Saturday, August 14, 2021

Carn an Fhidleir & An Sgarsoch via Geldie Lodge

Carnethy were aiming to get some-one from the club on top of every Munro on 14 August 2021. To do my part I planned to do the two Geldie munros - a couple of very remote but not particularly challenging hills.

It was an early start from Edinburgh to drive to Braemar where a quick coffee and cake set me up for the day. I chose to park in Braemar to give a slightly longer cycle than necessary for around 14 miles. After some road at the start it was increasingly wild and remote landrover tracks all the way out to Geldie Lodge.


After locking up the bike it was then path for a while before hitting some very rough and boggy terrain on the first ascent to Carn an Fhidleir. It was a pretty quick ascent and starting to feel good. Met three other climbers at the summit who took the photo showing off the Carnethy vest.


Having shown off the running vest it seemed almost obligatory to run off the summit and speed up the next munro of An Sgorsoch. Made very good time on this section reaching the summit at 3 pm.


The descent was quite nice at first then on the lower ground became a bit boggy with no clear path until reaching the track. A lovely downhill bike ride over 14 miles back to Braemar saw me finish in good shape.

Spent the evening at a B&B in Ballater (No 45).

The Carnethy club mission to summit all the munros was a success although it required some visits to the summits in darkness just before midnight to achieve the goal.



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