Cuillin - Sgurr nan Eag, Sgurr Dubh Mor and Sgurr Alasdair 2 Sept 2019

I think this was the hardest day's Munroing that I have ever done. The weather was unrelentingly wet and windy. The rivers in Glen Brittle were in spate as a result of the ongoing Atlantic weather systems, and we had to take a long detour on order to be able to cross safely and ascend Coire a'Ghrunnda. The paths up to the southern end of the ridge had actually become streams in their own right such was the volume of water running off the mountains. It took about 4 hours to reach the first of the days Munros, the most southerly Cuillin, Sgurr nan Eag, 3.037' Then a detour out and back to Sgurr Dubh Mor at 3,097' followed by the ascent up to Sgurr Alasdair at 3,258' an interesting route involving a 4m rock chimney that I got up by sheer willpower more than anything! Unfortunately no views from this, the highest of the Cuillin, with its tiny (and slippery) summit and cairn. An extremely wet and long descent down the treacherous Great Stone Shoot, and then back to Glen Brittle campsiter. A very challenging day but 3 Munros bagged, only 3 Cuillin to go now! I want to do them in fine sunny weather and experience the views.... Munros #238.

Cuillin - Sgurr Mhic Choinnich and Sgurr na Banachdich 1 Sept 2019

Day two of the Cuillin saga, and the best weather day of the trip - some sun on the lower slopes (plus a very close Golden Eagle in Glen Brittle!) and the cloud lifted off the ridge and most of the Munros for part of the day, such that we could see the intimidating jagged nature of the whole thing, so incredibly rugged and challenging - on this second day we had the option of doing the hardest Cuillin Munro of them all, the Inn Pinn - I opted to leave this for another day, as although the wind had lessened on yesterday's conditions, the rock was still wet and the mist was swirling, and I found conditions challenging, especially the slippery basalt. So we did Sgurr Mhic Choinnich (3,110') and Sgurr na Banachdich at 3,166', and I bypassed the Pinn on Sgurr Dearg for another day. A longer day, but another 2 challenging peaks bagged with the use of ropes and short climbing / scrambling pitches where required...…. Munros #235.