Sat 31 July – Sun 1 Aug 2010

Glen Etive is Gaelic for “land of much rain”.  True to form, Saturday started with a rather gloomy and wet outlook.  Climbing on the Etive Slabs was out of the question, so Graeme & Imke Henderson, Fiona Gingell, Tom Scott and Daniel Moysey went to the indoor wall at Kinlochleven for some ice/rock climbing.  In keeping with tradition, they paused at the Clachaig on the way back to the hut.

Ella Grant, Drummond Beattie, Fiona Duncan, Alan Duncan, Jake Lee and Val Kemp went up Stob Fear-tomhais.  They managed to escape with just a few odd showers.

The usual Saturday night drinking session commenced.  However, there was a distinct lack of dry wood to burn on the log fire – where’s Graeme Morrison when you need him?  We made do with a collection of damp sticks, which were pretty good once the fire got going.

Sunday turned out to be a slightly drier day (but still not dry enough for the Etive Slabs).  Daniel, Fiona, Tom, Graeme and Imke went up Beinn Fhionnlaidh on the north side of Glen Etive.  They had some nice views from the top and for a brief moment the sky even turned a strange colour (err…blue).

Val, Alan, Jake, Drummond, Ella and Fiona climbed Beinn a’ Chreachain and Beinn Achaladair.  It stayed fair until they reached the first summit and then the rain started…which didn’t bother Fiona because she was already wet after falling into the river!  They missed the summit cairn on the second hill and had to retrace their steps – Jake concluded that the map was wrong and will be taking up the issue with the Ordnance Survey people (He enjoyed his rant anyway!)

Dan Moysey

Photos from this meet can be seen here