On the afternoon of 28th July 2023 there was a weather window allowing me to activate [GM/CS-001 (Ben Lawers)], [GM/CS-004 (Meall Garbh)] and [GM/CS-026 (Meall Greigh)]. These three activations mean I have completed all of the 10 point, 8 point and 6 point summits in Scotland. I am unsure if this has been achieved previously?
The reason these were my final Scottish ones was that fellow activator MM0DHY (Adrian) and I had planned to activate the six summits around Ben Lawers during winter to add 18 winter bonus points to the 46 standard points, a total of 64 points in one day. Perhaps doing the round on skis. However, global warming, grey hair factor and life just got in the way.
This total includes all of the Munros. Scottish hills over 3,000 feet (914 metres) first listed by Sir Hugh Munro, but only some of the Corbettās, hills between 2500 and 3000 feet, listed by John Rooke Corbett. I have few more of them to still activate.
Thanks to all of the many international and local chasers who have helped me to reach this milestone and I hope to speak with you again from many of the Scottish 4 pointers I still need to climb.
Congratulations Colwyn, a nice private challenge that none of us knew about. I imagine you are the first to achieve this feat. I wish you well with your 4 point challenge. When you finish off the 4s donāt forget those blooming awkward one and two pointers in Dumfries and Galloway as well hihi!
that is quite an achievement, very well done! I had thought you activated all the Munros some time ago, shame you didnt manage the winter Lawers circuit with Adrian.
Next challenge? All the SS or CS summits!
Nice to chat on Saturday, hope it stayed dry for you.
Many congratulations Colwyn, an awesome achievement. I know we have had a few (very few) s2s on the way and was pleased to think I had assisted by talking to you during our recent Sottish trip in May - but then I looked at my s2s record and found that I only (?) gained 4 points when talking to you on GM/NS-040 Beinn Airigh Charr from GM/ES-021 Ben Rinnes. This meant that I hadnāt, after all, assisted in the completion of the 10, 8 and 6 pointers as this was only aā lowlyā 4 pointer - but presumably it helps in your next challenge to complete all the 4 pointers in Scotland. My main memory from that quick contact was my surprise (and annoyance!!??) that when we QSYd to 70cm for another contact someone else (shock horror) jumped in beforehand and I had to wait for that conversation to finish before I could get in. This is a pretty rare occurence even down in England but a āhenās teethā up in Scotland. Just looked at your log and see that the āinterloperā was GM0LZE up in Stornoway - no wonder I couldnāt hear him!! A shame you couldnāt rustle up 2 more 70cm contacts to qualify it but obviously HF was a safer bet!
Just looked in more detail at your log for 2023 - 569 points with 10 pointers all over the place (literally). Iām exhausted just reading it!! Keep up the good work and i look forward to congratulating you on the forthcoming ācomplete 4 pointers in Scotlandā that you are now working on. How many are there - and how many have you already done?? Best of luck
Viki M6BWA
the successful s2s on GM/NS-020 was my second attempt to activate the peak after a failure a few years ago. In fact 4 years ago on 13th August 2018. I recall it was wet and very late in the day and the lack of replies prompted me to abandon the attempt while there was enough light to find the footpath. However, I was also on the summit on the first activation by Adrian (MM0DHY) on the 8th May 2010, but I didnāt have a radio licence in those days!
I agree that 70cms contacts are pretty rare in Scotland but I am always willing to try if asked, so maybe I should try calling on 70cms more often. Japan is the place for 70cm contacts!
I have no idea how many 4 pointers there are or how many I still have to activate. It has become a target by default because I choose to only activate each summit once!