Climbing my First Munro

August 20, 2008 on 3:35 pm | In Uncategorized |

 It took a good few hours to get to Aviemore from the Borders but the drive up there takes you through some amazing scenery. We were aiming to “bag our first Munro” and what a Munro we chose - the sixth highest in Scotland!

Our day started of well with us taking the car to the base of Cairngorm and then a visit to the Ranger station which has loads of really good information if you are taking a trip up the mountain. Themist ingeniousthing is the Poo Project - a pioneering project  launched at CairnGorm Mountain to manage the increasing amount of human waste left behind by winter walkers and climbers particularly those particpating in snow hole activities!

For further information see: http://www.cairngormmountain.org.uk/cairngorm-ranger-service

We chose a route that wasn’t the most strenuous as we wanted to make this the first of many Munro Bagging weekends. When I say it wasn’t strenuous it was still pretty hard going. We did have a few stops for water and to take in the views and of course a lunch break halfway up.

It eventually took us three hours to reach the top which wasn’t bad going. The downhill to the Ptarmigan was a lot quicker. We enjoyed a hot cup of tea and the amazing view from the restuarant then made our way down in the funicular railway.

Gillian Thompson
http://www.visitscotland.com/adventure
Works with adventure sports in Scotland and has a keen interest in keeping fit and walking and a new passion for surfing.