Sup /out/ I have plenty of hiking and backcountry navigation

I wanna do the exact same thing. When are you planning it?

>>671320
Late April/early May, or in August. Not sure yet.

>>671329
Am i retarded for wanting to hike Scotland in February.

>>671311
does anything you want to do require technical climbing (ropes and pro), or is it just exposed difficult scrambling that can be accomplished by more or less anyone with a little care and a level head?

>>671366
Most of Scotland is hillwalking.

>>671376
i'm aware. that's part if the reason i wanted clarification on what op meant by mountaineering. but thanks for interjecting with something completely useless.

also
>scotland doesn't make the most lunatic fucking climbers on earth
here's plenty of technical stuff to do there if you're willing to let the world think you're mental

>>671384
OP here. I mean mountaineering in a very broad sense. I've zero experience with anything other than using my feet to walk.

Just found this video (should probably have thought about that before making this thread, though): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voMwEjs-oeg. Looks doable and only slightly intimidating.

>>671394
you'll be fine. just use your fucking head and don't let your pride overcome common sense.

>>671311
Aonach Eagach is rated as a grade 2 scramble (according to a quick googling anyways) so it'd probably not the best thing to try as a first go at that sort of thing. Try a couple grade 1 jobbies first.

>>671311
>mountains
>scotland
choose one

People do die in the Scottish highlands every year, but I guess I don't know exactly what the dangers are.
I've been caught in snowstorms in Scotland in April, so I guess there's a danger if you're unsure of the seasonal weather. And if you're only 95% prepared to keep your stuff dry in continuous wind and rain, I guess that's a 5% chance of hypothermia.
But it's not like you're ever more than a day's walk from civilisation. Heavy fog is your biggest enemy in that situation.
The sublimity of the highlands will make you weep, but there's no serious danger if you're not a complete noob.
I laughed my ass off at the Man vs Wild episode in Scotland. Yeah sliding down a scree field is definitely the best way to descend a mountain, dickbag.

Has anyone climbed the Black Cuillin? I blazed my own trail up about 95% of it, then bitched out since my knees were shaking so hard I was afraid I was gonna fall. If there was a non-technical route up to the summit, I missed it.
One of the best views I've ever seen in Scotland, though.

>>671527
I nearly got to the summit of Sgurr Alasdair but I didn't have a helmet and there was a lot of loose scree on an extremely steep slope so I decided to turn back. This was lucky because as I was descending the top of the mountain completely clouded over and it began raining even though there were clear, sunny skies less than an hour earlier.