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Title: Well that was my year...
Post by: ChuckMcB on February 06, 2011
Just pulled the logs from the GPS tracker (http://gps.tall-trekkers.com/buy/iBlue+747a) I got in June and dumped them onto one big map.

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5136/5423056444_63311b54e9_b.jpg)

Kinda neat to see what bits of the Mournes are yet to be explored.
Title: Re: Well that was my year...
Post by: RedLeader on February 07, 2011
I'm really jealous about how much time you spend in the hills! Any chance of some stats, number of trips and total distance / ascent?
Title: Re: Well that was my year...
Post by: LennyJ1 on February 07, 2011
Thats pretty cool. If you did it in different colour per trip that would look good as well.
Title: Re: Well that was my year...
Post by: whoRya on February 07, 2011
Very interesting Chuck. You do a good job of visiting and highlighting to the forum some of the features that are off-the-beaten track.

Some of the squiggly lines look a bit like me doing the weekly shop in Asda.  I cover more ground in 60 minutes than Dirk Kuyt!
Title: Re: Well that was my year...
Post by: LandyLiam on February 07, 2011
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Some of the squiggly lines look a bit like me doing the weekly shop in Asda.

i think chuck might have had a bit too much buckfast on the overnighters  ;)

i've no fancy maps like that but if chuck can email me a blank of the mournes i could probably scribble something together in paintshop, i'm off now to count my summits for last year, if i'm not back in 5 minutes, wait longer .....
Title: Re: Well that was my year...
Post by: LennyJ1 on February 07, 2011
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Some of the squiggly lines look a bit like me doing the weekly shop in Asda.

i think chuck might have had a bit too much buckfast on the overnighters  ;)

i've no fancy maps like that but if chuck can email me a blank of the mournes i could probably scribble something together in paintshop, i'm off now to count my summits for last year, if i'm not back in 5 minutes, wait longer .....

tap tap tap of finger

Still waiting
Title: Re: Well that was my year...
Post by: Scribble on February 07, 2011
Chuck that's not fair , jealous very jealous


Lenny, liam is taking so long as he has all those summits he has done photoshop has run out of red lines :)
Title: Re: Well that was my year...
Post by: LandyLiam on February 07, 2011
calm down, calm down  ;D , i've only been walking the mournes since June and i have to record the following
19 day trips (over 4 hours) (includes 9 overnighters)
8 half days (2 to 4 hours)
and numerous wee dashs here and there to feed my addiction, watch this space.....
Title: Re: Well that was my year...
Post by: whoRya on February 07, 2011
CLAP........CLAP........CLAP  Who's joining me?

Title: Re: Well that was my year...
Post by: LandyLiam on February 07, 2011
you should see a doctor about that  ;)

my routes are attached using chucks map as it was easier to copy routes that way (mine are the green lines), chuck has done a lot more exploring, i tend to stick to the main routes most of the time, there's so many places i haven't been yet, can't wait for the summer to get out more often  ;D

anyone else going to plot there walks?

edit: forgot to add total ascent, educated guess of 13,200 meters
Title: Re: Well that was my year...
Post by: whoRya on February 08, 2011
Plenty covered there Liam, good one.  You and Chuck want to get a wee dander up Slieve Beg, Cove Mountain and Slieve Lamagan some day and get that bit coloured in, it's a good wee strech for the legs alright!

I think a bit of a circuit of the Western Mournes is on the cards for me as I have not been the other side of that road before. 
Title: Re: Well that was my year...
Post by: suspectmonkey on February 08, 2011
Going to have to join in when I get a chance, its a good idea!

Mind you, I didn't keep any record of my walks over the year so will just have to cobble the info together from trip reports on the forum and photographs!  Going to keep a much better log this year :)