Ben Nevis, Fort William

A very difficult climb, the weather started out in and out of light rain and as I got closer to the summit the rain was light but continuous, the path starts out fairly nice and even but the higher up you go the path is very rocky so you need to be very careful, even the descent was just as tricky as the ascent. I've climbed Scafell Pike and Snowdon before, the higher up you go the path is exactly like scafell pike just pure rock and the path at the start is a lot like Snowdon's Llanberis path just nice and even. The day of my climb was Monday 22nd August 2022 and completed in just under 3 hours, there is a little shelter hut at the summit which you can take cover in really bad weather, I took that opportunity as a chance to have a change of clothes as I was wearing shorts so gave myself a chance to dry off. I had fairly nice and clear views up to around the 700m point but then it was pure cloud

Beautiful scenery. The trail is all small boulders on this route and it’s very long so not great for the knees. If I did get a chance to do it again I would do a different route. Friendly people all along the way and very busy. Leaving early is a good idea. I did this one in about 5 hrs.