Same applies for Colorado Springs:-)

Yea - but you don't have to start walking from sea level:-P Well, I presume not. I would be pretty damned impressed if you did walk from the sea:-)

I wouldn't saw Ben Nevis was bleak, topsie - Remote yes, but quite friendle I thought. Try some of the Pennine tops like Kinder or Black Hill for bleakness. Only half the height of Ben N. but a bugger to cross! Would even take a whistle up there:-)

Cheers

DeG