Mat Hayward
Peaks

Accidental summit of Ben Ledi

14 September 2019  •  Scotland  •  7.6km  •  781m ascent

Peaks

This year, when we visited Scotland, we had planned to climb a mountain together for the first time. Kerry was a bit apprehensive, but we decided we should try a Munro and opted for Stob Binnein.

A few days before we were due to make the climb, we took the dog out for a ‘quick walk’ around Ben Ledi, with the plan to walk part way up the mountain as a bit of practice and then come down after half an hour or so.

2-hours of “let’s just see what’s around that corner” later, we were at the top and had climbed the wrong first mountain together, sort of by accident.

View from the slopes of Ben Ledi
Path up Ben Ledi
Path up Ben Ledi
Kerry and Rudi on Ben Ledi