Saturday, May 19, 2007

The Misty Isle

The Isle of Skye lived up to its reputation last week giving us a healthy dose of Scottish weather! I was joined by Alan and Gabby on a Skye Scrambling week from Monday to Friday.

Monday saw a dry day with some sunshine and we headed up Sgurr a Mhadaidh, Greadaidh, Thormaid and Banachdich.
Tuesday was the best day of the week with some beautiful sunshine and no wind so we made the most of it. We headed up the Sgumain stone shute to summit Sgurr Sgumain, Sgurr Alasdair, Thearlaich, Mhic Choinnich and then finished on the summit of the Inaccessible Pinnacle. An 11 hour day taking in the best of Skye.
Wednesday was drizzly all day with no visibility but we enjoyed Sgurr nan Gillean and Am Basteir with Gabby and Alan leading the latter.




Thursday saw a bright morning followed by strong winds and rain so we headed up to Window Buttress and managed to get some rock climbing in before the bad weather arrived. Friday was a wash out with heavy rain and gale force winds so we headed to the coast for some sea side coasteering!

All in all a good week.

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