The wet weather chased us up from the bottom of Glen Shiel, cleared slightly, then came in again as we got on the ridge proper, this was to be the case all day with the weather, all the seasons in one day.
The ridge provided lots of fun, proving a little more straight forward than when I last did it in the spring snow. Adrian took the lead and found every little bit of scrambling that the ridge had to offer. The interesting down climb proving to be the most, er, interesting bit.
From the Saddle we headed down and then easily back up to the next munro Sgurr na Sgine. I knew the next summit was a Corbett before heading over to Creag Nam Damh for another munro tick for Adrian. He told me as we headed over that we couldn't claim the tick as it was a twin Corbett, and that the summit 2 1/2 km to the south was exactly the same height and you had to do them both!As I'd already done the Munro he was heading to I left him and headed south for the other Corbett summit before retracing my steps and meeting him back on the main ridge before descending.
That 5km proved to be very hard, the going was fairly easy, just one steep wet grassy section, but my legs were tired and I felt under pressure to be quick and not leave Adrian waiting for me - he had less ground to cover. I was rewarded with some moody views across to Knoydart before I turned and headed back, we got back to the descent path at pretty much the same time, both feeling pretty tired.
This time it was safe and enjoyable, but remember, if you meet strangers from the internet, be sure to tell people where and who you are meeting!
--Matt
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