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WildernessFit
2012-04-26 14:50:45
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Mountain Skills 1 course 9th-10th June
Hi everyone,
We have just added additional date- 9-10th June.
This 2 day course is recognised by BOS(Bord Oiliúint Sléibhe, which is the Irish Mountain Training Board).No longer will you get lost while out with your local hillwalking club or social walking group.This course is designed to give you the skills and confidence to navigate correctly and keep safe in the great outdoors.Whether you wish to do this course for your own personal enjoyment and knowledge, lead a walking group or a step towards a Walking Guide Qualification this is the course for you..
The Course is run by a qualified and recognised BOS Instructor Emily Mc Cullagh who is an excellent instructor and also numerous years experience on the hills herself.
This course will take place in the Wicklow Mountains over 2 days. Giving you the chance to put all the theory you will have gained into practice.
The course will take place in the Glenmalure area of Wicklow both in a classroom and the outdoors.
The Mountain Skills Part I Course Includes:
MS1: During this weekend you will learn about map-reading and navigation techniques, recognition of natural features, distance measurement and timing of walks.
Mountain hazards are also covered, as is personal equipment such as correct clothing and emergency equipment.
You can register here:
http://wildernessfitness.ie/component/jevents/icalrepeat.detail/2012/06/09/56/3/mountain-skills-course-1.html |
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Summit Comment
Soarns Hill: Forested summit |
slemish an hour ago.
Getting to the summit of Soarns Hill is difficult and the extensive forestry means that views are severely limited. But as it qualifies under MV prominence rules, off I went to climb it. I parked ... |
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Summit Comment
Soarns Hill: Local summit visit |
Harry Goodman an hour ago.
Climbed Soarns Hill to-day as one of the 100 listed hills nearest to my home. I used three5four0's very helpful route description. The following additional information may be useful. The second... |
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Forum: General
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BleckCra 13 hours ago.
Thank you kevin carroll. If I can put a smile on that contrary face, the Matterhorn should be a cakewalk. |
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Forum: Suggestions
Re Main Area Display, logging |
simon3 a day ago.
The suggestion is that the list of summits for a mountain area obtained by asking for More Detail for the mountain area show whether or not the summit has been climbed. This has now been implement... |
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Summit Summary
Meenanea: Bump on ridge with good views. |
 Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 a day ago.
Meenanea is a summit of low prominence on the ridge from Cronamuck to Croaghbarnes.
It is most likely that it will be reached as part of a traverse along this ridge.
It has excellent views towa... |
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Summit Summary
Cronamuck: Granite knob at the end of a ridge. |
 Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 a day ago.
This summit can be reached using the ridge extending NE from Croaghbarnes and there are suggestions it could be reached from Commeen to the north on the R253.
Cronamuck has views over towards Gau... |
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Forum: General
A Cloon Horseshoe "mini Scavvy"? |
Conor74 17 hours ago.
Think none of the Scavvies so far have tackled the Dunkerrons, and the Cloon Horseshoe at its heart - Mullaghanattin, Beann, Finnararagh and then moving all the way on to Knocknagantee and swingin... |
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Track
Walks Around Port 2 |
gerrym 3 days ago.
http://youtu.be/jq7O1tarPuQ
A second walk starting and fini walk, Length:17.0km, Climb: 578m, Area: Donegal SW (Ireland) |
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Summit Comment
Agnew's Hill: Shapely scarply Sallagh Braes |
simon3 a week ago.
North of the summit and over a road is the 2km long arc of Sallagh Braes, a spectacular semicircle of a valley where the higher ground to the west (left) falls away towards the sea.
This pictur... |
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