Mark Lyons and his new wife Victoria decided they wanted to celebrate their nuptials in a rather unconventional way.
Back in 2018, the couple, who met in 2010, had a blast abseiling on the Inaccessible Pinnacle on the Isle of Skye in the Highlands.
The rock formation, which is considered the ‘holy grail’ for climbers, is the hardest of the Munro Mountains to climb and the only one that requires abseiling.
They went on to get engaged in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, in March this year, and tied the knot on July 17, in an elopement ceremony on Glen Brittle beach just below The Cuillin, a mountain range, also on Skye.
But rather than spending their first day as a married couple drinking champagne in bed and looking at photos, they decided to head back to the Inaccessible Pinnacle (or the Inn Pin) a second time – with their wedding photographer in tow.
Mark and Victoria hiked 3,000 feet up the Sgurr Dearg Munro carrying their wedding outfits, before getting changed below the Inaccessible Pinnacle.
From there, they made the rest of the climb in their full wedding gear – a suit for Mark and wedding dress for Victoria – and helmets too, of course.
After achieving the impressive feat, they then flew to Portugal to spend their honeymoon in a campervan.
Mark, from the Scottish Borders, said: ‘We were married in Glen Brittle, and due to our special memories of the original climb we decided to revisit in our wedding attire the following day.
‘We hiked and scrambled for over two hours carrying a heavy load of climbing equipment, ropes, a wedding dress, and a suit up the side of the mountain.
‘The mountain climb was spectacular, the mountain held us and gave us an amazing show all the way to the top.’
And the newlyweds’ antics drew a bit of a crowd too.
‘On the Inaccessible Pinnacle, there were a handful of fellow climbers, one of whom took the photo that started all the interest,’ says Mark.
‘The love and all the congratulations that came with this is beautiful, and we thank everyone for their best wishes.’
Even though they had a great time, Mark said they wouldn’t repeat the climb dressed to impress again
He added: ‘The wedding dress and suit held up well until we had an impromptu swim in the loch sat in Coire Lagan on the walk out.
‘The climb would never have happened if we weren’t perfectly happy we could do it safely in the conditions that were given and our use of the necessary safety equipment carried.
‘We would climb the Inn Pin again but will never repeat it dressed up.
‘Naked maybe?’
Sounds like a great way to mark the first anniversary…
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