Today I have conquered
the Scottish hill. After a very early start; we arrived at the Glen Nevis
visitor centre ready to conquer its brother Ben. We made average progress as we
climbed the mountain; around a thousand feet per hour. Hardly anyone was
ascending; mainly due to the cloudy weather conditions. There was a bit of
confusion on which way to turn as we reached the Glen; but fortunately I had my
compass and a photograph of a map: and we soon found ourselves being blown to
bits by rain trying very hard to be hail. As we neared the top; we had to
traverse a ten feet section of snow before reaching the summit; and the very
edge of the north face was covered in snow. We crawled past the old observatory
with wet boots from the waterfall; gave the Victorian marker a good pat; then
climbed the last few feet to the top of the ordnance survey beacon and kissed
it like the Blarney Stone.
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