tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post964508651067797100..comments2024-03-27T13:34:10.184+00:00Comments on NORTH DOWNS & BEYOND: Munro bagger for a daySteve Galehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-79165236871432277042012-02-11T23:56:38.037+00:002012-02-11T23:56:38.037+00:00Jerry: if I'm honest I too have that problem
...Jerry: if I'm honest I too have that problem<br /><br />Rob: Winter? Crampons? I'm more of a flip-flops and sunhat mountineer myself...<br /><br />Alastair: I really enjoy the Scottish peaks when I visit, my problem is that I don't visit them enoughSteve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-12985552507443643952012-02-11T00:14:34.488+00:002012-02-11T00:14:34.488+00:00Having done a few Munroes, not the Inn Pinn though...Having done a few Munroes, not the Inn Pinn though, quite a few are a bit necky, a good head for heights is handy. Bagging them is a bit of a bore, especially because it means that you ignore the Corbetts (slightly lower ones) that are often a much better walk (motorway free). That is not to say some of the Munroes don't provide a wonderful day out - a particular day in winter in Cairngorm, on the tops and in complete snow cover, a search and rescue chopper used us as a practice target and in the process flushed about 100 Mountain Hares right in front of us - finding breeding Snow Bunts on a wonderful summer day of 14 hours walking and scrambling in perfect weather - I could go on, and on, and... I'd just recommend using the map not the Munroe basher's books as bibles, they're useful but those routes can be very busy and disturbed and don't miss the Corbetts, there are some gems of places often relatively little visited.Alastairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129076714821313669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-42740061329654383902012-02-10T14:08:15.978+00:002012-02-10T14:08:15.978+00:00I climbed up to the base of Inn Pinn on my first w...I climbed up to the base of Inn Pinn on my first winter mountaineering trip that required crampons and ice axe. After a few hours in near white-out the Inn Pinn just loomed out of the snow at us like a big rocky sail. The peak just to the west of it is almost as tall but In Pinn itself is definitely that little bit taller. We'd been blown about and had too many newbies like me in the group to risk climbing it but I reckon provided the weather's calm it should make for an awesome day out.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01952785807539603397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-2125776119772822052012-02-10T08:30:06.647+00:002012-02-10T08:30:06.647+00:00Steve, I struggle just to climb out of bed in the ...Steve, I struggle just to climb out of bed in the morning.Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08701059256337022749noreply@blogger.com