Iolair-Bhara
Spidean Mialach
I dare say that this is a fairly uncommon occurrence in our predominantly maritime climate. More like Alpine light, having an unobscured, newly-risen sun skim the top of a mountain like this was a thrill for me beyond effective description. Needless to say, it was over in a jiffy, & I was left glad of of the fact I'd captured 'something' in spite of my obvious mobility issues.
You'll get some idea of difficulties in moving around on this ridge from the snow banks seen in the lower half of this image. Worse, earlier on, was the business of ascending through these crippling accumulations.
The combination of a dark night & moving through hill-fog ensured I was effectively blind as to efficient route-finding & 'drift avoidance'. My trusty, cheap head-torch gave it's all, but being able to gauge only 10 metres or so ahead inevitably saw me floundering hopelessly time after time.
Spidean Mialach
I dare say that this is a fairly uncommon occurrence in our predominantly maritime climate. More like Alpine light, having an unobscured, newly-risen sun skim the top of a mountain like this was a thrill for me beyond effective description. Needless to say, it was over in a jiffy, & I was left glad of of the fact I'd captured 'something' in spite of my obvious mobility issues.
You'll get some idea of difficulties in moving around on this ridge from the snow banks seen in the lower half of this image. Worse, earlier on, was the business of ascending through these crippling accumulations.
The combination of a dark night & moving through hill-fog ensured I was effectively blind as to efficient route-finding & 'drift avoidance'. My trusty, cheap head-torch gave it's all, but being able to gauge only 10 metres or so ahead inevitably saw me floundering hopelessly time after time.