Northern Ireland Outdoors Forum - Hiking, camping and more
General => General Chat => Topic started by: Mourneman on October 03, 2012
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A solo trek today on Commedagh's ridge-line today, I caught the early bus to Newcastle with all the screaming brats on board.The weather forecast gave it as showers in the morning with brighter spells later.
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I set off along the glen river doing the usual stunt of slipping on tree roots regretting I'd went the that way,nearing the Ice-house I stopped for first breakfast,an orange,some porridge & of course strong coffee,passing by me was a group of around ten men all eager to be the one in front,near tripping over each other in the progress.
As I left the comfort of the woods I noticed the rain was getting heavy & the wind had increased,memories of lost torches & flares were coming flooding back to me.I pushed on reaching the Saddle,oh how I hate it,it's a real leg puller,stopping again for a protein bar & a brew I made the slow plod up “Commedaghs back”,nesting as much as I could from the now howling wind coming from Annalong valley.
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Recently I've been doing a lot of navigation training with big E & I intended to put in into practise,visability was about 20 feet,so I measured out the distance from commedaghs shelter to the summit cairn,around 250 metres,given that I know my pace is around 67 paces to 100 metres I would walk this distance to judge the results,also as I could not see the summit cairn this would be an ideal oppourtuniy to follow a compass bearing.
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Leaving the shelter I aligned my map & compass & fixed a bearing,counting every second step as I went I followed the compass right to the cairn,delighted, I also counted 187paces,so that was on the money as well,it's one think having a map & compass ,another think being able to use it,feeling quite chuffed with myself I carried on along commedaghs ridge line & onto Shan slieve.
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Reaching the treeline I again passed the ni- wild camp site,with time a bit of push I got to the bus station as the bus was pulling put,a cracking wee morning in the hills
i'll attach the film later ;D
Here's some movie footage from today ;D ;D ;D -