The Corbetteer: Garbh Bheinn

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Garbh Bheinn - Ardgour

Full Report & Pictures

One of the classic Corbetts, I have often admired this hill when crossing the Ballachulish bridge so was well pleased to have such a fine day to climb it. Yesterdays walk had made my bad back / hip thing a lot worse, so much so that I was unable to get my boot lases tied until half way up. The view from the top and later the swim in an ice cold Loch Linnhe has now seemed to of cured the problem.

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About this Blog

Having recently finished the Munros see link, I had promised myself never to get involved with ticking off hill lists again, however, a book on the Corbetts at xmas a few lagers too many and the decision was made.
What is a Corbett ??
What is a Munro ??
With the Munros I managed to get up north about once per month and averaged just over 30 Munros per year. Little has changed for getting away, so if I keep up the same frequency I should complete in about 7 years. (dec 2014)
One big change , in the last few years of Munro bagging, I became obsessed with having good weather, and some fantastic days were enjoyed see link and as such, I had to ask many big favours to get time off work at short notice etc. So with the Corbetts, I am having to arrange my trips in advance and will have to take whatever weather is thrown at me, so gone are days of blue sky, it's back to traditional Scottish hill days of driving rain, high winds and low cloud. Should be interesting!
As to the name "The Corbetteer" well, I thought I coined that name myself, while sat on top of Bienn Tarsuinn (letterewe), but far from it, not only has it been in use for many years, it also has a meaning "one who has completed" so maybe I should rename the blog to the "Wannabe Corbetteer"!