summit camp on suilven

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The weather vanes of the nation were spinning out of control in the southern counties for a change, while up north, in the northwest highlands, a passing high was calming things down and generally massaging the weather beaten denizens with watery sun and gentle breezes. In other words, I had a couple days free with the best weather in the far north west and without looking at the map only one choice sprung out. Suilven! Combined with the light winds, mild temperatures and settled forecast it also pointed to a summit camp. I’m a great fan of summit camps if the weather is right but the last time I’d gone for it was on the Sgurr of Eigg and the only patch I could find that was vaguely dry was on the literal edge of the cliffs with no margin for error. So I camped on the beach! This time though, I knew there would be space of a sorts as I’d seen a friend’s pictures from donkeys back of his tent on a flat patch somewhere on the ridge. So the plan was lug it up and wing it. Maybe camp on the ridge, perhaps even the summit. Who Knows and Who Cares is my motto. Just get out and go.

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summit camp on suilven