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Mourneman

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Beer keg trek
« on: July 30, 2012 »
well i had planned to walk Bearngh,meelmore,meelbeg toady but i kept thinking about that bloody beer keg on Donard,so armed with my trusted side kicks we headed on with the plan to take the beer keg off Donard


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 in donard park setting off

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 my eldest Erins first time in the hills  ;D

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having a bit of crac on the way up

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name please?

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mourne heather

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on the hard stuff

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on the saddle

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glen valley

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the tough bit

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just in case

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reaching the
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tea time

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nearing the summit

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Well the bad news!weighting over 6 stone with a hissing noise,it was totally unsafe to think off carrying this keg down the mountain,if i let it go it would surly kill  someone  :P
so change of plans

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 i started talking to a chap on the summit & it appears he's Liam's uncle,very proud ;D anyway we discussed the beer keg & he also thought it was unsafe to remove it,without a team of men & a rope to secure it anyway the summit was covered in broken glass so we spent a while lifting asmuch glass as we could

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next time i'll be bett
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one of the many bottles we lifted

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on the saddle again & our way back down

heres the movie from today
                                                               


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Re: Beer keg trek
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2012 »
Good effort John, looks like you got a good day for it! What the hell do those dullards get out of smashing bottles?  >:( effing pondlife!
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Re: Beer keg trek
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2012 »
The only way to get the beer keg down is to drink it till it's empty and then carry it down.
When I worked in the pub it was a nightmare trying to change one. If you know anybody in the pub who might lend you the apparatus to open it you could drain the beer out. If it is hissing it means that someone has tried to open it.
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Re: Beer keg trek
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2012 »
So you met Eamon then  :)  he does Donard at least once a week (yes he's had to cut back now he's a pensioner!) Never bothers with a map or compass, goes up in the snow without even a pair of gloves, he's a hardy type, they don't make them like they used too! Not like you and your girls John >:(  wearing gaiters up the nice new path when others are in shorts  ;D
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Re: Beer keg trek
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2012 »
Quote from: LandyLiam on July 30, 2012
So you met Eamon then  :)  he does Donard at least once a week (yes he's had to cut back now he's a pensioner!) Never bothers with a map or compass, goes up in the snow without even a pair of gloves, he's a hardy type, they don't make them like they used too! Not like you and your girls John >:(  wearing gaiters up the nice new path when others are in shorts  ;D


You'll soon be saying that filp flops are hard core ;D
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Re: Beer keg trek
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2012 »
real men go in bare feet  ;D  (i actually did this on a mountain once, not so bad going up, nightmare going down  :o )
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Re: Beer keg trek
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2012 »
All over the summits............

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Re: Beer keg trek
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2012 »
If they got it up, it certainly can come down.

One long piece of wood, tie the thing to it, and carry it down like a pig that needs to be roasted.  On the shoulder of two people, one in front, and one behind. 

Job done. 
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LandyLiam

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Re: Beer keg trek
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2012 »
or make a slipe and drag it, but still recommend a backup rope case it gets away  :o
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Re: Beer keg trek
« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2012 »
Plans have been drawn for the keg,forgot to say earlier,bumped into another NI -wild member today," Spin " who was with her partner,nice to met you's folks :)
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Re: Beer keg trek
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2012 »
good effort john and girls, how about asking  MMR to do an exercise and medivac an injured keg off donard. ni wild members could be there to watch them in action for £5 a head donation. keg off hill, niwild day out, MMR training done and a few bob in thier kitty
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Re: Beer keg trek
« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2012 »
Was thinking MMRT, might be a good way for getting extra funds.
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Re: Beer keg trek
« Reply #12 on: July 31, 2012 »
ask NT for help as they `own` donard they also have a duty
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Re: Beer keg trek
« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2012 »
National trust owning Donard? ???Most of the inner Mournes are privately owned & leased to tenant sheep farmer,other agencies are also involved,MHT,Water board,as far as I know th NT have some of Donard forest & some lands around Bloody bridge,here's the thing you'll find," no one will own it when you ask them for help,they will all point the finger at each other" on a brighter note as was chatting to the MHT yesterday near the Ice house & there's plans to start plant native Irish tree's within & bordering the existing pine forest
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Re: Beer keg trek
« Reply #14 on: August 01, 2012 »
I believe they own most of Donard (including the summit) and some of Commedagh, the water board own everything inside the wall, and the rest is owned by farmers in some sort of trustee thing.
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