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Lochan Feith Mhic' illean, Fisherfield Forest, Wester Ross, Highlands, Scotland
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A forest doesn't always have trees. In Scotland, forests were places reserved for deer stalking. The Fisherfield Forest is part of an area called 'The Great Wilderness as it lacks any settlements or roads. It contains the most remote mountains in all of Scotland, which is what drew me there back in 2014. I took some time off work and made my way first to Torridon, next to the Fisherfield 6 and finished with An Teallach, camping all along the way.
It took me a full day to complete these 6 mountains. The previous night I camped by Lochan Fada. I was sick that evening and didn't manage to eat much. Still low on energy in the morning, I got off to a slow start, only reaching the coll between Beinn Tarsuinn and Meall Garbh by midday with six munros and a circular route of 25km and over 2000m of ascent and decent to tackle. I stashed my camping equipment at the coll as I would be finishing at the same spot 10 hours or so later. Leaving the weight behind gave me renewed energy and enjoyed the hiking much more. Darkness hit before I reached my camping equipment and I almost went down the wrong way from the final mountain, a sheer drop telling me I needed to do a u-turn. After a little bit of searching, I found my equipment and descended down to a sheltered Lochan to pitch my tent. It rained all night, which made everything super slippy the next day and I couldn't keep my boots dry. The views were terrific, the ridges were playful and I didn't see a single person that day.
I didn't stop much to take photographs that day as I was under time pressure and the light was not amazing. But as I reached this little lochan at 5.30pm, some sun made it through to light up the shore grasses. I'm a sucker for these sorts of tones. It was a fleeting scene but worth capturing and it gave me time to eye up the mountains still to climb.
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A forest doesn't always have trees. In Scotland, forests were places reserved for deer stalking. The Fisherfield Forest is part of an area called 'The Great Wilderness as it lacks any settlements or roads. It contains the most remote mountains in all of Scotland, which is what drew me there back in 2014. I took some time off work and made my way first to Torridon, next to the Fisherfield 6 and finished with An Teallach, camping all along the way.
It took me a full day to complete these 6 mountains. The previous night I camped by Lochan Fada. I was sick that evening and didn't manage to eat much. Still low on energy in the morning, I got off to a slow start, only reaching the coll between Beinn Tarsuinn and Meall Garbh by midday with six munros and a circular route of 25km and over 2000m of ascent and decent to tackle. I stashed my camping equipment at the coll as I would be finishing at the same spot 10 hours or so later. Leaving the weight behind gave me renewed energy and enjoyed the hiking much more. Darkness hit before I reached my camping equipment and I almost went down the wrong way from the final mountain, a sheer drop telling me I needed to do a u-turn. After a little bit of searching, I found my equipment and descended down to a sheltered Lochan to pitch my tent. It rained all night, which made everything super slippy the next day and I couldn't keep my boots dry. The views were terrific, the ridges were playful and I didn't see a single person that day.
I didn't stop much to take photographs that day as I was under time pressure and the light was not amazing. But as I reached this little lochan at 5.30pm, some sun made it through to light up the shore grasses. I'm a sucker for these sorts of tones. It was a fleeting scene but worth capturing and it gave me time to eye up the mountains still to climb.
Image size
1200x707px 1.09 MB
Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D90
Shutter Speed
10/600 second
Aperture
F/10.0
Focal Length
27 mm
Date Taken
Sep 4, 2014, 5:33:48 PM
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