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chris

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Donegal
« on: November 29, 2010 »
Got a week off work so I'm away to Donegal, thought I might as well make a few people jealous ;D then I can use those thoughts of jealousy to keep me warm in my tent  :-[
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Re: Donegal
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2010 »
Have fun
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Re: Donegal
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2010 »
Nice one. Where in Donegal? It's been on our list of places to visit for a while.
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Re: Donegal
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2010 »
Have a good one!  Whats the plan or are you just gonna head there and see what happens?

Thoroughly jealous by the way :)
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Re: Donegal
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2010 »
Ur going Camping were abouts in Donegal r u going ?
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Re: Donegal
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2010 »

The poisoned glen. Looks awesome. Gonna tick off a few hills Muckish and Errigal are the two main ones and just get a few quality mountain days!
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Re: Donegal
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2010 »
Quote from: chris on November 29, 2010
The poisoned glen. Looks awesome.

Looks awesome indeed, although I reckon its probably a bit frostier at the moment ;)  All the better of course!
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Re: Donegal
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2010 »


Hopefully it'll look a bit more like this  :o
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Re: Donegal
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2010 »
Muckish to Errigal is a good test then across the road to Dunlewey, up the Poison Glen and climb Slieve Snaght & Bingorms.  You could have an epic adventure up there.  Apart from getting there and home again a car can be a bit of a nuisance.
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Re: Donegal
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2010 »
Had an awesome couple of days in Donegal, I'd definitely be interested in getting another trip over while there is some snow about. Errigal had to be the highlight, Snowy, Icy and rocky I'd have believed it if some had told me I was in the alps!!
 
Some Pictures

Choosing our route up Muckish, We ended up going up that steep gully!


The summit plateau of Muckish


The view of Muckish from our campsite


Don't think he knew how to use a jetboil!


The View from the summit of Mt Errigal, cloud closed in soon after and we had a mini Blizzard!
 
The rest are here http://www.flickr.com/photos/45310786@N02/
or here http://www.flickr.com/groups/1363300@N23/?added=2
« Last Edit: December 02, 2010 by chris »
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Re: Donegal
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2010 »
Looks fantastic. How did the Jetboil perform in the cold?
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Re: Donegal
« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2010 »
Quote from: RedLeader on December 02, 2010
Looks fantastic. How did the Jetboil perform in the cold?

Really badly!
Admittedly I had a 70:30 butane propane mix on it. Butane is supposed to have a lower condensing/freezing (?) temp than propane so I think a higher propane ratio is supposed to be better. Have to see if I can find one this year. The little feet were invaluable though as they raised the cart off the ground enough to stop it freezing into the snow, the others found that if they used the stove with the cartridge on the ice it not only produced a crap flame (struggled to get a boil on an msr superfly with a brand new cart!) but it also froze to the ground so you couldn't lift it!
I tried holding the jetboil but that just made it all spluttery and I actually got my hand pretty badly burnt!   
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Re: Donegal
« Reply #12 on: December 02, 2010 »
Those pictures look really awesome. I'm hoping to get a trip to Donegal late December/early January, definitely have to go now from looking at those pics.

Are the Mournes that snowy as well at the minute?
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Re: Donegal
« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2010 »
Quote from: Tim on December 02, 2010
Are the Mournes that snowy as well at the minute?

Aint been down to the Mournes yet. I was planning on heading down tomorrow think there's to be a bit of snow tonight.
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Re: Donegal
« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2010 »
That looks awesome while down that area did you go to downings for a pint in the harbour bar ?

As for snow on the mournes I see them every morning and they are White and I see they predict -10 tonight with more snow on it's way
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