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LandyLiam

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Re: up Donard in an hour?
« Reply #45 on: February 19, 2012 »
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but what this madness with the shorts ???,crazy dude ,legs must have been cut off you

cold legs don't really bother me when i'm moving, they were bright red for a while and the snow was sticking to them too  :D
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Re: up Donard in an hour?
« Reply #46 on: February 19, 2012 »
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but what this madness with the shorts ???,crazy dude ,legs must have been cut off you

cold legs don't really bother me when i'm moving, they were bright red for a while and the snow was sticking to them too  :D

Liam you're on a slippery slope, next it'll be like this:

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Re: up Donard in an hour?
« Reply #47 on: February 19, 2012 »
Dude, lol, how would you ever find a pic like that!

Youve went onto the web and typed in 'naked hairy man standing ontop of a mountain', thats probably one of the more timid pictures too, im gonna have to talk to your missus about this behaviour!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D
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Re: up Donard in an hour?
« Reply #48 on: February 19, 2012 »
interestingly that picture looks very familiar to me, definitely seen it before somewhere  ???
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Re: up Donard in an hour?
« Reply #49 on: February 19, 2012 »
Just what I was thinking rumblebum, search, - near naked man in mountains,lol ;)
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Re: up Donard in an hour?
« Reply #50 on: February 19, 2012 »
Quote from: LandyLiam on February 19, 2012
interestingly that picture looks very familiar to me, definitely seen it before somewhere  ???

think you seen it here  ;D
 http://www.ni-wild.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1093.msg9423#msg9423
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Re: up Donard in an hour?
« Reply #51 on: February 19, 2012 »
coming off binnian down the wall today there was a near naked man in pink jeans continually climbing over a large boulder about 500 mtrs from the summit,i believe he was a rock climber loosning up!!!! wots wrong with these people it was freezing!!!!
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Re: up Donard in an hour?
« Reply #52 on: February 19, 2012 »
Quote from: Scribble on February 19, 2012
Quote from: LandyLiam on February 19, 2012
interestingly that picture looks very familiar to me, definitely seen it before somewhere  ???

think you seen it here  ;D
 http://www.ni-wild.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1093.msg9423#msg9423
Indeed it was  ;D  That was a trip I'd love to have been on.  And not just to have met "Crazy-legs".
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Re: up Donard in an hour?
« Reply #53 on: February 20, 2012 »
Quote from: clav on February 19, 2012
coming off binnian down the wall today there was a near naked man in pink jeans continually climbing over a large boulder about 500 mtrs from the summit,i believe he was a rock climber loosning up!!!! wots wrong with these people it was freezing!!!!

haha - maybe they're training for, or just back from, somewhere really cold. I refuse to wear a jumper in September even though I feel like it, so that I reset myself for winter  :D  Our bodies rely on stimulus to adapt.
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Re: up Donard in an hour?
« Reply #54 on: August 10, 2012 »
Know I'm probably covering old ground by ressurecting this post but I'm gonna give this Donard Challenge a go Next Thursday (16th) If anyone else fancies it too!
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Re: up Donard in an hour?
« Reply #55 on: August 10, 2012 »
I managed 55mins to the top in the 7 7s, but that was starting from the far end of the car-park, not the gate which I think is what we are measuring from. Probably take a minute off  ;D

Heart rate was in the 170s, if I was just doing Donard I could maybe hold it around 180 but not sure how much quicker I'd be. Went up by the Black Stairs, although with the new path it may be quicker up the Glen River if you don't mind the steep climb at the end. I wanted something a little gentler to start the longer day.
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Re: up Donard in an hour?
« Reply #56 on: August 10, 2012 »
Fair play to you.... that's some going.... I'm really going to try and break the 1hr mark.... even if it's by seconds. Forgive my ignorance but where are the black stairs in relation to the Ice House?
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Re: up Donard in an hour?
« Reply #57 on: August 10, 2012 »
You literally cross the river at the Ice House and there are small trails leading up the right-hand side of a tributary to a scramble up 'the Black Stairs' it's a cleft of rock on Thomas' Mtn that the tributary flows down. The trail then gradually winds up to the summit. It's wet and mucky, but in the mist and damp it feels like a mini version of the black stairs in Lord of the Rings (which may or may not have you talking to yourself in a Cornwall accent..."come on Mr Frodo, it's not far now, we've got to keep going". Personally, I didn't have the breath  ;D )

Here's a link to my GPS route. You may not see too much detail but may get a rough idea of the bearings.
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Re: up Donard in an hour?
« Reply #58 on: August 10, 2012 »
Cheers! Definately give that one a go: might just be the ticket for cracking the hour! Let you know how I get on!
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Re: up Donard in an hour?
« Reply #59 on: September 24, 2012 »
just reading a report on last year's donard race and 3 of the first 4 to the top went via the saddle!

I have never been up the black stairs route (so what would i know) but it looks grim from the Glen River.
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