Andrew Rowe - 470888

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Scrambling Record

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Date : 23/09/2019

Duration : 5-8 hours

Grade : 1

Style : Equals

Type : Summer Scrambling

Weather : Light rain - poor visibility

Wind : Moderate wind

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Nights Camping :

Mountains : Aonach Eagach - Meall Dearg Aonach Eagach - Sgorr nam Fiannaidh Meall Dearg (Aonach Eagach) - Am Bodach Meall Dearg (Aonach Eagach) - The Chancellor Meall Dearg - Aonach Eagach [Aonach Eagach Central Top] Meall Dearg - Aonach Eagach East Pinnacle Sgorr nam Fiannaidh (Aonach Eagach) - Stob Coire Leith

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Description

Setting off In clear weather with a good forecast we made good time up to the ridge and then made good progress across the first section of scrambling, as we got about half way through the ridge the weather started to change, the wind picked up carrying moderate rain with it, also covering the the peaks in cloud, this made the final crux sections of the ridge a bit more tricky now being wet and slippery . we slowed down a little and had to do some navigation in the poor visibility to find our way off the end of the ridge, once we had descended a 100m or so out of the cloud we found the path leading up to the Pap of Glencoe and followed it back to my car in Glencoe.

A brilliant day and for sure the most involved route of scrambling i have done, i am so pleased that i felt confident and assured of my feet and hand placements throughout the scramble, confident with the exposure and the navigation towards the end in poor weather
My watch battery died, having not recharged it after running in a race the day before so my recording is short.


Automatically created from a GPX file - Aonach_Eagach.gpx

Area : Loch Leven to Rannoch Station (Glencoe North)

This area covers the northern side of Glen Coe and the mountains north of Rannoch Moor. Notable features include the Pap of Glencoe, the Aonach Eagach ridge (home to a few kilometres of horizontal scrambling) and the remote peak of Stob na Cruiache which is generally accessed from the train station to the east. Includes all major peaks above 600m.

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Time Taken : 04:36:00 Distance : 9.53 km Ascent : 1347.6 m Descent : -1301.2 m Avg Speed : 2.07 kmph Moving Speed : 2.08 kmph
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