Stob Dubh, Buachaille Etive Beag, Glencoe

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Stob Dubh, Buachaille Etive Beag, Glencoe

Post by bennie2 » August 2nd, 2008, 3:48 pm

we went climbing again last sunday. here are some of the photos I managed to take through the hazy sunlit air.

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you can view the rest of the set at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/futilehorn ... 505483357/

if you would like to.

we had a great day. it was a really hot day though and walking through the glen was almost unbearable. the heat just hung around in the valley and cooked all the energy out of me. very tough climb, mostly due to the heat. but that's another munro i can scratch off my list :)

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Post by Odette » August 3rd, 2008, 1:50 am

Great pics and fun post production. A tremendous part of the world to hike.

PS - nice legs, dude ;)
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Post by bennie2 » August 3rd, 2008, 4:01 am

thanks, odette

those aren't my legs though. i was on the other side of the lens the whole time. i swear!

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Post by Dave The Dov » August 3rd, 2008, 4:48 am

To the top!!!! :D
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Post by mtmynd » August 3rd, 2008, 12:52 pm

"Stob Dubh, Buachaille Etive Beag"

Is there a translation to that? I could use one. Hell, I can't even pronounce those words. Can you? Must be ancient Sottish, nay?

Great shots, Bennie... I like mountains. I live at the base of one. I watch it daily.

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Post by bennie2 » August 3rd, 2008, 1:03 pm

ha. it's Gaelic. I have trouble with a lot of the words. Stob Dubh is pronounces "stop doo" and means black or dark peak. apparently (so stewart, one of my climbing buddies, has told me) there are many "black peaks" in scotland and so you have to give the full name. Buachaille Etive Beag means "little shepherd of Etive". Etive as in Glen Etive which is on the other side of the mountain from glencoe. Buachaille Etive Beag is pronounced "boo-cul etiv beg", it's known by climbers as "the wee buachaille" because there is another right along side it called "buachaille etive mor", which means the big shepard of etive.

the name of the mountain we climbed last sunday is Buachaille Etive Beag and stob dubh is the highest peak (of two) on that mountain. we were going to climb both of them (to claim 2 munros. munros are the highest mountains in scotland. mountains over 3000 feet are classed so) but john has trouble with his metatarsal and it was really hurting him on the descent so we called it a day at one.

when you hear, if you hear, people speak of the buachaille, the are referring to this beautiful looking thing:
http://wallpapers.dpics.org/wallpapers/ ... otland.jpg

if my geography is correct, and i think it is, the peak we climbed is the snowy peak on the right in this photo.

I think THE buachaille is our next challenge. ha. lesson over. I just meant to give you the pronunciation of the words.

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Post by mtmynd » August 3rd, 2008, 1:15 pm

i appreciate the extensive lesson, Bennie. A+ for you! But a -D for the photo link... it does not come up... blank screen and all, you know.

'boo-cul'... too cool. ;)

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Post by mtmynd » August 3rd, 2008, 3:57 pm

Both pics are wonderful, Bennie... yours has an ominous feel to it as if the mountain was warning one to not tread upon it, whereas the other pic is an open invitation to indulge in the pleasures the mountain has to offer. Possibly a difference between b&w and color, eh?

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Post by SmileGRL » August 6th, 2008, 10:05 pm

some awesome pictures and a priceless experience. (funny too...heh!) so, how many more???

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Post by Arcadia » August 7th, 2008, 8:50 pm

is there what you call the highlands? so beautiful old montañas, I didn´t imagine them that way!!! I like the different green tones to blueish in the first one, amazing!!

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Post by bennie2 » August 8th, 2008, 3:06 am

arcadia, this is the highlands. the west highlands to be precise.

how did you imagine it to look?

the light in scotland is incredible. i haven't traveled much but the only thing that i've experienced that comes close is the smell of southern US air. the sweet smell of the hot new orleans air would marry beautifully with the colour of the light in scotland.

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Post by Arcadia » August 8th, 2008, 12:58 pm

mmm... grey castles & nessie in a dark cold lake, more or less :roll: somehow a more gothic version, no representation at all about the green-blue mountains. It seems I had reserved the green and the nature only for Ireland!!!! :lol:

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Post by mtmynd » August 8th, 2008, 3:55 pm

Bennie! what's up with Coatbridge?

Award shame for Coatbridge town centre

amazing what google will learn you...

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Post by Doreen Peri » August 8th, 2008, 3:58 pm

Hey bennie, gonna make a banner! Yay! great shots!

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