Isle of Skye Camping Part 2

At about 8am the next morning we got ready to go hiking up the 900 meter mountain that was nearby. We started off with warm clothes on since it was a bit chilly. However, 30 min into the hike I had to remove all of the warm layers as I was roasting! It was clear out and started to warm up quite a bit. We began our ascent up the trail and walked by a large waterfall and a nice little stream. We continued up the trail and as we got closer to the top, the trail disappeared and we had to climb over large boulders and very loose rock. After a couple of hours, we finally reached the top and you could see the entire island from the top. There was a group of climbers at the top as well that were preparing to climb "Inaccessible Pinnacle" or "Inn Pin" as the Scots call it. There were still some patches of snow at the top and we were so hot that we decided to make a slushy out of our energy drinks we brought up to the top with us, and they were really good! After relaxing on the mountain ridge for about 20 min, we began our descent. It was an easy descent until we got to the part where the trail disappeared and turned into a giant hill of loose gravel. My buddy ran down the hill and I have know idea how he did because it took me about 40 min longer than him to get down. I literally went "surfing" down the gravel and fell on my bum several dozen times. We finally got to the bottom and headed back to the camp site. After packing the tent and car, we drove to Talisker Whiskey distillery. I got a whiskey blending glass as a souvenir. We then drove back to the Fairy Pools because my buddy wanted to go swimming under the underwater rock arch that we saw. We got to the Fairy Pool parking lot and began walking the trail to the pools and there was a large group of people in wet suits jumping into the pools. He finally jumped in and swam under the arch. It was pretty cool! I got some amazing photos of him swimming under the arch. I did not go in this time around as I knew how painfully cold it was from the previous day. We walked back to the car and headed back to mainland Scotland and ate at a pub near Eilean Donan for fish and chips to end an amazing trip. After a weekend full of sun and clear skies (I even got a sun burn!) we drove into Glasgow and it was pouring rain! Apparently it had been raining the entire weekend in Glasgow/Edinburgh and we were enjoying the sun. So that sums up my epic camping trip to Isle of Skye and the crazy things that happened. Hope you enjoyed reading all of that. I will post pictures of the trip in the next couple of days. Talk to you all soon!