Victor is net terug van een zeer avontuurlijke trip door de MONROS van de Schotse Hooglanden. De Ben Nevis op en vele bergen beklommen en bedwongen. Boven op de berg slapen in een tentje(met nadruk op tje) samen met Felix Gruijters.13 Monros heeft hij er beklommen. Kwam uitgeput maar zeer voldaan weer thuis na drie volle dagen wandelen. De eerste dag 13 uur achter elkaar gelopen.De Compete bracht gelukkig verlichting voor de zere voeten. Het gedroogde voer aangemaakt met van sneeuw gesmolten en gekookte water was een genot na z'on zware dag!! Maar het uitzicht was zo mooi!! Dat maakte een hele hoop goed!
Hier al een kleine impressie. Meer foto's komen later.
Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain, forms a horse-shoe shape ridge with Carn Mor Dearg, the massive Nevis dwarfing the latter (9th highest). The two mountains are connected by a narrow ridge with a rocky crest, the Carn Mor Dearg (CMD) arete.The easiest ascent of "The Ben" is from Glen Nevis, via Meall an t-Suidhe to the W following the old road which was constructed to service the hotel and observatory, now both ruins near the summit. This route reveals little of the magnificence of Nevis, and there is an alternative route for hill-walkers who can cope with scrambling, via Carn Mor Dearg and the CMD arete. An ascent is also possible via the head wall of Coire Leis to join the southern end of the CMD arete. Both these routes approach the summit of Ben Nevis form the E. The N face of the Ben should be left to mountaineers with rock climbing experience
Felix schreef op een forum van de Munros over de Ben Nevis:We walked up in gorgeous weather on 17 April. We decided to take the tourist route up and than continue along the ridge to CMD. As the snow was soft I was pleased to descend to the ridge rather than to climb up from the ridge. The disadvantage of this approach to CMD is that you are with your back to Ben Nevis and have to turn round regularly to admire the view. The advantage is that the climb is easier. From CMD we went down the west ridge taking us into the valley between Ben Nevis and the two Aonach hills. We camped just under Aonach More and woke up with the inverted cloud cover below us.
When descending Aonach Beag to get to Sgurr Choinich Mor, first follow the ridge south west, than when you see the main path go south east go to the corner and find a very steep winding path twisting itself down the craggy slope. We descended with a heavy overnight but please realise that this descend is not for the inexperienced
