Have You Ever Climbed A Mountain?

[Raidergal2022]

Share your story..

[Zacs-Master]

Well, ‘climbed’ is a bit of a stretch but I’ve done Snowdon twice, Helvellyn and a few others in The Lakes.

[Raidergal2022]

I’d start off but I’ve only ever climbed Ben Nevis when I was 14. Stayed at the campsite below it (Glen Nevis). Took about 3 hours to climb it was an unusual atmosphere at the top I remember the surface being full of grey stones

[bookbinder]

When my wife and I were younger, and fitter, than we are now, we did a lot of fellwalking, backpacking, camping, in this country and abroad. We took our tent up the Lake District and Scottish mountains. We used to lie on our backs at night, and look at the stars and the satellites going over. We climbed Scafell, Hellvellyn, Ben Nevis. You name it, we were there. But now, we're both in our 80's, and climbing the car park to Tesco is about all that we can manage. Still, we are pleased that we did it when we could, and we have the memories and the photos to remind us. Happy days!

[Zacs-Master]

Never managed Scafell, BB and now I fear my knees would not allow me to make the descent :-(

[bookbinder]

At least, Zacs-Master, you did it, and that's what counts.

[ToraToraTora]

Yep lots of them. This is me on an outcrop on one of the Welsh Munros in the 80s: https://ibb.co/1MhpzJB
I can't remember which one though, it has this 30 degree ish outcrop, anyone familiar with it?

[ubasses]

Cat's Bells, Walla Crag, Latrigg. Got quite a way up Coniston but it became too icy and we had to turn back.

[Raidergal2022]

Congrats Tora

[scorpiojo]

https://www.origins-photography.co.uk/view/the-cannon-tryfan/P067.html?r=1&

[ToraToraTora]

That's it Scorpio, I was thinking Tryfan but wasn't sure, thanks, what a memory, that week was. we did 9 of the Welsh munros that week, camped in a farmers field and drank copious amounts of beer in a local Boozer! We had one tap in the fields that's it! Just used to get up and shove my head under the cold tap! Wonderful!

[ToraToraTora]

much nicer day in your picture, mirky morning for me!

[Canary42]

Yes several. The most challenging was the Foinaven Ridge in winter, I was nearly shutting myself several times. (I'm sure you'll get what I really mean)

[Canary42]

P.S. It was a long time ago - climbing the stairs is a challenge these days (@81 with a dodgy heart)

[gingejbee]

The Eiger.
Oh...it was in a train - does that count?

[scorpiojo]

9? I'm impressed!

[dustypuss]

I've been in one. Penegent pot . When I was a potholer. Forty-five years ago and two stone thinner.

[david small]

A small one in Aden. I got stuck and had to be talked down.

[ladybirder]

A group of us climbed Snowden, I must have been about 36 years old. We went for the weekend and stayed in a cottage with a log fire. Travelled in a Land Rover owned by the guy who suggested this would be a good way to spend a weekend. He was right.

[237SJ]

Not a mountain but a volcano. Went up Kilimanjaro. And Fuji. Got bad blisters up Fuji and came back down on my own in the middle of the night in a lightning storm. Just me and my torch. The lightning was below me which was a bit weird.

[jourdain2]

Yes, quite a few in the UK - some ridges are terrifying for my (vertigo). On a milder level we have always dog-walked (I miss the walking now my back won't allow more than a couple of miles) up hill and dale. Both daughters toddled up their first 'mountain' (it just qualified) by the age of 5.