On Wednesday 30th June a group of 4 Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Oban - Jack Tollan, Ciorsti Baxter, Alan Hoar & Graham Innes - undertook a sponsored hill climb of the famous Dalmally Horseshoe, which is part of the Cruachan group of hills near Oban, with the route passing over Stob Daimh, one of the 2 Munros on Cruachan, and also 2 Munro Tops - Sron an Isean & Stob Garbh. All 3 peaks are over 3000 feet in height.
On the summit of Stob Daimh On the summit of Stob Daimh
The day started in lovely good warm summery weather, with some light cloud (which prevented the group getting too sun-burnt), and good progress was made up the steep south-east ridge of Sron an Isean. On reaching this first summit, some hill mist closed in which slightly spoilt the views but the group successfully managed to reach the summits of all 3 peaks including the Munro - Stob Daimh.
On the way up to the ridge - Sron an Isean
Below the mist on the high summits the views improved dramatically on the descent down the east ridge of Stob Garbh and the intrepid climbers made it safely back to the start of the walk having spent just over 7 hours on the hill.
Looking back down the ridge - Sron an Isean Looking down the ridge - Stob Garbh
Sponsorship of over £800 will have been raised as a result of the climb and all sums raised will be donated by the club to Water Aid, a charity which has benefitted from the the sponsored climbs over the years.
One of the regular participants in these Hill climbs, Roger Parry, was unable to join the other Rotarians on the day but he, and other members of his family, did the same climb a few days earlier and raised sponsorship as well.
This was the 23rd time Rotarians from the Oban Club had undertaken an annual sponsored hill climb, climbing over 36 Munros & Corbetts (with Graham being an ever present on all these climbs). As a result thousands of pounds have been raised for various charities and good causes including Water Aid.
