V8 webmaster away on the hills

V8 webmaster will be away on the hills in Scotland for four weeks from Wednesday 11th April walking on the mountains in the Ullapool area. So if you want to place an advert please send details by Tuesday 10th April . The V8 Shop will close from Tuesday evening until 15th May 2007. Small bottle of single malt to the first person who can identify the ridge in this photo. (9.4.07) The photo was taken by Victor Smith in May 2006 from Carn Mor Dearg (1,220m) on an exceptionally fine day. The long ridge ahead is the CMD Arête which leads, just by the snow on the right of the photo, up a steep section on snow to the domed top of Ben Nevis (1,344m). The Ben Nevis plateau is usually covered in deep snow and for 150 to 250m back west off the top towards the popular route down. Beyond are the mountains of the Mamores the other side of Glen Nevis. In the bottom right hand corner is the corrie below the North Face of the Ben which is just out of the picture on the right. Even in June, July or August conditions for this route can be very difficult, often in cloud with wind and rain or even snow, so this photo records an exceptional day. Sadly no member was able to identify the ridge. (17.6.07) Conditions on a day in late April 2007 were very similar and provided an opportunity to guide a friend up the CMD Arête route. A set of photos in PDF format show the route in more detail. The file size is 1.5MB. More