Cuillin - Sgurr a’ Ghreadaidh and Sgurr a’Mhadaidh 31 Aug 2019

I was quite nervous about the first day of my Cuillin trip, these Alpine-style mountains have always been a major impediment in my mind to a possible Munro completion. The weather was suitably oppressive, with cloud and rain, and the ridge wreathed in low cloud which persisted through the day. We headed up towards the central section of the ridge guided by the excellent Dave Buckett, and at an appropriate time after a steep ascent, we put on our harnesses and helmets and proceeded to climb/scramble up these 2 adjacent Munros that are usually climbed together. I found the whole Cuillin experience harder then I expected, and the summits and cairns are small and airy, although we were in mist so couldn't see the drops. These two Munros, at 3,192' and 3,012'were my first two of the trip, and this day was the shortest and retrospectively the easiest of the three. Munros #233.