nevis photos
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2010 »
Looks a great trip, great pics, and crazy legs is a pure leg end!
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