Summary
This is a rather different "walking story" - actually a frenetic 5 hours of dashing up the 20th highest peak of the Scottish Highlands in the mist and rain, without a compass, taking in 4 other munros, then dashing back to Glen Muick - all after a day's work!
Not recommended for the average hillwalker, but on a fine day with time to spare, it presents a rewarding hike!
It's not unusual to encounter a fell runner these days, when out for a leisurely hillwalk - this is an insight into the mind of one such individual! And he's clearly one of that breed, a munro-bagger!
(There are no photos, but when you read the story you'll understand why not!)
Read the full story
Contributed by: Paul Fisher (the first of many, we hope!)
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| Location |
Near Ballater, Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| When it was walked |
9 August 2005 |
| Walk type |
High hills and mountains |
| Difficulty |
Requires mountaineering skills and lots of stamina |
| Distance approx |
Lochnagar is about 18 km there and back from car park in Glen Muick |
| Height climbed approx |
800m for Lochnagar alone |
| Time taken approx |
normally over 5 hrs for Lochnagar ascent & descent - this run took in 4 other munros! |
| Map used if any |
Ordnance Survey Landranger 1:50,000 sheet no 44 - Ballater |
| Source of info on walk |
Covered in many Scottish walking books |
| Getting there |
Car from Deeside road (A93) up Glen Muick |
| Places to stay |
In Ballater and other locations on Deeside |
| Places to eat/ buy food |
In Ballater and other locations on Deeside |
| Any other local attractions or facilities |
Close to Balmoral Castle |
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