came up from newcastle tro the trees past the ice house on the glen river path in wonderful sun shine in early june 08 with the views improving with every metre climbed till we met the wall [mourne ] just above the zig zags when we got to the saddle where we rested and took in the amazing views....swinging left [south of east] we made our way up the last leg which was tough enough wirh the wall at our right all the way to the top....it took about 3 hours to get to the top but it was realy worth it with amazing views in all sides....after the photos and grub we struck off down hill [west of south] till we met the bloody bridge path where we crossed over the wall and picked up the brandy pad [path] which took us to hares gap having another break under the diamond rocks before climbing up to slieve commedagh with its tower just like the one on slieve donard which we saw early on in the day....going down hill [north east ] we picked up the glen river path which we used in the morning getting back to the car park tired but happy after a a great walk over some mighty mountains in the best of sun shine.....the mourenes like the sun shine are now [mid july 08 ] just happy memories....the above walk took about 7.5 hours bot the pace was only handy....hillwalker59.....the small farmer Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/19/comment/3211/