2001-2002 Northern Scottland record (by Masa)



Summary

Area
Northern Scottland/The Torridon Hills
Member (ULMC)
Jon(Captain), Jon Boy, Linus, Robster, Tom, Claire, Bernie, Gareth, G, Jen, Tups, Masa
Period
29 Dec 2001 -- 5 Jan 2002 (8 days)
  • 29/12/2001 Leicester ... Torridon
  • 30/12/2001 Hill far from Hut (except Jon Boy and G; Sledging etc.)
  • 31/12/2001 Sgurr Dubh (not reach the top)
  • 1/1/2002 Sea coast (Jon(Captain) went to 425m peak west of Hut)
  • 2/1/2002 Liathach/Spidean Choire Leith (except Tups & the two below)
    Ice climbing on Stuc a Choire Dhuibh Bhig north-east wall (Rob & Tom)
  • 3/1/2002 425m peak near Seana Mheallan, west of Hut (Bernie, Tom, Claire, Linus, G, Jon(Captain), Jen, Masa),
    Sledging on the way (the others --- Jon Boy stayed Hut)
  • 4/1/2002 Beinn Eighe/Spidean Coire nan Clach (Masa, Bernie, Linus)
    Liathach/Spidean Choire Leith (Jon(Captain), Tom)
    Jon Boy & G stayed Hut; The others went for Ice climbing on Stuc a Choire Dhuibh Bhig north-east wall (...actually just playing on snow due to lack of ice.)
  • 5/1/2002 Torridon ... Leicester
Hut
Ling hut (self-catering)

Time table

Time table of the 2001-2002 Scottish Winter @ Torridon
Time Action Alti.(m) Temp.(degC) Step(2step)
29/12/2001
(From Leicester to Torridon)
8:00 Depart University of Leicester (by mini-bus)
~8:50 Pick up Masa, depart Leicester
~16:00 Glasgow (borrow gears)
~26:00 Car park near hut
~28:40 Go to bed
30/12/2001
~11:00 Get up
~14:00 Depart hut, get on mini-bus
~15:00 Get off mini-bus, depert to field; Sledging
~18:30 Mini-bus
To pub (except the girls & Linus)
24:50 Go to bed
31/12/2001
(Sgurr Dubh (782m))
10:20 Get up
~11:50 Depart hut 85
12:35 Small peak 520
13:00 200
13:30 Lunch (Rest 30min) 3.5 340
14:30 Start to descend
15:50 Reach hut 85
~22:00 To pub (all)
~27:00 Reach hut
~28:30 Go to bed
1/1/2002
12:20 Get up
14:40 Depart hut, get on mini-bus (C.Jon, to a hill)
Driving to sea coast (Climbing site), & walking
17:40 Reach hut
22:10 Go to bed
2/1/2002
(Liathach/Spidean Choire Leith (1055m))
5:20 Get up
7:36 Depart hut 85
7:51 Car park 85(s) 5.0
I alone return to hut, forgetting an ice axe
8:08 hut, again
8:17 Car park, again
I catch up with Tom & Jon Boy waiting me, soon later
8:35 Jon Boy & Tom put on crampons
9:20 Catch up with the others. Rest.
Rob & Tom go for ice climbing
351(a) 3.0
9:33 Start to continue walking
9:39 Go across the river 345
9:58 Rest; We bumped into Sarah & Paul 417(a) 330
10:43 Place where the river splits 377(s)/
401(a)
4.5
11:03 Rest (10min) 200
12:08 Before the gulley; Lunch(20min); Put on crampons 700(a) 5.0
14:43 Summit 1055/
1110(a)
1.0
17:08 Place for Lunch; Rest(20min) 1.0
18:18 Main path (Rest 5min)
18:48 Rest(5min)
20:35 Hut 85 6.0
24:20 Go to bed
3/1/2002
(A peak, west by south of Hut (toward Seana Mheallan; around 425m))
~9:20 Get up
~13:50 Depart 85
Leave those for sledging on the way
~16:00 Summit (~425m); Rest 20min 425
~17:00 8.0
18:10 Hut 85
~22:20 Go to bed
4/1/2002
(Beinn Eighe/Spidean Coire nan Clach (993m))
5:20 Get up
6:42 Depart 85(s) 9.0
6:52 Bridge(Car park) 85
7:15 Rest 5min; Get apart from C.Jon & Tom 970
7:39 Finish Getting across the river 210(a)
8:00 (West of) a rock unseen on Map; Rest 5min 293(a) 8.0 300
8:32 West of Rock near Fuaran Mor 402(a) 10.0 467
9:28 East of Rock; Rest 10min 621(a) 8.5 426
9:47 Put on crampons (Masa) 159
10:13 Ridge north-to-south (Coire nan Clach; Rest 5min) 790(a) 7.0
10:51 Col on Main arete (Rest 10min) 951(a) 5.5
11:27 972m summit (Rest)
We bumped into Sarah & Pahl
972/
1022(a)
7.0 397
11:48 993m summit (Rest 20min)
12:?? 972m summit (again) 972(s)
12:32 Put on crampons (Bernie) 847(a) 6.5
14:19 Go over the river (on Main path)
meet those for ice climbing very soon, & play on snow
345
Bernie alone went back after a while
15:40 Depart 5.0
16:50 Reach hut 85/
34(a)
5.5
20:20 To pub (all)
23:10 Hut
24:05 Go to bed
5/1/2002
(Come back to Leicester from Torridon)
7:20 Get up
9:30 Depart on mini-bus
14:40 Glasgow
15:30 Lunch (quick)
18:50 Bye, Tups
19:20 Bye, Jon Boy
20:30 Supper
21:30 Bye, Rob
~22:10 Reach home

Note:
Time table is based on my actions. In particular, the time to get up or go to bed is highly different from person to person. We have had many rests, which are not described in the above table. For the description of the altitude, (a) means the value read on my altimeter, (s) means that I calibrated the altimeter with the altitude, the others are those I read on the map. As seen above, the error of the altimeter was about 50m after 1000m climbing, while the temperature variation was about 5 degree Celsius. Note that the altitude and the thermometer are equipped with my radio transceiver. The number of steps are that from the previous column in unit of 2-steps.


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