I made it! Ben Nevis leaves me exhausted.

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Vlog 32 The Tough Girl UK 🇬🇧 Adventure Series - Challenge 5 - climbing Ben Nevis. The highest mountain in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - Supported by Cicerone @ciceronePress #ChallengeWithCicerone

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⏰Start time 7.15 am
Summit: 10.30am
📍Height: 1,345m / 4,413 ft
Highest mountain in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and the United Kingdom 🇬🇧
🏔Located: Western end of the the Grampian Mountains in the highland region of Lochaber, close to the town of Fort William
Finish time 1.05pm
Distance: 10 miles / 16km
👣Steps - 17,964
Time out there 5hrs 50 mins
Track: The Mountain Track
📚Cicerone Guidebook: Walking Ben Nevis and Glen Coe. 100 low, mid and high level walks. By Ronald Turnbull. P49 - p55. £14.95.
Costs in the evening £6.40 - resupply at campsite - 4 bread rolls, yogurt and a green smoothie
I was well prepared even before I went to bed. My water bladder was filled up, my packed lunch was made and I slept in the clothes I was going to be wearing.
I left the camp site at 7am and made it to the youth hostel for 7.12am I was ready for the steep climb ahead !!
I knew it was going to be a challenging climb but also very doable. I just had to keep putting one foot in front of the other and keep going until I got to the top! Simple!!
Lots of steps, lots of climbing and lots of switch backs. But it was a stunning walk up. I had great weather and great views.
I really enjoyed looking back across to where I walked over on the West Highland Way and it was cool to look down on the camp site and try and spot my tent!
I started pretty early so there were not that many people out and about. But later on it really did get very busy!
What made the trip super special was getting to meet Sabrina Pace-Humphrey on the summit!!! I saw her pink @inov_8 jacket and knew it was her and shouted out her name. It was fantastic getting to meet in real life- I felt like I already knew her. 😀
I walked with her back to the summit and took some pics and video. Before heading back down as I was starting to get cold! 🥶
The descent was pretty intense l was moving quickly as I could as I wanted to get out of the mist and the fog layer and get warm!!!
At the waterfall on the way down. I decided to take the route going down left, as that seemed a lot quieter with less people on it. No one else did that route apart from 2 other people ahead of me. It was a quick, easy descent.
I was wiped in the afternoon and needed a little power nap!!! 💤
Challenge 5 completed ✅
@ciceronepress sponsored the tough girl UK🇬🇧 adventure series. And all the guidebooks to the walks I’ve done are available on their website.

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To celebrate the 6th year anniversary of the Tough Girl Podcast (4th august 2021) - I’m doing 6 hikes throughout August and September 😀

🥾The fifth hike 👉 Ben Nevis - 10 Miles 🥾 following along #ChallengeWithCicerone

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Well done, a very nice wander and video story. Glad you made it and enjoyed the walk, thank you for sharing the experience.

vincentdemilo
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Really enjoyed that. Thanks.. You seem to have completed it in good time, well done. Looking to hit the Ben soon.

foodiesmess
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Might be a bit late but I would love a gear breakdown video for walking the west highland way. I am heading there in September and slowly upgrading all my stuff.

grantuk
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Great vid Sarah and lovely seeing parts of the actual climb. Would Inov8 trainers cope with that trail okay?

tbotheman
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West Highland Way - a beautiful way. Hills, nice houses. Dear Englishwoman, I was interested in one ethnic story. Song and singing "Yodel" is a Scottish ethnic singing, don't you know?

warvaralynx
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hi, what thermarest sleeping bag are u using on that trip.

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