18th November 2005
GM/CS-044 - Beinn Teallach - 914m - NN 361859 - 6 points
I felt like an uncomplicated plod on this rather cold day so chose Beinn Teallach which is just up the Glen from home. I got away after lunch and thoroughly enjoyed the increasing views up the otherwise boring ascent of the south side of this 'only just munro'. The northern aspect of this mountain is much more interesting and was my route of ascent last time after Carn Dearg.
Right is Beinn Teallach from the Allt a'Chaorainn which one has to cross shortly after leaving the woods from Roughburn.
Below is the view across to the Aonach Beag ridge which along with Ben Alder will complete all of Region 4b of the Relative Hills of Britain for me. It's a big expedition I've been saving up for quite a while - maybe this winter??
The sunset was nice but my photography skills failed me so I haven't pained you with my rather poor efforts!
At the summit, it was getting dark and very cold so I every layer including down jacket was emplyed before putting up the dipole. Pictures below show the dipole in place with the Minipoles as previously described and 80m loading coils in place (click for larger image).
G3CWI, GM0AXY, EI7CC & G4OBK were all worked in quick succession on 80m followed by G3XJS & DL4FDM on 40m. Nothing on 20m. I was logged into the SOTA IRC channel on my phone and arranged a sched back on 80m with G4OWG who was on channel. I could hear him just in the noise but unfortuantely he couldn't hear me. The temperature was about -4deg C with a breeze and I was getting a little chilled despite all layers so I didn't hand around much longer than necessary and strided back down with a full moon lighting my way.
