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Buggbairn
18th of January 2006 (Wed), 14:07
I plan on Hiking up this mountain when the weather will gaurantee me views from the top.

At the foot of this mountain is Loch Rannoch where I camped for the night with friends :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v344/weejoe/lochRannoch.jpg
johngraham2002
18th of January 2006 (Wed), 14:12
im sure you will have fun thats one on my list that i climbed a few years ago
Buggbairn
18th of January 2006 (Wed), 14:42
im sure youl have fun thats one on my list that i climbed a few years ago

Watch this space !! ;)
JackieS
18th of January 2006 (Wed), 14:57
Beautiful mountain. All around there is great for photography. May and June are about the best months I think. Roads are not so busy so you get more chances to stop if you turn a corner and see a perfect shot in front of you.

Thank you for sharing
rudgej
18th of January 2006 (Wed), 15:09
I've climbed that one too a few years back. More interestingly though, did you know that in 1774, Nevil Maskelyne spent all summer measuring the mountain with a bunch of surveyors. Charles Hutton then analysed the data, and noticed that he could make more sense if he connected lines through equal heights - and so contour lines were invented. He then used the data to extrapolate the mass of the earth, and from this deduced the weight of all the other planets (and the sun) in the solar system! :cool:
Buggbairn
18th of January 2006 (Wed), 15:18
I've climbed that one too a few years back. More interestingly though, did you know that in 1774, Nevil Maskelyne spent all summer measuring the mountain with a bunch of surveyors. Charles Hutton then analysed the data, and noticed that he could make more sense if he connected lines through equal heights - and so contour lines were invented. He then used the data to extrapolate the mass of the earth, and from this deduced the weight of all the other planets (and the sun) in the solar system! :cool:

Lol

It is one of those almost symetrical mountains you see scattered over Scotland.

I would never have imagined it being used as a measuring device though. :)
rudgej
18th of January 2006 (Wed), 15:22
I think that was because Schiehallion is so symmetrical that it was chosen as the hill to measure when they were trying to work out the mass of the earth. ;)
cbass
18th of January 2006 (Wed), 20:48
Beautiful mountain. I love that area. I've been there just once but I hope I can make it back in the future sometime.