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Lochaber-based running guide Keri Wallace recently fulfilled a long-held ambition to complete Tranter's Round in winter, in the process setting a new women's winter record of 21 hours and 5 minutes. "I honestly had no idea it would take me three years of frustration to find a window that worked" she tells us, in this account of a dream mountain run on which the finishing time came very much second to the overall quality of the experience.

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Super impressive Keri! And those stunning pics almost make me want to try one (no chance - I'd need two full days...)

My last visit to the top of Carn Mor Dearg coincided with a guy just coming off the Ben & CMD Arete doing the Tranter Round in microspikes and heavy duty trainers. But it was amazing conditions with firm snow and very settled cold weather. We actually chatted for about 5 minutes which was generous of him considering he was up against the clock.

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Cracking photo Sean!

Ballachulish is blessed with a few heros! Well done Keri! 

Thanks for your nice comment. A 9 image stitch. Final photograph is a 1.3 gb file, 96 inches wide. I had it printed to 48 inches converted to B&W.