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Re: Slieve Meelbeg summit camp - Sat 16/03/13
« Reply #30 on: March 17, 2013 »
Nice one lads!  ;D
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Re: Slieve Meelbeg summit camp - Sat 16/03/13
« Reply #31 on: March 18, 2013 »


Looked great :) I was on the phone to RB on Saturday night feeling sorry for myself when the snow started here :(

How did the LC hold up to the snow? On Lamagan the fly sheet of mine got all iced over and sagged like a champion, but yours looks pretty taut in the pics.
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Re: Slieve Meelbeg summit camp - Sat 16/03/13
« Reply #32 on: March 18, 2013 »
Hi folks
I cant really add much more that what Graeme has already said but it was a great night. Cooking an evening meal in the snow with a firelog keping us warm was great. I think it started snowing in the early hours and I woke up covered in about 3 inches of snow. Even with the bivvi bag closed up so that there was only a small breathing hole, thats where the spindrift wanted to come in. Its a pity that nobody else was able to join us. Thanks to Graeme for making this trip happen.

If anyone is thinking of camping on the tops these days, they had better give some serious thought to placing pegs in frozen ground.




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Re: Slieve Meelbeg summit camp - Sat 16/03/13
« Reply #33 on: March 18, 2013 »
The tent seemed to cope very well.
Theres more snow forecast for this week!

Fred
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Re: Slieve Meelbeg summit camp - Sat 16/03/13
« Reply #34 on: March 18, 2013 »
Quote from: Fred on March 18, 2013
The tent seemed to cope very well.
Theres more snow forecast for this week!

Fred

Good Good :) I've a few bent and one broken peg to show for frozen ground recently, must replace them swift.

Ahhh... might still squeeze a snow camp in then :) Off to check the weather forecast  ;D
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Re: Slieve Meelbeg summit camp - Sat 16/03/13
« Reply #35 on: March 18, 2013 »
nice one lads,we had planned a Donard summit camp tonight but had to change our plans to lower ground :(
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Re: Slieve Meelbeg summit camp - Sat 16/03/13
« Reply #36 on: March 18, 2013 »
Quote from: Typo-On on March 18, 2013
[img]How did the LC hold up to the snow? On Lamagan the fly sheet of mine got all iced over and sagged like a champion, but yours looks pretty taut in the pics.

The snow was quite light and soft so I think it all just slid off the fly-sheet.  It may well have been colder on your night up Lamagan, any moisture on your tent must have frozen on it weighing it down.

Good luck squeezing another camp in.

@ Mourneman, hope your wee trip works out ok, even if it's a bit lower.  I hope that the weather allows you to get outside the forests!

Fred, I see you must have been out taking a few pics whilst waiting for me to wake up.  Cheers for sharing - enjoy your day off.  I'm jealous.
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Re: Slieve Meelbeg summit camp - Sat 16/03/13
« Reply #37 on: March 18, 2013 »
Brilliant stuff guys, well done for getting out there, kudos and karma to you.  :)
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Re: Slieve Meelbeg summit camp - Sat 16/03/13
« Reply #38 on: March 18, 2013 »
Fred may I ask you to let me know your full kit from clothes to trap sleeping bag ETC..........

What a camp by the way lads, and pictures !

Many regards Dave
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Re: Slieve Meelbeg summit camp - Sat 16/03/13
« Reply #39 on: March 19, 2013 »
« Last Edit: March 24, 2013 by admin »
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Re: Slieve Meelbeg summit camp - Sat 16/03/13
« Reply #40 on: March 20, 2013 »
Hi Wolf
Sorry for the delayed reply, I have been away from the internet recently. My kit was nothing special. My clothes were a microfleece top, fibre pile body warmer and a buffalo jacket with hood. I just used regatta trousers which although they were not insulated were windproof.

For sleeping i had a Nanok four season bag, rated at -10 which went inside an army goretex bivvi bag. I can get away with a 3/4 length thernarest and for an extra bit of insulation I have a roll of silver radiator backing foil which might be visible in the photographs. The sleeping system must have worked well because, not only was I warm all night but the snow that settled on top of me didnt melt. I dont think the temperature was very cold anyway, perhaps minus 2 or 3 degrees.

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Re: Slieve Meelbeg summit camp - Sat 16/03/13
« Reply #41 on: March 20, 2013 »
Oops, forgot to mention the micro tarp. These have been mentioned in previous threads. The popular design is assymetric but I made mine like an equalateral triangle so that it can be used against the mourne wall. It usually keeps rain off my face  but spindrift goes wverywhere.

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Re: Slieve Meelbeg summit camp - Sat 16/03/13
« Reply #42 on: March 20, 2013 »
Nice one guys. A summit camp in those conditions is quite the achievement, especially bivvying.
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Re: Slieve Meelbeg summit camp - Sat 16/03/13
« Reply #43 on: March 20, 2013 »
As the son would say 'EPIC' well done   8) 8) 8)
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Re: Slieve Meelbeg summit camp - Sat 16/03/13
« Reply #44 on: March 20, 2013 »
Thanks for the info Fred, great set up also mate.

Again well done lads, loved the pictures and write up !!

WELL DONE !!
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