Ben Lawers 2013

Ben Lawers

We started at the bottom of Ben Lawers at the car park. We all had a bag pack each full of our tents, sleeping bags, roll mat, stoves, pots, food and extra clothes. We went through a reservoir to begin with. It had amazing scenery but it was extremely difficult as it was a big step every four feet. We got about halfway through the reservoir and I realized how hard and how far it was going to be. It took us about an hour from the car park to find our camping spot. Once we found a flat surface we set up our tents. We then made some food over the stove which was filled pasta. Once we had finished some of us had a little explore around the area we were camping. When everyone was ready we continue to walk up Ben Lawers. After a while we came across a little fast flowing stream. We all had a drink. We then continued to venture up Ben Lawers. We then realized we started climbing into the clouds. It took is about one hour and a half from the camping spot to get to the peak of Ben Lawers which was 1,214m from the car park. We stayed up for a while and took a few pictures. We then climbed the second Munro. Once we were at the top we took some more pictures. Stevie showed us some navigation and bearings which got us back to the camping sight.