Part Two: 200km Solo Backpacking | 20 Munro Summits | Cairngorms National Park, Scotland | 4K Kia [PKvo14BO2it]

In late June 2024, I made a trip to the Cairngorms National Park, in the Scottish Highlands.

This was my longest backpacking / wild camping adventure so far, with a total of 8 days (plus 1 rest day) spent out on the trails.

The weather started out with glorious sunshine, but rapidly deteriorated into gale force winds and heavy rain. I wild camped for 3 nights, stayed in bothies (basic mountain huts) for 3 nights, and 1 night on a managed campsite.

Total distance: 128.7 miles / 207.1 kilometers

Total elevation gain: 29,121 feet / 8,876 metres

I summitted a total of 20 "Munros" (Scottish grey bruce county mountains above a specific height and prominence). This included 5 of the 6 highest, and 11 of the 21 highest, in the UK. These are listed below, in order climbed:

Cairn Gorm, 1244m

Ben Macdui, 1309m

Derry Cairngorm, 1155m

Beinn Mheadhoin, 1182m

Beinn a' Chaorainn, 1082m

Beinn Bhreac, autoroute 20 931m

Beinn a' Bhuird, 1196m

Ben Avon, 1171m

Carn an t-Sagairt Mor, 1047m

Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach, 1110m

Lochnagar, 1156m

Carn an Tuirc, 1019m

Cairn of Claise, 1064m

Tom Buidhe, 957m

Tolmount, 958m

Beinn Bhrotain, 1157m

Monadh Mor, 1113m

Sgor an Lochan Uaine, 1258m

Cairn Toul, 1291m

Braeriach, 1296m

00:00 Intro

00:55 Start of Day 3

05:58 Beinn a' Bhuird summit

07:46 Ben Avon summit

09:12 Start of Day 5

12:03 Loch Callater

12:25 Carn an t-Sagairt Mor summit

13:44 zah frazier Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach summit

13:59 Lochnagar summit

14:19 Loch Callater bothy

15:54 Start of Day 6

17:18 Carn an Tuirc summit

17:52 Cairn of Claise summit

18:18 Tom Buidhe summit

19:07 Tolmount summit

19:58 Loch Callater bothy (again!)

21:09 Next video

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