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Date of Incident

05/11/2024

Country

Scotland

Area

Schiehallion

Route

Activity

Winter walking

When

Descending

Injury

No injury

Incident

Climbed Schiehallion, it was my first Munro and I only decided that morning that I was going to climb it. The ascent was easy and the path was fairly clear but whilst at the top clouds came over. I was disorientated and couldn’t remember the way I’d come up. I ended up scrambling down the boulder face with my dog. Neither of us equipped to do so. I had no idea if I was coming down the right side or not, I just wanted to be off the hill face. I had no phone signal, no compass and evidently no brain cells.

Lessons

I’ve since been on a navigation course. It helped improve my skills and my confidence on the hills but I definitely err more on the side of caution when it comes to the weather now

Causes

Navigation Error

Anonymous?

Yes

Reported By

Participant

Wearing Helmets?

Rescue Services Involved?

Near miss - didn’t call mountain rescue but did consider it

Author

26 March 2026 at 09:08:55

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