Lord Berkeley's Seat - An Teallach
So far this winter I'd had some good days out with generally good weather and decent conditions, but the fleeting nature so common in our winters had meant that my activity had been restricted to venues which hold predictable conditions. When Doug suggested we take a punt on An Teallach I was sold. Traverse aside, I'd never climbed on what many consider to be Scotland's finest mountain. I set off from Braemar not long after the call and pulled into the layby at Corriehallie at around 2230. Lord Berkeley's Seat with us on pitch 3 (Photo Dave Kerr) By 0600 we were heading up through the rhododendron jungle aiming for Toll an Lochain. There was a rough path, after which we followed a streamline before avoiding a gorge and finally skirting round into the eastern flank of the massive corrie. At one point we caught sight of some headtorches behind us. With dawn, the impressiveness of our surroundings became apparent, the many towers and pinnacles sporting steep faces and culm
