Four Munros Done!!!

Bam! Did four munros today, three new ones. Nice.

The plan for the group was to do Ben Lawers and then An Stuc, descent to the little lochan below and walk back to the road. As we started the clouds hung very low and  Ben Lawers' top was hidden in thick mist. Still the wind was okay up there so we had our picnic and walked over to An Stuc. Felt good today after my rest day and the moderate pace got me breathing but not out of breath.
Loved the mist as it always creates such a mystical atmosphere and early afternoon we arrived at the top of An Stuc - my first new munro today since I had been on Ben Lawers before.
There was the option of carrying on to finish the Lawers group but only when the weather was not too bad. Luckily it cleared up just enough to see some features of the surrounding slopes so Simone, Martin and me decided to go for it and bag another two munros while the others went back to the saddle between An Stuc and Ben Lawers, descent to the Lochan and then got back to the main road.

We circumvented the steep and difficult North-East face of An Stuc by going down a grassy slope and walking around it on some sheep trails before we climbed up to the saddle and started our ascent of Meall Garbh. Realized I had forgotten to put the memory card back into my camera at that point, so there are no photos today, boo.

There were still some clear moments and before we knew it we had reached the top of munro number three today. Went on once more with misty clouds around us to a wide, very boggy plane between Meall Garbh and Meall Greigh. The three of us had a very similar pace and it was so much fun to walk at a more demanding pace, not at all like the Sunday stroll it had been all the way to an Stuc.

With munro number four done we headed down and lost the path on the way when we realized that the one we were following wasn't the one our GPS devices were displaying and which would lead us to the road eventually. So we walked "freestyle" from now on over grassy ground with fine views of the Lawers massif and Loch Tay opening up as soon as we were back under the cloudy blanket.

We could the the river we were supposed to follow rather soon and navigated along a path that was only seen on our GPSes. Maybe the Scots had just decided to let the grass grow over the the path, haha.

There was another path joining ours from the opposite side of the river and soon we could spot the rest of our group on it. What a coincidence! We pretty much met exactly at the junction and walked together back to the road and on to the Hotel in the small village of Lawers for a pint before our guide drove us back to the house.

The day was fantastic despite the absence of a view most of the time. We did four munros and my count went up to 28 now. Cool. Had a great time doing three and four with Simone and Martin and hope we'll do another one or even two tomorrow. Already I've done more than I ever expected to get done within two weeks. Awesome!!!