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









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

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

PS - nice legs, dude

thanks, odette

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

To the top!!!!
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"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.

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.

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.

A+? thank you!

http://www.resimadasi.com/data/media/17 ... otland.jpg

how about that link? here's my photo of the boo cul
http://www.flickr.com/photos/futilehorn ... 500200031/

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?

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

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!!

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.

mmm... grey castles & nessie in a dark cold lake, more or less 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!!!!

Bennie! what's up with Coatbridge?

Award shame for Coatbridge town centre

amazing what google will learn you...

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