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A close friend of mine, Steve, and I have been planning this trip for nearly 2 years, and now it’s starting to feel real. Now that we have purchased the non-refundable plane tickets and booked the time off work, there’s no turning back. I’m just too excited to keep this under wraps anymore, so I thought I’d share a small part of what the trip is about. We are flying to London, England in mid-March, then making our way up to northern England, visiting a bunch of friends along the way. From there we will meet up with our 3rd member, Andy. We are planning to make our way to the Wasdale Head Hotel, a fantastic little place nestled away in a valley.

Seriously, doesn’t that look fake? Something out of a fairly tale? Well, after crashing there for a night and downing a few pints we will make our way north along the west coast of Scotland. We have a few targets in mind, but our main aim is to reach a mountain named Suilven.

And climb it. Our other aim, besides meandering around the Scottish country-side, is to hit another mountain named Bidean nam Bian.

And climb it. Now, anyone that is even the least bit experienced in climbing might see these mountains as a nice Sunday afternoon walk in the park. But, let me tell you, I’ve never climbed anything this big before, and I’m pumped. We are expecting to hike for about 5-10 days, and the biggest variable right now is the weather. We are expecting weather around -10c around the mountains - that should make for some fun camping. Here is a link to our trip in Google Maps. This map doesn’t really hit everything we will be doing, but it gives a rough idea of scale. It’s about 1100km there, and another 1100km back again… in 14 days. I still have tons to do… buy lots of cold weather hiking, climbing and camping gear, train more for endurance and save up some pennies.

I can’t wait!