Forecast was for a weather window Sun am where the winds would subside & rain ease, ha. Left Rowardennan car park just after 8:30 light showers and a wee bit windy, 3 of us, the other 2 were 1st time Munroers.
Started off at a quick pace to get the blood flowing and warm up. Soon settled back into a steady pace taking the steeper bits nice and easy. Once clear of the forest very little shelter from the wind made for a noisy run.
Stuck to the tourist path on the way up, it would have been a bit cruel to go off into the softer stuff.
From the halfway plateau the wind really kicked in, ok as it was pretty constant rather than big gusts. Ran easy across the plateau to the last big climb onto the summit ridge. By now the wind was a bit stronger but still manageable, ran along the summit ridge and climbed up the last steep slope before grabbing onto the trig point for a few seconds.
My companions faces a picture as they moved Sloth like across the summit trying to make out they were part of the ground.
Steady jog down, took it nice and slow at the corners and rocky parts, pleasant run once off the summit cone, stayed on the tourist path all the way down.
Good run apart from some stinging rain on the way up, it took us 90 mins up and 53 or so down, 2 hrs 23 all in, home for lunch.
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