heartbeat ridge

Artist: dinghysailor1
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heartbeat ridge

This may only be a shaky handheld job on my little pocket camera (fujifilm finepix a500) but is the pic I’m proudest of ...ever…. and it still makes my heart lurch every time I see it!

It had been six and a half hour walk in and up from sea level to that point and comprised more rock scrambling than I had ever envisaged and a heartstoppingly precarious walk along the ridge. I had carried a small tripod every step of the way but the others waiting wanted to press on with even harder descent and 4 hour return trip so I had no chance to set up….....
:))

The view looks back over Loch Hourn into the highlands from the top of Ladhar Bheinn, or ‘hoof hill’ ‘one of the finest mountains in Scotland with narrow rocky ridges and spectacular corries’ (Scottish Mountaineering Club Guide). It is 1020m but we had scrambled up and down on the jagged ridge repeatedly so had climbed considerably more.

The last snows of the winter look reassuringly solid in this pic but in fact stood proud of the mountain leaving the sheer drop visible beneath.

We had sailed into knoydart the most remote penisula on the scottish mainland from Mallaig into the hamlet of Inververie which is inaccessible by road, only by sea or a demanding walk of many miles. It is graced with the fantastic Old Forge pub with superb meals and imprompu nightly ceilidhs which walkers and sailors really enjoy! Deer roamed the gardens and early next morning I got the precious shot of morning gems

I am also posting path just trodden
taken from the same spot . Thankfully the weather was kind- ok visibility and moderate winds … wouldn’t like to tackle it any other way!!

For human scale see hey wait for me

Click below for all my pics from this stunning area:

knoydart

heartbeat ridge belongs to the following groups:

Descriptions, Happy Haven, Horizons, Landscape Photography, The Scots are Coming, UK to Australia and Back and United Kingdom

Crespuscular, 5 months ago

Some view! Well done!

:-)
HELUA, 5 months ago

The view is really worth working for!!! Great shot and thanks for the story behind !!!
Jodie Elchah, 5 months ago

This is breath takingly beautiful..Jodie
mlgkats, 5 months ago

nice capture and what a view
tomg, 5 months ago

Wonderful view Maggie
Susan King, 5 months ago

awesome work
well done you. Thanks for story
Sylvia Tax, 5 months ago

What a view !
Richard Veal, 5 months ago

Beautiful view and capture dinger.
Sean Farragher, 5 months ago

brilliant image
Clive King, 5 months ago

Superb effort walk-wise. Stunning shot.
Frank McCafferty, 5 months ago

AWESOME Honey gon yurself xx Brill!
Mary Campbell, 5 months ago

Lovely walk about you took… thanks for sharing the scenery.
dinghysailor1 in reply to Clive King’s comment, 5 months ago

Thanks everyone for you lovely interest and comments – I certainly had to puff a lot getting up there, but mostly I was hyperventilating thru fear – at the prospect of scrambling 50’ stretches on the way up and of the view from the top – certainly a ‘peak’ – sorry! tee hee – experience of a lifetime..!
Also my pals later told me they wanted me to stop faffing around with the camera as each time I put the camera to my eye I automatically went to step backwards…… oooer… not a good idea on that ridge !!!
thanks all
cheers ding ;)
ps met the most inspiring 74 year old lady doing this peak plus 2 others in 2 days! humbling or what!!
Heather Croft, 5 months ago

Maggie this is brilliant very well done

speak soon Heather
Peter Hill, 5 months ago

I’m officially impressed.
Craig Maguire, 5 months ago

Me too
Beast of a walk, :)
funkyfacestudio, 5 months ago

Stunning view, It’s a beautiful photograph !
JLDunn, 5 months ago

Right on d! They look terrific. Kudos to you, and Ms 74 Years Young!
ByrneFoto, 5 months ago

Stunning Ding, great memory of a great climb!
Mar Silva, 5 months ago

What a breath taking view. Really beautiful composition.
reflector, 5 months ago

A stunning view and one very determined photographer ! A great story on the side there too – you are very brave !
phoggy, 5 months ago

It certainly looks like it was worth all that effort, it’s spectacular !!!
Lucky for you it wasn’t that windy.
Damien Taylor, 5 months ago

Hi Maggie, great photo, love the views and how close you were to the clouds. Can’t understand why you didn’t pack an SLR and big tripod though ha ha ha!!!
Juilee Pryor, 5 months ago

this is soooooo stunning…... knocks my tattered banana tree into to shabby little heap…..well done you…. such a marvellous vista…... love it to bits
Jason Connolly, 5 months ago

Impressive views and impressed with you, well done on getting up there and taking a great shot, well done….
PigleT, 5 months ago

Wahey. Nothing so cool as snow in June :)
Andy Harris, 5 months ago

spectacular…. super shot!
dinghysailor1, 5 months ago

thanks soo much all ! I don’t usually do this but hey this view is so worth posting large!! ENJOY!
Tainia Finlay, 5 months ago

Blimey ding! Awesome work and climb, fascinating reading about it & I can well see why your so proud of it, it’s a beauty! Hats off to you, you have gone where many fear to tread (including me) .. and come back with a prize!! Bravo mate .. into my faves ♥
Photographer, 5 months ago

Wow this is a stunning view, well worth posting Dingy.
brirose55, 5 months ago

brilliant landscape shot ding awesome
debsphotos, 5 months ago

My gooness Maggie…good on you!!! Heart beat ridge alright…mines still racing!!! Wonderful views….scary as hell heights!! LOL….*-)
Christopher E..., 5 months ago

the depth and lighting on this are totally perfect! i think you handled this very well for hand held, and from now on, let them wait a few min for you to set up tripod! like where would they go anyway? :) beautiful shot, one you should be very proud of
Lucindawind, 5 months ago

gorgeous view!!
kim Davitt, 5 months ago

What a view

this is stunning

what a memory to treasure
Robin Brown, 5 months ago

Put it this way Ding! its one of those life time shots few of us ever make it to the top of a mountain & even fewer of us take a shot of such beauty. You have every reason to be proud of this shot. The only sad bit was forgetting to remove that crisp packet on the third peak to the left before you took the shot. Golden Wonder kinda spoils the overall effect. Now if it had been walkers!!! By teh way, Ken Hearn, my father inlaw has a shot of Knoydart in his RB portfolio but its from the bottom end.
Your an all action lady Ding, maybe you should write a book; bet that would sell & what better way to max the use of your images.
XX
Rhonda Thomassen, 3 months ago

breathtaking view!
LoisBryan, 19 days ago

Maggie, my girl, it’s magnificent!!!!!!! My most hearty congratulations on this amazing adventure and upon this capture!!!!!! You are MORE than justified in your pride!!!
FelicityB, 18 days ago

OMG I’m terrified of heights! What a result though – well done to you!