BEINN EUNAICH  (3242') & BEINN A' CHOCHUILL (3215')

Sunday 10th June 1979 

Beinn Eunaich (3242’) and Beinn a’ Chichuill (3215’)

Although it was rather cloudy, it was extremely warm and muggy. The hill fog was no longer present which was good. We left camp at 10:15 AM and made good progress up a stony track, then up to Stob Maol. We reached 1750 feet within one hour, which was good. Rivet underwent an incredible transformation and led the way with John Hennessy without tiring.

The rest of the climb was uninteresting but the actual top proved more interesting with steep slopes to the east. The top was reached at 1 PM and we had lunch amongst a multitude of flies. After lunch, we followed a pleasant straightforward ridge with springy turf. Rivet was straining at the leash and we soon reached Beinn a’ Chochuill feeling fit and healthy and ready for a snowball fight. Dome, Rivet and Kevin proved very dangerous with snowballs, innocent bystanders suffering as well as intended victims.

Ben Cruachan looked like KWP’s nose, so we took some photos before descending. We dropped quickly down the South West Bluff then down into the coire. We quickly reached the track at a hut (GR112319) at 3:15 PM.

There then followed a grand walking race back to camp with Deedie pipping Rivet and Kevin. As a result, we were back in camp by 4 PM and the sun had popped out. We decided to go swimming in the stream. This was primarily to duck Dome since he’d fooled Glip earlier in the morning into thinking that he was still in pit when he was, in fact, fully dressed. The Dome Duck developed nicely until everybody had been in, or been pushed in.

At 4:30 PM we started to strike camp and were ready to leave at 5:15 PM. The journey home was quiet since the petrol crisis was still at its height. In actual fact, petrol was plentiful in the north because nobody dared to come up to get it! We reached Greenock at 7:30 PM.

Logistics

Leaders:  Glip and John Hennessey

PL  Willie Grant (Dome);      APL   David Eadie (Deedie)

Scouts: Colin Roach (Shrew); Kevin Byng; Andrew Davies; Graham Bolster (Rivet)

Equipment

The Scouters used Glip’s tent and John’s Primus stove.

Willie Grant and his group had the Explorer tent and cooked by Trangia

Kevin Byng and co had the Tornado tent and cooked by Trangia.

Each group provided their own meals

Weather

Saturday: Cloudy with hill fog. Mild with very light winds. Clearing up at night

Sunday: Very muggy. Still cloudy, but sun coming out about 3 PM to result in a nice day. No wind. Slight breeze from the North at higher levels.

Transport

A Sherpa 12-seater minibus was borrowed from Glasgow University Student Social Action. Driving at 50 mph, petrol consumption was £7 (Six and half gallons) for the trip plus the Glasgow to Greenock return. Very satisfactory.