If you have never seen it, then you won’t have a clue what I am talking about. So look at the picture.
It is a mountain in Scotland and it guards the entrance to Glencoe. Only 3,352 ft high and therefore miniscule by global standards but it has a beautiful shape and is full of crags and gullies and provides many a hard climb, especially in winter.
Never climbed it myself but I wish I had. However, time did not permit that so I did the Aonach Eagach ridge which is further down the valley instead. We had snow in the middle of June which is pretty unusual and enlivens the experience. Likewise stepping across a 3 foot gap with a gale up your ass and a 300 ft drop below makes you concentrate a little. On the descent, I wrenched my knee and have lived with that problem ever since – like 39 years.
Well, there were 3 deaths on Buchaille Etive Mor in an avalanche last weekend. Shame about that but if you are going to play with matches, then you should expect a bit of fire.
The experiences of this life are not given to the faint hearted.
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