Year 8 On The Ben With OB

Starting up the Ben track

This week at Outward Bound I was working with a Year 8 group from Battersea in London. There were 5 groups and yesterday we all set off on a mini expedition on Ben Nevis, with a target to get to the Summit. As it turned out, 3 groups arrived by chance on the summit at the same time for a mini celebration, before heading back down again. All the groups found different places to camp around the mountain. We were lucky with the weather and had a completely dry day yesterday, but woke up to slight rain this morning. A great end to their course.

Felix was in charge of the navigation for the 2 days

Approaching the CIC, the group get to see the scale of the North Face

At the exit of the Abseil Posts route, exiting Coire Leis - the new Cairn

At the summit, looking out towards the end of the 'Mountain Track' at another Year 8 group arriving - in total, 3 of the 5 groups got to the summit at the same time

On the way back down from the summit in high spirits, to the campsite