http://stravaiger.com/blog/tags/sgurr-nan-gobhar/ Recent content in Sgurr Nan Gobhar on eBothy Blog Hugo en-us Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://stravaiger.com/blog/2012/03/26/the-personal-cuillin/ Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://stravaiger.com/blog/2012/03/26/the-personal-cuillin/ <p>With the apparent arrival of spring and a superb forecast of sun and light winds I jumped in the car and headed for the Cuillin on pre-season empty roads on Saturday. I hadn&rsquo;t been up Sgurr na Banachdich in ages so I pulled up at the BMC hut, pulled on the shoes and headed straight up the hill. I knew there was a path somewhere that leads up into Coire na Banachdich and scuttles round the base of the Sgurr Dearg wall before secretly threading a way up the side of the cliffs that form the coire headwall but I wanted a new route and so, with the words of Nan Shepherd whispering from that wonderful book <a title="The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Living-Mountain-Celebration-Cairngorm/dp/0857861832/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1332757731&amp;sr=8-1">The Living Mountain</a>, I ignored the path and just headed straight up towards the apex of the cone of grass that abuts the foot of Sgurr nan Gobhar.</p> <p><a title="Looking up towards Sgurr nan Gobhar by Stravaiger" href="http://stravaiger.com/blog/images/posts/the_personal_cuillin/looking_up_towards_sgurr_nan_gobhar-7011516433.jpg"><img src="http://stravaiger.com/blog/images/posts/the_personal_cuillin/looking_up_towards_sgurr_nan_gobhar-7011516433-800px.jpg" alt="Looking up towards Sgurr nan Gobhar" width="500" height="375" /></a></p> <p>&ldquo;<em><strong>The mountain gives itself most completely when I have no destination, when I reach nowhere in particular, but have gone out merely to be with the mountain as one visits a friend with no intention but to be with him.</strong></em>&rdquo;</p>