Mourne Seven Sevens - Sat 4th Aug 2012

[mregan]

I heard Mourneman dragged a keg of beer up their especially for the Runners 

[twentyclicks]

I heard Mourneman dragged a keg of beer up their especially for the Runners 

Ha ha ha 

[Mourneman]

Now that's an idea,anybody got a pump

[Rumblebum]

Myself and Whorya did the 7 7's earlier and man oh man the legs are weary! Well done to Liam for diverting himself to get involved in a rescue.

[Mourneman]

Good to met up with you guys on Bernaghs summit,we were wondering if Liam would get called to the rescue's,well done that MAN,karma

[twentyclicks]

I thought they were all discussing a training exercise around a map... couldn't see the victim for all the MRT guys who made it to the scene! Only realised when I heard the helicopter. Liam showed me the photos at the end, I'm sure he'll put a few up!

Well done everyone, that's a hard day out no matter what way you tackle it. Wouldn't be like us to complain at the sun coming out, but it didn't help the dehydration! I feel beat up. Took me an hour and a half to get composed enough to drive home. Strava reckons I burnt over 5700kcal so I'm about to spend the evening redressing the balance 

[Rusty Madra]

Fair play to you... Well done... Definately tackling it next year as a "walker" then running as much of it as possible for a ridiculous finishing time 

[Spud]

well done lads, cant wait to hear all about it!

[Kayakgirl]

Well done all!

[MikeD]

Well done troopers!

[LandyLiam]

what a day!!!!!!!

5 mountains, then a helicopter rescue, then abandoned the 7 7s and got the land rover back to donard park, hung about for couple of hours to see whorya & rumblybum finish, then a lovely pint in o'hares with them, then another callout, missing 7 7s competitor, so back up the hills again for a search in fading light (i did ott track to ben crom dam) the missing person turned up, didn't get home til after midnight, so a very late dinner, and worst of all, the offies were closed 

carlsberg don't do days in the mournes, but if they did .........



and the pics


the view of the mournes from Clough this morning, enveloped in cloud


numero uno, slieve donard, 1hr 20mins


deux, commedagh



the queue going up the bearnagh steps



catching up the the ni-wild brew between bearnaghs torrs



bearnagh summit, number 3



meelmore, number 4



meelbeg, number 5



then a mountain rescue



bringing strecther to suitable point for helicopter evacuation












then met Craig at the finish who had done a superb sub 6 hour run 



and finally a well earned pint   

[Mourneman]

What a day you had Liam,you more than earned the 7,7's today,well done to all the NI-wild folk taking part

[whoRya]

Man I am wrecked, poured myself a beer last night and couldn't finish it...had to go to bed.  That was a hard walk, it definately got a bit tougher when they sun was beating down.  But we could take the odd moment or two to pause to gaze at the scenery   Not much left in the tank at the end of the walk, I don't reckon I had much more to give.  A wee bit of a navigational blooper added 15-20 minutes but otherwise we kept moving for the most part.

Huge credit goes out to Liam for giving up his day to do his duty for the MR guys, I'm sure the casualty was greatly assured by the arrival of Liam on the scene.  And then to top it off Liam had to supp up and do it all again.  I couldn't think of anything worse at that time then heading up into the hills again.

 

[LandyLiam]

oh my legs hurt today    only one cure for that, gotta do another hill    (only a wee one of course)

[LandyLiam]

well i hope to finish it later this week, tempted to get dropped off at ott car park and do ben crom, binnion, lamagan, cove & beg.