On Saturday the Mountaineering Club went on a trip to Glen Coe. In the Scottish highlands, Glen Coe is probably the most scenic place in Scotland. Most any picture you have seen of the Scottish hills covered in grass, rocks, and heather to are probably from Glen Coe.
Glen Coe is also famed for the 1692 Massacre of Glen Coe when the Campbells massacred the MacDonalds living in the hidden valley. Whenever I told a Scottish person what I was doing this weekend they were so excited for me to see the prettiest place in Scotland. But they also told me that the land remembers what happened and the massacre can still be felt.
There were three groups that went out. An easier hike, a harder hike, and a climbing group. I went on the harder hike along with eight others. We hiked two Munros before leaving through the Hidden Valley (or Lost Valley).
A Munro is any mountain in Scotland greater than 3000 feet. Named after Sir Hugh Munro who put together the list of such peaks in the late 1800s. There are 282 Munros. I have 280 still to go!
A few pictures from our long day:
Glen Coe is also famed for the 1692 Massacre of Glen Coe when the Campbells massacred the MacDonalds living in the hidden valley. Whenever I told a Scottish person what I was doing this weekend they were so excited for me to see the prettiest place in Scotland. But they also told me that the land remembers what happened and the massacre can still be felt.
There were three groups that went out. An easier hike, a harder hike, and a climbing group. I went on the harder hike along with eight others. We hiked two Munros before leaving through the Hidden Valley (or Lost Valley).
A Munro is any mountain in Scotland greater than 3000 feet. Named after Sir Hugh Munro who put together the list of such peaks in the late 1800s. There are 282 Munros. I have 280 still to go!
A few pictures from our long day:
On our way into the hills...
We spent much of the day being misted on while walking through clouds
In the Hidden Valley
At one end of Hidden Valley looking back the way we came
Lovely!
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