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My Mourne Wall Walk 18/8/13
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Re: My Mourne Wall Walk 18/8/13
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2013 »
Great going! Five of us completed it (eight started at Carrick Little) on 3rd Aug in 12.5 hours.

Would like to do it in under 10 hours some year but it's tough in a group.
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Re: My Mourne Wall Walk 18/8/13
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2013 »
Great achievement, well done.  How would you compare it to the 7 7's?
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Re: My Mourne Wall Walk 18/8/13
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2013 »
Well done  :) and just where did you hit that max speed of 31.6kmh  :o  (probably dropped the gps off Bernagh  ;D )
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Re: My Mourne Wall Walk 18/8/13
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2013 »
Wow mate that's some going indeed,karma
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Re: My Mourne Wall Walk 18/8/13
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2013 »
Well done Phil, a sub-10 walk is impressive!!
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Re: My Mourne Wall Walk 18/8/13
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2013 »
Cheers guys. My legs arent great now and im away cutting hedges all day up and down ladders! It was a lot tougher that the 7 7's, that bloody climb up muck nearly finished me. If I hadnt stopped on every peak to take pictures, hadnt stopped 3 or 4 times for a chat with people and hadnt went wrong near the end and had to fight my way through a forest, through 2 fields of cows that took a dislike to the dogs and down a lane onto the road further out past dunny water, 9 hours might have been possible. I met an old man who must have been close to 70 coming running down Binnian as I was going up at 6.30am and then met him again on Slieve loughshannagh mid morning, he had started at silent valley and was running it anti clockwise.  He proceded to tell me that I was doing it the easy way ??? He reckoned it was much harder his way. Was nearly told to p.... off!
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Re: My Mourne Wall Walk 18/8/13
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2013 »
Brilliant stuff, well done. I'd have problems doing a single peak at the mo, the summer has left me a bit of a fatty :(
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Re: My Mourne Wall Walk 18/8/13
« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2013 »
Well done Phil  :D

Sounds like you nailed it mate.....even if it was going around the 'easy way' (silly old fart) >:(

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Re: My Mourne Wall Walk 18/8/13
« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2013 »
Amazing !!!!!
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Re: My Mourne Wall Walk 18/8/13 (now with photos)
« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2013 »
Photos now added. Sorry if it too many ;) almost 1 for every mile of the wall.

Thanks to everyone for their kind comments too.
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Re: My Mourne Wall Walk 18/8/13 (now with photos)
« Reply #11 on: August 20, 2013 »
Amazing photos as usual phil
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My Mourne Wall Walk 18/8/13 (now with photos)
« Reply #12 on: August 20, 2013 »
Amazing photos phil, great achievement!
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Re: My Mourne Wall Walk 18/8/13 (now with photos)
« Reply #13 on: August 20, 2013 »
Thanks John and Claire.
Glad I did it, might never do it again though.
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Re: My Mourne Wall Walk 18/8/13 (now with photos)
« Reply #14 on: August 20, 2013 »
This excellent advice has been immortalized for all time in the NI-Wild Blog and will be entered into the draw for a Zippo Handwarmer. You can see it here:
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