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Rum Cuillin - April 2011
Traverse of the Rum Cuillin courtesy of the royal wedding

 Rum from the ferry  Eigg and Rum from the ferry  Skye from the ferry  Skye  Knoydart sunrise from the campsite  Handy map at the start of the walk  First glimpse of skye from Coire Dubh  Skye  Walking up Coire Dubh  Hallival  Skye  Askival from Hallival, Ainshval on the right  Askival  Goats   Ainshval and Trollaval  Approach to Askival, backed off the arete due to high winds and route finding issues  Ainshval and Trollavall  Ainshval from descent of Askival  Trollavall  Ainshval  Trollavall  Ainshval  Trollavall summit  Skye  Mike on Trollavall  Trollavall summit  Trollavall summit  Trollavall summit  Pellets on trollaval  Descent of Trollavall  Ainshaval  Looking back to Hallvall and Askival  Past the main buttress on Ainshval, summit awaits  Looking back to Skye, Hallival on the right  Fire on the mainland  Hallival and Askival  Fire on the mainland and Eigg  Ainshval summit  Ainshval (left)  Smoke getting bigger  Sgurr nan Gillean summit with smoke approaching!  Walkers descending Sgurr nan Gillean  Sgurr nan Gillean  Mike descending Sgurr nan Gillean  Approaching Ruinsival  Ainshval  Orval  Crazy rock patterns  Smoke still approaching  More crazy rock patterns  Rum Cuillin from Glen Harris  Deer with Ruinsval behind  Deer  Mausoleum at Harris  Rum Cuillin from Harris  Rum Cuillin from the walk out  Loch an Dornabac  Rum from the ferry out  Sundog (Left on the horizon)   Sundog above point of sleat