Summit camp 18/02/12 - Hen Mountain

[LandyLiam]

so who does that leave?

me, dowser & matthew as definites

craigy as a possible

wee gaz, mourneman & deano as possible visitors

[Rumblebum]

Whorya and myself have had a wee trip planned for a while now, we are heading up to the shelter stone next friday night for a wee overnighter.
Whorya hasnt been there before and when ive been its always been a good trip.

Some of you guys had to cancel the camp tonight but your more than welcome to join us next week.

[Mourneman]

Same with me on binnian,was just too risky

[wee gaz]

spent a great afternoon with chloe on Hen mt. today. ,had a blizzard for 10 mins. at sheeppens ,went up to summit had tea and snacks took some photo`s headed down and met matthew and dowser(i think) on way up told them how cold and windy it was.

[Rumblebum]

Ohh i bet the guys are cold tonight, weve had snow in ballyclare so who knows what their gettin.

The wine will help ease their pain lol.

[Wolf_Larson]

snow in grimgormley also, soon to be sheets of ice 

[LandyLiam]

Was a great night, clear skies and the wind dropped nicely, no snow though. Beautiful morning as well with frozen tents 

[Matthew]

Was a cracking night in the hills, cold but not too bad.

some photos

[Kayakgirl]

 I had a great day up in the hills myself, it involved sunny spells, blizzards, high gusts of wind and hail. Took a trip up Doan and contoured round Loughshannagh to the saddle and then trailed my bro up it...

[LandyLiam]

Sorry to make you all jealous but that was a great night, i very nearly pulled out too but managed to drag myself out of a cosy warm house at 8.45pm despite a promise of pizza takeaway with the family. I wrapped up in many layers to combat the bitter cold, of course once i started going up the hill with a very heavy backpack i was sweating like a *****  in a *****  (self censored  ) not helped along by the fact i'd just eaten a curry fried rice in the car park    got to the top 30 mins later (beat your time matthew and satnav records to prove it  ) was was greeted by a wee snow flurry and and 2 lads talking shite round a cosy firelog. The wind had dropped away the the sky was mostly clear giving some amazing views. The only damper on the evening was the fact that i had to stay sober 

[LandyLiam]

the pics














matthew making hot choclate for supper and getting a bit heavy handed with the fuel!












spotted a wee cave, just big enough to sit in, bit a little trick to get up too, even trickey to get down from!


potential bivvy spot with a view above our camp site, not for the faint hearted though

[Mourneman]

Sorry missed it now,good photo's as usual Liam

[LandyLiam]

wait til you see andys pics!

[wee gaz]

super pics liam sorry i missed you yesterday but i left in daylight lol. windy summit when i left  it mid afternoon, glad i settled. wish i could have stayed but still getting over pnemonia

[Rumblebum]

Yeah nice pics lads and it looks like you had another top night in the hills.

Hen wasnt a mountain that ive thought much about but its now found its way onto my list.

Thats the kind of morning that would just be screaming out for a coffee and bacon soda at meelmore lodge cafe.