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Mourneman

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Commedagh Camp
« on: July 20, 2012 »
  Eamon & myself joined Oisin & Ed on Commedaghs summit for an hour or so last night,with plenty of night navigation,pacing & timing along the way we reached the guys about 11pm where we sampled the joys of ed's hip flask & some chicken curry,crac was good but with eamon starting for work at 7am with dander back down along the ridgeline where we rejoined the forest & back down into donard park


IMG_1365 by cue13, on Flickr

bige setting the pace


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with our pace & timing set eamon's at 60 paces pre 100 metre's & mine at 65 paces we reached the saddle



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for health reasons of course


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CURRY TIME, it always appear's strange that i arrive on camp at dinner time,mmmmmm  ::)


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 spork to the ready  ( boil in the bag ) sorry guys private joke  ;D



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dont even ask  ;D for wood cutting,but scared the shit out of me  :'(


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time to go



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on the ridgeline


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commedaghs summit


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newcastle
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Re: Commedagh Camp
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2012 »
Great stuff, Commedagh is a top summit to camp on as long as there isn't too much sheep crap.
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Re: Commedagh Camp
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2012 »
Nice one Guys, looks like you got a good night for it.
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Re: Commedagh Camp
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2012 »
Good stuff lads, looks a good night!
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Re: Commedagh Camp
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2012 »
Here's some pictures of the overnight process of the camp. It was calm up until midnight and it became a bit blustery with some heavy winds. The morning was misty up until about 10 and we stayed in our sleeping bags and just had a nice lie in.

Even though it was windy during the night, I was lovely and warm in my sleep bag.












(No that wasn't our banana skin)










I enjoyed my first summit camp, and loved the fact that you woke up and only had to descend :)
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Re: Commedagh Camp
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2012 »
nice one guys ,thanks for the whiskey & curry  ;D
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Re: Commedagh Camp
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2012 »
some great pics there, hard to beat a summit camp
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Re: Commedagh Camp
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2012 »
Looks like you guys had a fabulous time

What was it like sleeping in the tower? I'm thinking about all the rubbish that's usually left there?
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Re: Commedagh Camp
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2012 »
The rubbish wasn't too bad to be honest. A few drinks bottles and some foreign branded pretzels.

I wouldnt say the shelter would be everyone's bed and breakfast, but it's just the aesthetics that would put you off. It's much cosier after you make a nice sofa out of two sleeping mats and get a powerful firelog going!
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Re: Commedagh Camp
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2012 »
Love the photo of the firelog burning, that things a beast
Ah the sofa, epic idea
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Re: Commedagh Camp
« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2012 »
@ Oisin  Were you in a bivy bag?  Cool place to spend the night, if the wind is going the right direction!
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Re: Commedagh Camp
« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2012 »
Yeah, I spent the night in the bivvy bag in the shelter. The wind was thankfully going in the right direction and it wasn't too blowy during the night.

I had a cracker nights sleep tough, slept right through in comfort and warmth. The shelter was just like an old scrap of a car, doesn't look the best but does its job well.
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Re: Commedagh Camp
« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2012 »
Quote from: Oisín on July 25, 2012
Yeah, I spent the night in the bivvy bag in the shelter. The wind was thankfully going in the right direction and it wasn't too blowy during the night.

I had a cracker nights sleep tough, slept right through in comfort and warmth. The shelter was just like an old scrap of a car, doesn't look the best but does its job well.

So full marks for the Lamina then?
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Re: Commedagh Camp
« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2012 »
I haven't found a fault with it yet.

It doesn't fit too nicely into the sleeping bag section of my rucksack, but thats probably the rucksack as it packs down nicely.
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Re: Commedagh Camp
« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2012 »
I knew there was something I was meant to upload.

Better late than never.

http://vimeo.com/oisinpatenall/commedaghsummitcamp
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