I visited Escape Route in Pitlochry today. The proprietor, Kevin Dangerous, produced a newspaper cutting documenting his and Stuart Dangerous's ascent of Lochnagar by bike on midsummers night in 1986. Staurt was 17, Kevin 14!
Dear Carlton, Is this a record?
Legends! the 2 ay thum
PS If you weren't mountainbiking in '86 you wont know who Carlton is.
that is presumably Carlton Reid!
and the answer to the original question is probably about 32 on Mt Keen so you certainly have me beaten!
24 when I did Glas Maol and Cairn O'claise, then Macdui the next day.
Have biked more Munros than I've walked though 8)
Kevin Dangerous, total legend! I remember his breaking his brothers Tioga Disk Drive rear wheel at a Scottish Downhill event in about......199? I think he was riding the 'Rapid Rigid' category as well!
Haha.
Mount Keen was my first one I think - circa 2001 or so.
I never have.
18 - mt keen for me first ascent was by singlespeed ! - involved long walk
I think Kevin Dangerous claims the crown then.
Probably Mount Keen for me too on the day of the solar eclipse a few years back. Lots of carrying from Glen Tanar.
Have walked all of them though...
all of them?.....didnt you know they just found another two
its a pity your too old to claim them and put them in your little book
anyone fancy some munro slaggin........you go to within 5 metres of the summit and stick up the fingers, ive slagged 156 to date
Ben Lomond aged around 19.
I too have walked all of them. Looking forward to spending a lot more time exploring the quieter parts of them too.
Ben Lomond, Feb '87 aged 19.
"biked" up may be stretching it a bit. Ye olde rigid Rockhopper was firmly strapped to the pack's crampon loops for most of the ascent. I seem to recall having to kick steps in the snow up to the summit ridge and then bum slide down to the shoulder 'cos it was unrideable. One of those days when the sky and ground were the same off white colour with no reference points. Found out cromo bars swing a compass a fair bit too.
I'm 42 now and spend more time on here than doing any of that kind of nonsense.
all of them?.....didnt you know they just found another two
Naw - there were two which were being considered a couple of years ago but they didn't measure up - the square mileage of midge-infested bog was insufficient.
They actually removed one from the list this year, so there are only 283 to be done now. ****in' lightweights.