| Date: 30/07/20 | Age: 10 |
| Height: 612 m | Location: Wester Ross |
| Distance: 4.5 km | Time: 4 hours |
| Geology: Lewisian gneiss and Torridonian sandstone | People: Dad, me, mum. |
Today we climbed Stac Pollaidh. The car park was super busy so we had to park a mile up the road. Dad doesn’t like climbing when it’s busy – “it’s like a day out in Butlins,” he complained. Butlins is a holiday park which was popular when Dad was a boy – a long time ago. The first part of the walk was steep, we walked through ferns which were infested with midges. The next section was less steep and we followed the path up over moorland covered with heather. The path led us to the back of the mountain where there was a magnificent view of Suilven. There ways another steep climb to the ridge. We left my mum on the ridge to rest whilst Dad and I carried on for some scrambling. It was steep and quite tricky. At one point we had to bum shuffle over a ledge. If we fell, there was a huge drop into a rocky gully. We didn’t quite make it to the summit because the last pinnacle needed rock climbing and ropes. The descent was easy and I ran on ahead.
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