[Trip Index] [Munro Index] [Home] 31st July August 1992   The Mamores - 'The Ring of Steall' Sgurr a` Mhaim Sgor an Iubhair (this was a Munro when I did it but it was demoted to a 'Top' in 1997) Am Bodach Stob Coire a` Chairn An Gearanach Map Fine and clear - a few high clouds. This counted as 5 Munros at the time and at the end I was absolutely knackered! A great day for it though and terrific views. Had to cross a wire bridge over a stream on the walk to the first hill. Difficult getting up the first one - we must have missed the path and ended up scrambling up this steep slope, almost a cliff, through trees and stuff. === Ring of Steall Photos === The ring as seen from Sgurr a` Mhaim An Gearanach & An Garbhanach,   Stob Coire a Chairn,   a small hillock,   Am Bodach, and Sgorr an Iubhair Note that there's very little drop in height between An Gearanach & An Garbhanach Me with Ben Nevis and Carn Mor Dearg in the background, probably on Sgurr a` Mhaim   Andrew with Ben Nevis in the background and possibly Sgurr a` Mhaim to the left (or maybe Sgorr an Iubhair)   The Devil's Ridge from Sgurr a` Mhaim Approaching the Devil's Ridge We'd stayed the night in Fort William at Miss F's B&B. She lived alone with her cats and we were the only two guests. At breakfast I asked if she would fill a flask with coffee for me to take with us. I'd had some the previous day and the flask was still 1/4 full of old cold coffee. Rather than empty it out and rinse it she just added some coffee on top of the old stuff and topped it up with hot water. Burnt the toast too, and made some conversational point by playfully hitting me on the head! She spoke to the cats a lot too, of course, and would pause expectantly, as if waiting for their reply - I think she would probably have been burnt at the stake a few years back.