| Mileage: | 10 activities, 183.0 km, 3.7 km↑ (DLOG) |
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| Description: | I walked the West Highland Way with a friend of mine - the first time I lead someone other than myself. We experienced a sudden change of weather in the middle of the trail. |
2015-04-20 Milngavie - Glasgow
Lowland Walking, Leader / Supervisor, 3-5 hours
Quality day
Flagged
14.4 km, 60 m↑, 100 m↓
Partially cloudy / Gentle breeze (DLOG)
2015-04-21 Milngavie - Drymen
Walking, Leader / Supervisor, 5-8 hours
Quality day
Flagged
19.2 km, 210 m↑, 200 m↓
Partially cloudy / Gentle breeze (DLOG)
2015-04-22 Drymen - Rowardennan
Walking, Leader / Supervisor, 5-8 hours
Quality day
Flagged
22.8 km, 580 m↑, 630 m↓
Clear - sunny - good visibility / No wind (DLOG)
2015-04-23 Rowardennan - Inverarnan
Walking, Leader / Supervisor, 5-8 hours
Quality day
Flagged
22.0 km, 420 m↑, 420 m↓
Clear - sunny - good visibility / Gentle breeze (DLOG)
2015-04-24 Inverarnan - Tyndrum
Walking, Leader / Supervisor, 5-8 hours
Quality day
Flagged
18.8 km, 470 m↑, 250 m↓
Clear - sunny - good visibility / Gentle breeze (DLOG)
2015-04-25 Tyndrum - Bridge of Orchy
Walking, Leader / Supervisor, 3-5 hours
Quality day
Flagged
10.9 km, 130 m↑, 190 m↓
Partially cloudy / Moderate wind (DLOG)
2015-04-26 Bridge of Orchy - Kingshouse
Walking, Leader / Supervisor, 5-8 hours
Quality day
Flagged
19.2 km, 470 m↑, 390 m↓
Heavy rain - poor visibility / Moderate wind (DLOG)
| Location and role: | Scotland, Scottish Highlands. Long-distance trail “West Highland Way”. Lead a friend of mine. |
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| Activity and conditions: | Walked a long tour over gravelled paths across the moor. Four seasons in a day - from nice weather to sleet and back again. |
| Decisions and experience: | First time I took the responsibility of leading someone. I did all of the planning and made all decisions regarding walking (for the whole trail, not only on this particular day). Among other things, I learned a lot about the quality of different weather reports - those on my friend’s iPhone were ridiculously bad. |
2015-04-27 Glen Coe - Lairig Eilde - Kingshouse
Winter Walking, Leader / Supervisor, 5-8 hours
Quality day
Flagged
18.2 km, 430 m↑, 470 m↓
Heavy rain - poor visibility / Moderate wind (DLOG)
| Location and role: | Scotland, Scottish Highlands. Detour from “West Highland Way" to Glen Coe valley. Lead a friend of mine. |
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| Activity and conditions: | Technically, this was a winter mountain walk over a pass. It started snowing heavily while we were up in the mountains. |
| Decisions and experience: | First time out in the Scottish mountains, and also leading in mountainous terrain. Navigation was tough due to the weather conditions. My friend wanted to continue the circular route via another mountain pass, just as I had planned. However, I decided that the path was not safe any more due to newly fallen snow. After some discussion, I managed to convince her of returning via a detour on asphalt. |
2015-04-28 Kingshouse - Kinlochleven
Winter Walking, Leader / Supervisor, 3-5 hours
Quality day
Flagged
14.2 km, 380 m↑, 610 m↓
Overcast / Moderate wind (DLOG)
| Location and role: | Scotland, Scottish Highlands. Long-distance trail “West Highland Way”. Lead a friend of mine. |
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| Activity and conditions: | Technically, this was a winter hill walk. The paths were good and relatively wide. |
| Decisions and experience: | Second time I lead in winter conditions. I learned, a lot as terrain and conditions were quite different from those of the day before. In comparison, navigation was definitely easier. |
2015-04-29 Kinlochleven - Fort William
Walking, Leader / Supervisor, 5-8 hours
Quality day
Flagged
23.3 km, 540 m↑, 550 m↓
Partially cloudy / Gentle breeze (DLOG)
