LAMM Practice on the Buchailles
For some reason - I must have temporarily forgotten damaging my knee and being out of action for months after 2010's Island Peaks Race - I recent signed up to this year's Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon. Concerned about our ability to do a long walk, at the weekend we went for a training trauchle over the two Buchailles in Glencoe. Glencoe is one of those rare places that looks good whatever the weather, but what a tremendous place to be on a fine day!
Impressions: newts, bog myrtle, trickling water, sun, sweat, banter, other walkers, orchid, rhyolite, crampon marks, dust, cloud, gravel, snow, pain, ptarmigan, mighty views, jelly legs.
Buchaille Etive Mor's second top:
The Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon is held in a different Highland location each year, with the location being kept secret until midday on the Thursday of the event weekend - by the time you read this, we should know where we will be over the coming weekend!
Buchaille Etive Beag from the Glencoe road:
As we were driving back my companion Graham mentioned that Scotland was in negotiations to have the Tour de France prologue in 2017. Imagine the Tour de France crossing Rannoch Moor on a morning of sunshine and promise like today! They'd be beating the tourists off with a shitty stick.
Glen Etive from the wee Buchaille:
Impressions: newts, bog myrtle, trickling water, sun, sweat, banter, other walkers, orchid, rhyolite, crampon marks, dust, cloud, gravel, snow, pain, ptarmigan, mighty views, jelly legs.
Buchaille Etive Mor's second top:
The Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon is held in a different Highland location each year, with the location being kept secret until midday on the Thursday of the event weekend - by the time you read this, we should know where we will be over the coming weekend!
Buchaille Etive Beag from the Glencoe road:
As we were driving back my companion Graham mentioned that Scotland was in negotiations to have the Tour de France prologue in 2017. Imagine the Tour de France crossing Rannoch Moor on a morning of sunshine and promise like today! They'd be beating the tourists off with a shitty stick.
Glen Etive from the wee Buchaille:
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