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The Reeks Ridge - Your Thoughts?

Forum: General Trailtrekker 12 hours ago
With 31 County Tops done, including Galtymore and the Lug and Mount Brandon also bagged, I have one big walk scheduled for this Saturday! The original idea was to do all the eleven 900+ peaks in t...

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Track 2237 Onzy 22 hours ago
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Bunclody Hillwalking Day

Forum: General simon3 3 days ago
On the Saturday of Bunclody’s Gathering Week (July27), some walks are being organised in the Blackstairs Mountains, which act as a beautiful backdrop to the town. From these hills on a clear day...

The Calf: Howgill Fells, Yorkshire Dales

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: brenno 2 days ago
The Howgill Fells in north west Yorkshire are undiscovered gems and the Calf at 676m is the highest point. Lovely walking country - no heather, no peat hags, most of the mountains are covered by ...

Branstree: Circle marks the spot

Summit Comment Geansai a day ago
For a 700M hill its relatively easy to reach in an hour from Mardale car park at the far end of Haweswater, following first a track up to Gatescarth pass and turning left to follow the fence to re...

Cnoc na dTarbh: Heathery boulder topped peak at the SE corner of the Reeks.

Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 2 days ago
This a summit whose highest point is one a number of large boulders. In their immediate vicinity there are fine views of Purple Mountain, much of the Reeks and from east of here are views into th...

The Gossan Stones

Track 2212 amadain17 5 days ago
Walk details on my site: http://rathdrumwalkers.wordpress.co walk, Length:6.4km, Climb: 152m, Area: Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland)

Lugnabrick NE Top: Fine views

Summit Comment paddyhillsbagger 3 days ago
Ended a circular walk on this top which started on Ben Beg leaving car near L963 569 after asking local farmer. There are great views all around the 5 tops taken in on this circuit and Lugnabrick ...

Access to the Countryside Bill

Forum: General CaptainVertigo 5 days ago
Take a look at the Bill (or at least the Explanatory Memorandum) at http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/bills28/bills/2013/6013/b6013d.pdf

Birreencorragh South Top: Ascent from near Loughanawillan Loughs

Summit Comment bsheils 3 days ago
Commenced ascent on a fine summer's day (12/06/2013) along forest entrance (G 054 011) close to Loughanawillan Loughs (north of Cloondaff village) and I proceeded on forest tracks to a turning are...
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Stumpa Bharr na hAbhann Mountain (Ir. Stumpa Bharr na hAbhann [OSI 1:25,000*] , 'stump of the top of
the river') Kerry County In Vandeleur-Lynam List

Height: 852.1m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 78 Grid Reference: V79714 85810 This summit has been logged as climbed by 173 members
I have climbed this summit: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.)

Longitude: -9.752633, Latitude: 52.011785 Prominence: 23m,   Isolation: 0.5km
ITM: 479690 585869,   GPS IDs, 6 char: StmpBh, 10 char: StmpBhrnhA

Also known as Stuaic Bharr na hAbhann (TH).   Stumpa Bharr na hAbhann is the 18th highest summit in Ireland.
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by Bleck Cra  18 Aug 2004 Stumpa Barr na hAbhann - who? And thus a pleasure to bring a sunny smile to this strange girl's face when I alighted on her shoulder. 20 years ago, I enquired at the Climber's Inn in Glencar if anyone went up “there” - being the Reeks and was told with inevitable Kerry sarcasm that some did but not all returned. And so last week on the pretext of Puck, I encouraged Girl Friday to the Peninsula. When she was still suffering from being Girl Tuesday Night, I slunk off for a look. Conditions were Kerry Grade 7; access other than the main Toohil track was unclear and time was (more Puck pressing) of the essence - so the nearest at a 4pm kick-off into black, unknown territory was good.
Enter Stumpa. Soaked to the skin getting the gear on; access from Lough a Chuis; venture into half tracks, sheep runs, heather and impenetrable contours. An awkward pull up to her calf, meet the Toohil “motorway” at a concrete-plugged waterfall and a tough ascent into shattered sedimentary bits. Hello - clear skies and scorchio heat. The summit is reached, then reached, then reached again. For the Reek virgin, the panorama of the choire from Her Stumpiness is only mindblowing. The ridge is magnificent at every point, some of which are positively scary.
A fist of impenetrable blackness sat behind the Carn and slowly opening fingers, reached out to me - home James. Given the griplessness threatening the access route, I descended over her brow instead. More heather, more outcrops, but dry. Back at the car and Fingers the Fog Finagler opened his rain-filled palm and re-drenched me in an instant.
I’ll be back to do the ridge, when it’s cool, clear, cloud-free and grippy. Must put that in the diary for another 20 years.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Stumpa Bharr na hAbhann in area MacGillycuddy
Picture: 'Stumpa' (right) from Caher West Top spur		  
by eflanaga  18 Jul 2006 From Knockbrinnea West Top IV 80778 85815 (Point A) I made for the ridge between Beenkeeragh and my target keeping as much height as possible by making for an area on the map named as Glóras IV 80239 85603 (Point B). This stretch is again over fairly grassy ground a respite from the rocky conditions present for most of the Coumloughra Horseshoe, although as you near the top of the ridge the ground does become rockier. From the top of the ridge there is a short climb over rocky ground to Stuaic’s summit IV 79631 85858 (Point C). The views are again excellent none more so than down into the coum and across to the Caher’s and the ridge running towards Carrauntoohill. Here I could make out three walkers ready to make their ascent on the highest peak. The precipitous nature of the walls of the coum were readily apparent from this vantage point. The end of the ‘climbing’ part of the walk is clear to the NW and west to Skregmore and Cnoc Iochtair respectively. Two more drops and two climbs would bring me to the final summit of the day. (See Skregmore for next stage)
Point A: V80778 85815 Point B: V80239 85603 Point C: V79631 85858
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by milo  29 Jul 2002 I doubt anyone ever climbed this except as a waypoint to Beenkeeragh. Skregmore is a better vantage point for viewing Coomloughra.
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by walker_hollick  19 Jun 2005 This is another one where the height appears on OS 78 but the name is absent. In fact I thought
this was Skregmore when I climbed it as it is higher than point 848. Anyway the view from the
top today was magnificent, and there was no particular difficulty in climbing it.
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Stumpa Bharr na hAbhann in area MacGillycuddy
by josvanderlinden  1 Nov 2009 View towards the Beenkeeragh. Bogs and grass that is very welkcome after a 'rocky' hike on the ridge.
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