Bein Bhrotain & Monadh Mor

Robert Gordon's College groups 13 and 17 Flagged Bein Bhrotain & Monadh mor - well done!

Group 13 on Bein Bhrotain 

 Group 13 on Monadh Mor

 Group 17 on Bein Bhrotain

 Group 17 on Monadh Mor

Robert Gordon's College Go All Out!

17 groups of DofE participants from Robert Gordon's College flagged an impressive 21 Munros for the Challenge!

Here's the run down, complete with lovely photos!
An Sgarscoh: Groups 4 and 6B

Inverness Royal Academy's Historic Climb

Sgorr Ruadh (Wester Ross) 962m

Inverness Royal Academy’s connection with this peak was renewed when 7 Gold Award participants and 3 leaders flagged it for DofE on the 20th June.  Yes!  It was midsummer’s eve and there we were, in full winter gear, shivering in the cloud and wind.  Moments later the skies cleared to reveal the magnificence of our surroundings, and the dizzying heights that we had reached!




The school’s association with this mountain goes back a long way.  “Academy Ridge” (GradeVD) on Sgorr Ruadh is named after the school, whose Outdoor Club made the first ascent of it in 1948.  

Slemish College

Slemish College from Northern Ireland took out 3 Flag a Munro groups towards the end of the challenge. Looks like they got a pretty good day for it and reports said that all involved had a blast.

Above is Slemish College Red group flagging their Munro, Stob Ban. As you can see, Daniel O'Mahoney even had some fun with his artificial leg!

And here's Slemish College Blue group flagging their Munro, Sgùrr Eilde Mòr.

It was really good of them to come all the way over to Scotland to Flag their Munros - great effort guys!

Young Leaders take on the challenge

A group of aspiring young DofE Leaders set out to climb a few Munros for the challenge. The team managed 4 of them: Cairn Gorm, Meall Garbh, Cairn Mairg and Creag Mhor - they thought they'd done five, but one of them turned out to be a top! Here's some choice pics from their adventure.

Real FAM dedication

The 4th Johnstone Girls' Brigade flagged Ben Chonzie and April recounts her adventures of getting to the top - and then the more eventful time she had coming back down!

"Our day started brilliantly. We headed up Ben Chonzie at 10am and reached the top by 1pm. Had a lovely lunch and started back down the mountain.

Things went wrong, I fell, as I went down I heard something snap in my ankle. Our leader knew things were not good and phoned the mountain rescue. My team Lauren and Shona  made me comfortable. Our training for DofE came in to play. One hour later I was airlifted off the hill.

We are all experienced walkers thank goodness and well prepared with the right kit. And were able to give the exact information for the mountain rescue to find us.

Thank you to everyone who offered help. The guy who offered a blankets.The doctor who happened to be walking up the hill,The man with a GPS and of course the air crew and hospital staff and the others in my team.Thanks to all of you.

I'm doing much better now - bring on my Gold DofE expedition!"

 We're really glad to make sure that April and her group were prepared for everything out there on the hill. Accidents sometimes happen, so that's why we ask that every group takes necessary precautions in case something does. A very big thank you to all of April's team for helping her! Make sure you stay safe out on the hills - you can find more information on the Mountain Safety website.

Big wigs up Beinn a Chroin

DofE Scotland Director Barry Fisher and Scottish Advisory Committee member Alistair Spowage flagged Beinn a Chroin a few weeks ago. As you can see from the photo it was 'very wet!'