We finally got the perfect conditions. We set off walking at 0630 yesterday morning and were on top of Carn Mor Dearg by 0930. Everything was perfect. Here, John is standing on CMD summit and behind him is the arête and the North Face of 'The Ben'.
We 'popped up' on the summit of Ben Nevis, after negotiating the arête and the steep boulder field, just before 11, to be greeted by significant numbers of people who'd come up 'the tourist path'. As we sat and had coffee, they just kept on coming! An interesting experience, and a tale of two halves. We met only about 8-10 people on CMD and the arête.
By 2pm the cloud was coming in to shroud the summit, but we were well down by then.
What a way to do it. Fabulous. So worth waiting for!
Yay, you finally made it in perfect weather conditions! Kudos to you and John for this amazing achievement! A stunning capture of this wonderful scenery and a happy John :-)
Fabulous photo! I do have to bragg & tell you my walking boots have also climber Ben Nevis, the easier way though!
Our granddaughter Alex did the 3 peaks while at High school & her boots got very wet climbing Snowden’s so I lent her mine to do Ben Nevis! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Well done both & it’s a very beautiful mountain ( looking from below)
We once stayed in a b&b north of Fort William & could see it very close out of our bedroom window & it was awesome.
@happypat They say 'easier', but I'm not so sure. Easier in that it's shorter, easier if you don't have a head for heights or are afraid of the 'risk' on the arête, and easier in that you probably are less likely to get lost in poor visibility, but pretty hard in that it's relentless (with little to distract you) and you only get the view once at the top (as long as the cloud isn't down). I'd take the long way any day! Constant 365 views, and a variety of slopes, textures and rocks under the feet. The time just flies. I felt sorry for the 'tourists' on the path when we were descending! I'll post a photo another day - it almost looks like walking on the moon! But I love to think that your boots have been there!
Oh congratulations. That's a great achievement. That ridge looks really nice in the shot, but it takes a lot of practice to get over it. It's great that the weather worked out.
This is so impressive on multiple levels — beautiful image of course, but even more, seeing what you were climbing to get to that point (instead of taking the easier option which I image still isn’t ‘easy’). Nicely done!
Our granddaughter Alex did the 3 peaks while at High school & her boots got very wet climbing Snowden’s so I lent her mine to do Ben Nevis! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Well done both & it’s a very beautiful mountain ( looking from below)
We once stayed in a b&b north of Fort William & could see it very close out of our bedroom window & it was awesome.
Fabulous photo too