The GWC Torridon Project 2010 was now at an end and we were heading back to Edinburgh. Seeing as though it was my first time leading a Project, I couldn't be any happier with how it had gone.
After arriving in winter-like conditions we had been truly blessed by the weather over the past couple of weeks. We had managed to sucessfully 'bag' a total of 5 Munros; including Beinn Alligin, Beinn Eighe and Sgorr Ruadh - a fine tick list indeed. Looking back at the days on the hill, I was very happy with the order in which we attempted the Torridon giants and the kids coped well with the progression of difficulty - the day we had on Beinn Eighe will certainly be in my thoughts for a long time: it was truly magical.
The Loch Maree exped was a great success and it was amazing that we were able to give the group that kind of experience - something that they won't be forgetting in a hurry. But I wondered if it would have been a completely different story had the weather been poor - a plan B needed perhaps?
I would have liked to have given the kids more opportunity to experience more rock climbing. On reflection, Beginners Slabs worked really well as an intro and Grass Crag was just too difficult for the group. All good thoughts to take in for next year.
A great deal of the success was down to a great team of staff in James, Laurie and Margot; I can't thank them enough for all the help and support they gave me throughout the trip and really helped to take some of the pressure off. The kids had also been an excellent bunch - they really embraced the true spirit of GWC Projects.
Considering a lot of the planning was quite last minute due to being stranded in South Africa, I was elated with how successful the trip had been and couldn't wait for next year!
