It is getting dark about 3:45 now and I was getting tired of eating dinner and "turning in" for the night at 5:00 pm. I talked Aoum into a night climb of Clachnaben. It is only 25 km drive, so it was easy to get to. The temperature was -2 c and I wasn't sure the road would be passable, but it wasn't too bad. The drive up looked like a winter wonderland. The trees were all heavy with snow from yesterday and low temps today. We donned our headlamps and started up from the car about 5:15 pm. It was DARK but the lamps were great. We never saw the ground as every step was into (sometimes deep) snow. The wind seemed dead calm until we got to the top where it was blowing snow at 25 mph. We tried to find a sheltered spot to sit and have a bite but the wind was swirling and we decided to just head down. It was slick coming down and we both had trouble keeping our feet under us even on flat ground. We got back to the car at 8:00 and were happy with our speed.
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