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User: csd

csd — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:42:55 GMT

csd (csd) I started taking to the hills in earnest in 2001, and have been using Mountain Views to tick of the summits ever since. I usually walk with just the dog for company -- the mountains are great to g...

Forum: Unsubscribe feature was not working, is now.

simon3 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:11:04 GMT

Unsubscribe feature was not working, is now. (simon3) When users receive a newsletter there is an unsubscribe link at the bottom. This turned out to be incorrect for at least last month. Users can unsubscribe by going into the site | Settings | Inc...

Forum: Motorways

csd — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:12:25 GMT

Motorways (csd) I have an unwritten rule that I never really want to be driving for more than 2.5 hours each way for a day's bagging. Since I've done most of the summits near my home in Dublin, it's meant I've be...

Forum: Capt Vertigo's Youtube

csd — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:37:48 GMT

Capt Vertigo's Youtube (csd) Some lovely shots there! I half wish I had a video camera myself today; Mweelrea was visible (still capped in snow) all the way from the southern Maamturks. What software did you use to make the e...

Summit: Binn Mhor

csd — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:34:05 GMT

Binn Mhor (csd) Access note: if approaching from the car park to the west (on the Western Way), a sign there appears to forbid dogs. However, at the gate marking the start of the track up to Mam Ean, another sign...

Summit: Binn Mhor

csd — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:27:11 GMT

Binn Mhor (csd) Seven years to the month, I return with a different perspective on Binn Mhor. I parked at L893 492, where there's space for a couple of cars in case the main car park up the road is full. Heading ...

Forum: Mweelrea Video

CaptainVertigo — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:14:04 GMT

Mweelrea Video (CaptainVertigo) After years of thinking about it I have finally put together my first "mountain video" and uploaded it onto YouTube. Briefly, I was due a day off, and could see that the forecasted anti-cyclone w...

Summit: Coppanagh

jackill — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:11:53 GMT

Coppanagh (jackill) I followed the track uphill into the forest as far as S65255 43455 and just beyond the apex of the bend I followed a rough track through a thinned area of forest out onto a track skirting the fore...

Summit: Mount Alto

jackill — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:53:54 GMT

Mount Alto (jackill) I started from oldsoldiers coordinates and walked up the track, turning left at the first junction and right at the next, to the summit which is marked by no more than a few conifers and some bo...

Forum: Captain Vertigo

jackill — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:11:03 GMT

Captain Vertigo (jackill) Very nicely composed, you may have struck upon something here. From a purely hillwalking point of view it gives a very good idea of what to expect when planning a trip there. Where did you hide t...

Summit: Tory Hill

jackill — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:21:41 GMT

Tory Hill (jackill) I have a guilty pleasure. If I admit to once wearing a bootlace tie with the southern cross on it you might guess what it is.I like CountryNIrish music. And not the softcore DanielO either, the ha...

User: alunrichardson

alunrichardson — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:29:29 GMT

alunrichardson (alunrichardson) I am the current training officer for Mountaineering Ireland. I am a keen hillwalker, mountaineer and climber - to me they are all the same thing. I am a professional mountain guide and I have wor...

Summit: Carricktriss Gorse

jackill — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:39:04 GMT

Carricktriss Gorse (jackill) Well now an unusual name for a small hill. The biggest difficulty here is dodging the Rottweiler in the house next to the wood entrance at S48150 28150. Walk uphill following the track until it en...

Summit: Foildarg

Jimmy Barry — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:33:21 GMT

Foildarg (Jimmy Barry) David Alan Addison died when his small plane crashed not to far from the piller. He was trying to land in Shannon but crashed in bad weather. Cappawhite is the village just under Foildarg to the S...

Forum: The Hare's gap or Mare's gap? Mourne Mount

ssames — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:09:17 GMT

The Hare's gap or Mare's gap? Mourne Mount (ssames) A popular place to visit in the Mourne Mountains is the Hare's gap. It's a nice point of entry into the high Mournes and a good place to visit Slieve Bernagh or the Brandy Pad from. I don't kno...

Bibliography Turf Beneath My Feet by Gary Hogg

Harry Goodman — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:07:03 GMT

Turf Beneath My Feet by Gary Hogg (Harry Goodman) I came across this book in a second hand bookshop and found it an interesting and enjoyable read.

Walk Guide: Glendalough - Camade - Lgh Firrib - Lugduff

pplsgod — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:20:52 GMT

Glendalough - Camade - Lgh Firrib - Lugduff (pplsgod) Overview This is a great circuit of Glendalough taking in some excellent views. To make this walk a little longer why not head to Mullacor and then onto Derrybawn before finishing at the Visi...

Summit: Doan

Geo — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:58:45 GMT

Doan (Geo) Straw Poll, Is this the Mourne's real heart? Who else finds this their favourite of Down's pinnacle's? Answers on a postcard... Up here today for perhaps the fourth time, and found that there is a...

Summit: Slieve Muck

Geo — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:45:58 GMT

Slieve Muck (Geo) Up from Carn to the summit is not really difficult, even when there's still snow lying. It was a great bonus to find a (rare) trig pillar in excellent order to complement the ubiquitous (anyone ch...

Summit: Carn Mountain

Geo — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:40:29 GMT

Carn Mountain (Geo) Nice gentle start to a Saturday circuit in the Mournes. From Ott car park up the Ott track to the stile between Slieve Lough Shannagh and Carn mountain. No navigation difficulties despite low clou...

Forum: Dublin Mountain Initiative - Adopt a forest -

simon3 — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:47:28 GMT

Dublin Mountain Initiative - Adopt a forest - (simon3) The following may be of interest to individuals and the invitation seems broad enough for MV members to go. The meeting is being organised by the DMI, who in my view are a valuable, user-communit...

Summit: Crockaneel

gerrym — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:50:28 GMT

Crockaneel (gerrym) The obvious starting point is the plentiful carpark at the start of the forest drive through Ballypatrick Forest. Walk back onto the A2, turning left and crossing Bushburn and Alteela bridges, bef...

Summit: Donald's Hill

Derry259 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:47:19 GMT

Donald's Hill (Derry259) Slopes of Donalds Hill

Summit: Donald's Hill

Derry259 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:58:53 GMT

Donald's Hill (Derry259) Donalds Hill is the nearest mountain to my home ,as i write this I can see it's snow covered summit from my living room.Donalds Hill is best climbed from Gortnarney Road,from Drumsurn village tra...

Forum: Bangor Trail - Bangor Erris to Newport

DonxCahill — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:23:00 GMT

Bangor Trail - Bangor Erris to Newport (DonxCahill) The Bangor Trail starts in Bangor Erris, Co Mayo and finishes in Newport, Co Mayo. The trail is 22miles long. Both Discovery Series No. 23 and 31 together cover the complete trail. The Bangor ...