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….....
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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
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Crespuscular
Some view! Well done!
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HELUA
The view is really worth working for!!! Great shot and thanks for the story behind !!!
Jodie Elchah
This is breath takingly beautiful..Jodie
mlgkats
nice capture and what a view
Tom Gomez
Wonderful view Maggie
Susan King
awesome work
well done you. Thanks for story
Sensiworld
What a view !
Richard Veal
Beautiful view and capture dinger.
Sean Farragher
brilliant image
Clive King
Superb effort walk-wise. Stunning shot.
dinghysailor1 replied
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!!
Franmacimages
AWESOME Honey gon yurself xx Brill!
Mary Campbell
Lovely walk about you took… thanks for sharing the scenery.
hcroft
Maggie this is brilliant very well done
speak soon Heather
Peter Hill
I’m officially impressed.
Craig Maguire
Me too
Beast of a walk, :)
funkyfacestudio
Stunning view, It’s a beautiful photograph !
JLDunn
Right on d! They look terrific. Kudos to you, and Ms 74 Years Young!
ByrneFoto
Stunning Ding, great memory of a great climb!
Mar Silva
What a breath taking view. Really beautiful composition.
reflector
A stunning view and one very determined photographer ! A great story on the side there too – you are very brave !
phoggy
It certainly looks like it was worth all that effort, it’s spectacular !!!
Lucky for you it wasn’t that windy.
Damien Taylor
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
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
Impressive views and impressed with you, well done on getting up there and taking a great shot, well done….
PigleT
Wahey. Nothing so cool as snow in June :)
Andy Harris
spectacular…. super shot!
dinghysailor1
thanks soo much all ! I don’t usually do this but hey this view is so worth posting large!! ENJOY!
Tainia Finlay
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
Wow this is a stunning view, well worth posting Dingy.
brian pendrey
brilliant landscape shot ding awesome
debsphotos
My gooness Maggie…good on you!!! Heart beat ridge alright…mines still racing!!! Wonderful views….scary as hell heights!! LOL….*-)
Christopher E...
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
gorgeous view!!
Kimberley Davitt
What a view
this is stunning
what a memory to treasure
Robin Brown
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
breathtaking view!
Lois Bryan
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
OMG I’m terrified of heights! What a result though – well done to you!