9:40 Just leaving the car, looking up at the Nevis range. This shot is not of Ben Nevis itself, but the mountain next to it. Low cloud suggested the view at the top would be less that promising. Oh well.
10:15 Roughly 400 meters up, nice view.
10:30 The Loch just under half-way up. Just about to hit the cloud.
12:15 Just under the 1000 meter mark. Cloud beginning to break up, revealing better views.
12:45 In the cloud now as you can see (and the snow!). The friends we went with had done this climb many times before and they went off ahead which was a bit worrying because the paths were covered and there are some nasty overhangs disguised with snow here.
13:00 Made it!
Half an hour for lunch and then back down again.
What's frightening is the fact that, although the summit looks quite flat overall, if you walk to the left you see dangerous overhangs and you can see why the mountain claims lives each year.
The highest War Memorial in Britain
14:30 The Loch on the way down. Now the clouds have lifted.
We got back to the car at 16:30, overall 6.5 hours.
My legs hurt
Ian
