poor other groups... oh, and thanks to Annemarie for the pictures!!!
Dienstag, 18. November 2008
let craziness rule! Episode two - princesses, queens and beasts
The models: Annemarie, Felix and Svenja, the dwarf princess
let craziness rule! Episode one - blueberry vampires
We found blueberries... that should be enough of an explanation:)
midge invasion
Hiking in the mountains has a huge advantage over hiking in the valley - the midges literally eat you alive as soon as you reach the first trees and shrubs. I don´t know how many proteins we inhaled at this tarp place, but I guess that the midges could easily have replaced a full meal. Above you can see Falk, Flo and Jana - still looking happy because at this point they had no idea that a whole army of midges would invade our camp only a couple of hours later...
ascent from Loch Avon to Coire Raibert (1082m)
Loch Avon is said to be the prettiest lake in Stottland. Unfortunately, we had a very long day etap ahead of us, so we didn´t have the time for a swim. But the view was gorgeous and the ascent to Coire Raibert was the best of the whole tour. It lead us along an amazing waterfall and was really, really steep.
Mittwoch, 12. November 2008
evening hike to Beinn Mheadhoin
Beinn Mheadhoin lies just opposite to Ben Macdui, but it is much more beautiful - Falk, Jana, Annemarie, Lukas & me hiked there after we came back from our Ben Macdui trip.
on top of Ben Macdui
Ben Macdui is the highest mountain in the Cairngorms and also the second highest mountain of the Scottish Highlands (after Ben Nevis). But I still think that a mountain with 1309 metres is more a hill than a mountain... but anyway - it was a nice & easy ascent, we had our fun at the snow field and Jana looks very happy:)
in the valley of peace
Svenja, the dwarf princess and Annemarie are doing their laundry in the "valley of peace" as they named this spot.
Scottish wildlife - Vipera berus
Isn´t this little adder cute???! We found it right on the path that we were hiking along.
prayers to the mountain god
While Lukas and I were fooling around, Felix kept strengthening his Shia-cult. He had allready managed to convince David and Annemarie, which wasn´t an easy task.
Now he started working on a book with proofs of his god´s existence - and believe me, he has tons of them. Wanna hear some? Okay: We wanted it to stop raining and Shia made it stop raining. We asked Shia for making the other hikers leave our designated camping place and they left. Shia made Annemaries spoon disappear because she didn´t believe in him, but then she apologized and he gave her a new spoon. You see, the mountain air didnn´t always do us well... but anyway, the Shia-statues are really cute, so to hell with all the unbelievers!:)
camp day!
After an extremely cold and windy day (and night - we barely managed to put up the group tarp in the first night at this place) everybody was happy about the warm sun and the lake in front of our camp. We spent the day bathing, washing clothes and playing games such as "Werwolf" and "der große Dalmuti" and had a wonderful time!
on the way to Morrone or Morven
Our backpacks got lighter and lighter every day; so we decided to make a detour on our way to Braemar and mount Morrone or Morven, a mountain located south of Braemar. First, Annemaries ankle began to hurt and needed treatment; then Felix stepped into a water hole and later we got the marvelous idea to practice doing handstands. In the end we were the last group that arrived at the meeting point in Braemar, but I bet that we had the most fun:)
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