My guide suggested we go up to the Forcan Ridge which I had mixed feelings about - the route itself would be great in Winter and I was looking forward to a descent down the "bad step". However, it was quite a long drive for me - not so much for the guide though, as he lived on Skye....
We met at the side of the road. Fairly quickly the guide came across as not being particularly sociable. We set off at a steady pace, bit too steady maybe, I actually felt like I was faster (fitter!?) than the guide, who continued to be fairly unchatty.
The route didn't seem to flow that well. The guide didn't seem that concerned with how much fun I was having and it felt a bit like being dragged up. The abseil down the bad step could have been fun, but again, felt rushed and the guide seemed unnecessarily impatient. The weather wasn't particularly friendly either.
The guide actually seemed more bothered about talking to some people we met at the summit while we were grabbing some lunch. His main comment to me was to mock my Monster Munch as "the most unsuitable mountain food I've ever seen". They were good though...
On the walk out I felt decidedly slowed down by the guide, I actually thought that he was probably in pain and would be cancelling me tomorrow.
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