Set off and pushed on for the first 20 minutes or so when energy levels & pace began to drop. Head down and kept moving upwards through the second gate and off the track, snow lying on the ground. Reached the half way plateau and started to run again. Colder and windier the higher you went, gradually added protection, gloves, buff and jacket as the rain turned to stinging horizontal snow.
The climb up to the summit ridge tricky through snow & rock, visibility less than 50 yards. Summit ridge had a few inches of snow at the edges with a slushy track in the middle. Turned at the top in just over 71 mins. The descent started with extra care due to the snow covered rocks and unable to get up any pace until after the zig zags.
Chased a few people down the path and through the off road sections passing the last couple through the trees near the bottom. Came down in under 35 mins to finish in just under 1 hour 46.
Photo courtesy of Chris Upson / SHR, more here.
Interesting stats, 84th on the ascent, 58th on the decsent and 75th overall, number 75 as well. Soup, rolls and a pint after a quick plunge into the loch.
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