How to double your Munro tally twice in 1 day

Monadh Liath   (31st May 2003)


Well, it wasn't me!  That would have required climbing 152, then 304 more Munros, which even with our 7am start, would have been quite a feat.


Let's go back to the start ...


At 4am, son Iain and brother Andrew and I roused ourselves on the beach car park at Findhorn.  "Why?" you might well ask...  To see the annular solar eclipse, as the sun rose out of the sea!  Unfortunately, there was a lot of haze, so by the time the sun became visible, the moon had partly moved off the sun's disc.  We heard later that the best view had been from the Cairn Gorm plateau ...


The second disappointment was to realise we have forgotten to pack any coffee!

Anyway, back down the A9 bright and early to Newtonmore, then up Glen Banchor to the foot of the Monadh Liath Munros.  Enjoyed the 24km walk across rolling hills and broad ridges, taking in A'Chailleach, Carn Sgulain and Carn Dearg.


For me, that was Munros 153, 154 and 155.  For Andrew it was Munro 2 (doubling his previous 1), then 3 and 4 (doubling his tally again!).


(left) Carn Dearg, seen from Dalwhinnie


On the road home, I needed matchsticks to keep my eyes open - a result of the early start, and the lack of caffeine!


(written 30/12/09)