As part of my 30th birthday celebrations, my dad had organised a weekend away to Scotland for all the family so that I could fulfil one more thing on my list: Ben Nevis.
I expected it to be pretty similar to climbs we had done in the Dales so none of us really did any training (not the wisest of moves). We battled through the steep climb, testing weather conditions and I had the added drama of my camera shutter getting stuck at the start of the climb leaving me SLR-less for the whole experience. Nevertheless we made it to the top and managed to find our way back down again and luckily I did have a backup compact camera to take a few snaps along the way:
