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2013-05-26 18:35:49

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STANDS WITH A FIST

A walking companion of mine, after a strenuous day in the Mournes complained about the final short ascent from the Brandy Pad track beneath Commedagh up on to the Saddle.
Well he won't ever have to do it again because the white bags of rocks, untimely ripped from somewhere else have been landed on the track.
We can expect fairy steps and painted handrails soon, wee powdered pink girls in pigtails and their fat, loud parents in tow.

It was never to do with ticking off summits; never to do with the mountain. It was always about Cowboys and Indians.
Soon in the Mourne Mountains there will be no Cowboys and Indians because there will be no place for them to hide; no crossing the Amazon because there will be a bridge; no scaling the Heights of Abraham because someone will have put steps in.

The magic of the Mourne Mountains is being dug, hammered and concreted out.
So they become a "resource", an "amenity" to be spoken of in the same breath as community centres - or the dump.
It must be what we want because it is what we have got.

"So Tonto, with your shell-like stuck in the builder's sand, what do you hear?"
"Palefaces Kemo Sabe - a thousand palefaces coming this way."
"When my faithful friend?"
"Every Saturday."

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Track
Croghan Kinsella

jgfitz

10 hours ago.
This is a variation on track #3938, so I will avoid repeating the comments made there, with which I fully agree. This... walk, Len: 11.4km, Climb: 412m, Area: Croghan Kinsella, Dublin/Wicklow (Irelan

Track
Knocknalougha South Top

Onzy

12 hours ago.
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Track
12 (Listed) Bens - Revisited

GSheehy

2 days ago.
I was drawn back by the lure of completing the 2002 - 12 Bens Challenge route. I got the details from John J. Cotter w... walk, Len: 29.1km, Climb: 2598m, Area: Benglenisky, Twelve Bens (Ireland) Ben

Forum: General
Re: Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon

Peter Walker Starts in new browser window.

a day ago.
Hi daithi07The 'what's left to do in Ireland' article currently lives largely in my head rather than anywhere more tangible. It will see the light of day at some point in the next few months. I am...

Track
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Onzy

a week ago.
walk, Len: 8.3km, Climb: 237m, Area: Greece, Thessaly ()

Track
Greece, Pelion Peninsula: Affisos to Afetes return (2)

Onzy

a week ago.
walk, Len: 9.7km, Climb: 458m, Area: Greece, Thessaly ()

Summit Comment
Big Collin: Permission required?

StephenMullin Starts in new browser window.

a week ago.
Hi thereCan anybody tell me if permission is required to walk up Big Collin? If so, how does one go about obtaining this?Many thanks!

Summit Summary
Anglesey Mountain: Great Carlingford views from a so-so top

Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a week ago.
There is enough space to park one car at 100 167, just on the edge of a wood around a sharp u-bend. Proceed north for 100m before turning NE up a gentle slope, although the terrain is treacherous ...

Summit Summary
Pigeon Rock Mountain South Top: Nondescript summit for baggers only

Collaborative entry Last edit by: Colin Murphy a week ago.
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Track
Greece, Pelion Peninsula: Portaria Circuit

Onzy

a week ago.
walk, Len: 14.3km, Climb: 644m, Area: Greece, Thessaly ()

Summit Comment
Wee Slievemoughan: The ups and downs

Colin Murphy Starts in new browser window.

a week ago.
Approaching from Rocky Mountain summit requires a bit of up-and-down trekking, as it is necessary to first ascend Tornamrock and then drop down again to a the col to the south before ascending Wee...

Forum: General
Sligo- Leitrim-Roscommon

daithi07

6 days ago.
That sounds good Peter... I can't seem to find the article, is it on here somewhere? Big fan of the Bob Graham loop, etc. so would be on for anything really that involves running up, down and betw...

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