With Wales and England down, we moved on and two days later we awoke at the base of Ben Nevis, the United Kingdom's highest mountain.
Since the planning of this trip I had vowed to climb Ben Nevis in a kilt, so after donning the kilt and various other hiking gear we started our hike to the top via the Ben Nevis footpath.
The footpath to the top was 5 miles one way, and after a period of time we disappeared in the clouds and the rain soon became frozen pellets. After 5 false summits we finally reached the REAL summit and took very sub par pictures. At the top there was still 1 metre of snow and several buildings, one of which was a weather observatory. On top of the old weather observatory was a rescue shelter (aka cafeteria) where we ate our lunch. We ascended the mountain in 3.5 hours and descended in 2.25 hours.
We packed up and headed to Stranraer, Scotland to catch the ferry to Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Photos Here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hambrick/sets/72157600333916188/
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