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Title: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: Typo-On on November 01, 2011
I'm heading to slieve Bearnagh thursday night, 3rd, if anyone is interested in an overnighter. Will be heading up from meelmore in the early evening
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: LennyJ1 on November 01, 2011
Really really would like to go, but dont finish work till 6 and have to be in belfast @ 8. so would only be in the hills for 12 hours max. have fun  :)
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: RedLeader on November 01, 2011
Bah!
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Post by: ChuckMcB on November 01, 2011
Hmm...post work nite hike...tempted...even just up to Hares Gap..
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: Bic on November 01, 2011
.....not been getting out much lately.......would like to come along, if your happy for the company....i would need an early start next mornin...so would be up early...wot time at Meelmore you leavin....
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: Bic on November 01, 2011
....no dramas, can PM you my Mobile Number and Vehicle Reg/Make etc.......if your happy to meet up at Meelmore...which route you planning to go...? never slept on Bearnagh before....so am sure will be good experience...
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: Bic on November 01, 2011
...sent you a PM.....
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: Bic on November 02, 2011
....going to have to pull out of this, work has thrown me a curve ball... :(
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: whoRya on November 02, 2011
I love the thoughts of just saying sod it, I'll spend the night up a mountain and still go to work the next day, but in reality every time I stay up a mountain it takes me far longer to get down again than I first expect.  A bit too risky.  Perhaps if there was a way to bypass Belfast on the way home again, I can imagine the traffic is horrible heading towards Belfast from Newcastle in the mornings.

Enjoy your night bud.
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: RedLeader on November 02, 2011
Now you're just rubbing it in!

Looks like its going to be a Kindle and Rum'n'Coke night  ;D Might even treat myself to a dinner on a plate instead of out of a bag :D
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: ChuckMcB on November 03, 2011
:( Didn't get out of work 'til 630. Looks like a good night for a night hike, clear with a bright moon (around Hillsbrough Lake anyhow). Have fun.
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: Daithi2004 on November 04, 2011
Pity I didn't look at this forum earlier. Could have been a possibilty... Let us know how you got on....
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: RedLeader on November 04, 2011
Well, tell us all. Was it wet'n'windy? Bivvy or tent?
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: Spud on November 05, 2011
yes how did it go? any pics?
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: Spud on November 05, 2011
Good lad look forward to seeing them!
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: Mourneman on November 09, 2011
thank's for sharing,nice story ,good photo's,you must have signed that slievenaglogh cache after me,anyway that was some steak,nice
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: RedLeader on November 09, 2011
Looks awesome. Seem like you managed to get a decent break in the weather. How are you finding the Laser Comp?
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: LennyJ1 on November 09, 2011
Mojito's wow your treating yourself. I see you are wearing your new wind shirt, how did that go?
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: whoRya on November 09, 2011
In the picture below you can see the track I followed down from Slievenaglogh(its the upper one)
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6217/6328057355_5f42e30c9e.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/flipmeb/6328057355/)
Trassey from side of Spellack (http://www.flickr.com/photos/flipmeb/6328057355/)

Looking at that reminds me of a trip report by Red Leader where on a particularly muggy night where that path wasn't obvious and (if I recall correctly) he met the mighty obstacle that is the rock face on the side of Slievenaglogh whilst trying to reach Hare's Gap.

Good the see the pics Flipmeb.  I remember thinking that the second day you got was a cracker.  I thought for sure you'd have stayed a bit longer in the mountains.
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: RedLeader on November 09, 2011
Yep, drifted to the left on the way up the Hares Gap boulder field and met the slabs on the side of Slievenaglogh. Amusingly, I've also managed to wander off the upper path you can see in this pic and ended up basically coming straight down the side of Slievenaglogh (in daylight on a nice day!).

In the picture below you can see the track I followed down from Slievenaglogh(its the upper one)
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6217/6328057355_5f42e30c9e.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/flipmeb/6328057355/)
Trassey from side of Spellack (http://www.flickr.com/photos/flipmeb/6328057355/)

Looking at that reminds me of a trip report by Red Leader where on a particularly muggy night where that path wasn't obvious and (if I recall correctly) he met the mighty obstacle that is the rock face on the side of Slievenaglogh whilst trying to reach Hare's Gap.

Good the see the pics Flipmeb.  I remember thinking that the second day you got was a cracker.  I thought for sure you'd have stayed a bit longer in the mountains.
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: cerbera147 on November 09, 2011
Sounds & looks like a great trip  ;D

Wish I had the cojones to venture out alone  :-\
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: LandyLiam on November 09, 2011
great write up dave, that spellack cache caught me out one day too  ;D
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: Spud on November 09, 2011
Great write up, thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: ChuckMcB on November 09, 2011
Nice one Dave. Steak and Mojito :)

I can't believe that Spellack cache is only a 3 terrain, there's a fair bit of hands and knees climbing to get up to it.

Bit of useless information: that track you took down from Slievenaglogh, I've heard two separate people call it the Green Line, no idea why.
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: ChuckMcB on November 09, 2011
.....I could here the ice in the mojito.....
haha....flash git...I like your style ;D .....thought it was just foam in the pic, obviously not  ;D
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: ChuckMcB on November 09, 2011
ahh, didn't even notice :)
Title: Re: Slieve Bearnagh overnighter
Post by: Daithi2004 on November 09, 2011
Fair play to you. Great Pics as well. Enjoyed reading about your adventures and also your geocaching.