Climbing Schiehallion - Allie's First Munro - Pictures

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imported_Dave KG

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One of Scotland's most famous mountains, and an ideal first climb for those keen on climbing Munros: Schiehallion :) 1083m, it isn't a technical climb or particularly long so it was a good start for Allie's experiences climbing Munros. Pretty impressive really, Allie has a heart condition so climbing a Munro I reckon is pretty impressive stuff, but maybe I would say that, I am biased! :)



Anyways, setting off from Braes of Foss Car Park, Allie seemed very excited about the climb and had definitely identified the mountain...



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Setting off:



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Beautiful visibility as we climbed:



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Stopping for a quick breather...



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The views got better the further up we went :D



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Approaching the top, the path vanishes to be replaced with a boulder field...



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Then, time for an evil trick :D Looking ahead, what looks like the summit, Allie was excited, it was well within reach:



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Only when you reach this bit, you see where the true summit is! Allie was less than amused by that, but took it in good spirit (she puts up with a lot! :lol:)



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Crossing the boulder field...



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Approaching the summit:



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Made it to the summit, Allie's first Munro successfully completed! :D



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Pictures from the summit:



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One happy Allie heading back down to the car park :thumb:



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Wow, that's some climb. How long did it take in total ? I imagine the majority of a day ?
 
Dave KG- Looks like the two of you had a great time! Great weather you had, huh? I too was wondering how long it took...
 
First Applecross and now this, two sunny days in Scotland, in about a month. Wow.



What beautiful scenery, looks like tons of fun.





Keep us posted on the next adventure.



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We do get some sunshine :p lol!



In total, it took 2.5 hours to climb and then 2 hours to come back down again and we spent a good half hour enjoying the view and eating lunch at the summit :)
 
That's actually not THAT long of a hike. In all honesty, I would expected it to have taken longer.
 
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