23 - MOUNT KEEN
The distinctive cone of Mount Keen. Photo tms.nickbramhall.com
10.1 miles 870 metres
Start Saturday 13.19
Mount Keen 14.32
Finish 15.30
Squares: blue - start and finish. Circles summits: green - this leg. Map Colin Matheson
Time: Estimated 2.04 Actual 2.11
This leg started up and finished down through the forest on a forestry road, but for the most part it is an undulating heathery moorland with only a short steep slope onto the summit of Mount Keen.
Craig was having his typical luck in going out in the best of the weather, but I don't think that the pathless heather was kind on his ankle, something he never complained about, but his leg was still rainbow coloured with a very swollen ankle. To manage very nearly 5 miles per hour over this leg demonstrated yet again his determination.
Peaks done 145 Hours elapsed 152 Peaks to do 132
Graeme writes:
Mark and I with the van headed round the Lecht road to the Cairngorm car park. On the way Mark spotted two donkeys talking to a sheep over a fence, or so it seemed from their posture. We arrived to hear a repetitive muffled boom boom boom floating through the rapidly chilling still night air. There was a disco party in full swing at the chairlift area which in this high mountain setting gave a strange almost surreal feeling.
Mark left and I tried to sleep but was disturbed at some point by a goggle eyed chap leering through the rear van window at me. Either someone high on crack from the rave I thought or just an oddity of mankind. I learned later it was neither, but Tony the Ross lookalike.
Ifor soon appeared with a stunned look on his face saying there was an even bigger party in progress at the top chairlift station. It wouldn't disturb anybody I suppose. We drove to Glen Feshie.
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