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Just after Jon Gay trotted round the ramsay, I walked round the 29 Munros of the Broxap Round. It was a magnificent trip and I had taken my SLR and another lens to capture it. I just need to sort through the 360 images now. Great conditions of rock hard neve, full moon and very little wind. It took me ages because I became very sleep deprived and there were some very awkward sections without proper crampons on bone hard neve. I spent 3 hours at Cam Ban bothy trying to recover and cook something, but I can't say I slept there - it was too cold. I did spontaneously fall asleep 8 times on the hill. Eventually I made it round in 61 hours, after going astray in the dark coming down Sgurr Fhuaran and having a bit of an epic in a gorge. Not sleeping much at all the night before, then missing another two nights sleep reduced me to a bit of a crawl in the second night, but the moon over the Saddle made it look like an Alpine giant.
I left some food on the A87 in Glen Shiel but apart from that went solo unsupported. With the camera gear and cooking stuff, the bag was heavier than I'd have liked, but I reckon it was worth it.
Its a bit of a monster - I reckon close on 75 miles and 34,800 feet of ascent. Memorable!
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