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CaptainVertigo
2012-05-17 00:28:35
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Paul Henry Sell Off
Regular readers will be familiar with my denunciations of the entire mountain oeuvre of Paul Henry deceased, late of Achill Island. Predictably enough nervous collectors have been shedding their Henrys ever since my comments were widely reported. Not for the first time have I caused a "run" in the market. But there you are: I use my powers sparingly and with terrible effect.
PHenry was a Belfast born artist, the son of an evangelical clergyperson. He apparently suffered a "strict upbringing" leaving him fit for painting and nothing else . He trained in London and Paris and learned how to use "tone over colour". I'm not sure what that means except that his work appears washed out and flat. Let's be honest. He deliberately exaggerated the height of the sky so as to make mountains apppear comparatively small. He was a mountain hater: be in no doubt about that.
In my youth I was blessed with fiery red hair and front teeth that were slightly too large for my then unformed mouth. My cunning parents introduced me to the John Hinde organisation where I became something of a star (in the company of a certain ginger girl who subsequently became editor of "The Sun"). Together Rebekah and I walked the valleys of our western seaboard with our asses faithfully in tow. How John Hinde irradiated the postcards of the 40s, 50s and 60s. What vibrancy! An unashamedly deep blue sky. Throbbingly purple mountains. And our hair. Profoundly, extravagantly, carotine red. John Hinde:now there was an artist! |
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Forum: General
A Cloon Horseshoe "mini Scavvy"? |
Conor74 an hour 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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Forum: Suggestions
Re Main Area Display, logging |
simon3 8 hours 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 22 hours 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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Forum: General
whats that about sex |
kevin carroll a day ago.
Welcome back Bleck Craw, this forum has'nt been the same without you. While we sometimes differed on certain subjects( which I wont mention), your contributions were always entertaining if sometim... |
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Summit Summary
Cronamuck: Granite knob at the end of a ridge. |
 Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 23 hours 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
Hill Runner |
roberto a day ago.
Walking along the Wicklow Way today at the section that leads down to the Dargle River, steep enough section. I met a hill runner running up this part and at the same time he was having a conversa... |
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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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Track
Circuit of the Three Aghlas |
Onzy 3 days ago.
Route takes in Aghla More, Aghla Beg South and Aghla Beg, be walk, Length:9.1km, Climb: 669m, Area: Aghla More, Donegal NW (Ireland) Aghla More, Aghl |
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