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Re: Summit Camp - 26/01/13 - Hen Mountain
« Reply #75 on: January 28, 2013 »
Great write-up and the photos look grand, much respect to both of you, that popeye pic is hilarious, more karma added.
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Re: Summit Camp - 26/01/13 - Hen Mountain
« Reply #76 on: January 28, 2013 »
Brilliant guys, am well jealous. What route did you take up, there are no paths on the map and my only time of Hen we just spotted the summit and made straight for it?
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Re: Summit Camp - 26/01/13 - Hen Mountain
« Reply #77 on: January 28, 2013 »
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Brilliant guys, am well jealous. What route did you take up, there are no paths on the map and my only time of Hen we just spotted the summit and made straight for it?

I just aimed for the tor. On my GPS (had to take it as i got it for xmas :) ) the talkytoaster map had a track marked which I didn't follow but in the morning it became apparent there is a sort of sheep track that seemed to correspond to the talkytoaster map. I also noticed an almost trimmed/flattened grass track going from the summit down to the path but much further up from the gate but this might just have been a group had flattened it on approach and it just hasn't sprung up.
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Re: Summit Camp - 26/01/13 - Hen Mountain
« Reply #78 on: January 28, 2013 »
Quote from: specimanYak on January 28, 2013
Great write-up and the photos look grand, much respect to both of you, that popeye pic is hilarious, more karma added.

I have this silly idea that at night my baselayer is 'cooling' me as its designed to wick sweat etc its hard to type what I actually think lol but something along the lines of it might not be taking heat away but is feeling cool in my skin.... I dunno it's all a ramble regardless I'm giving cotton tee's a whirl while I'm in my bag to see how I fair until I can get some merino.
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Re: Summit Camp - 26/01/13 - Hen Mountain
« Reply #79 on: January 28, 2013 »
It's curious that the Talkytoaster maps (which are OpenStreetMap) have a path marked that isn't on the OS map, either 50 or 25k.

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Brilliant guys, am well jealous. What route did you take up, there are no paths on the map and my only time of Hen we just spotted the summit and made straight for it?

I just aimed for the tor. On my GPS (had to take it as i got it for xmas :) ) the talkytoaster map had a track marked which I didn't follow but in the morning it became apparent there is a sort of sheep track that seemed to correspond to the talkytoaster map. I also noticed an almost trimmed/flattened grass track going from the summit down to the path but much further up from the gate but this might just have been a group had flattened it on approach and it just hasn't sprung up.
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Re: Summit Camp - 26/01/13 - Hen Mountain
« Reply #80 on: January 28, 2013 »
Nice one lads, your both mad in the head lol.
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Re: Summit Camp - 26/01/13 - Hen Mountain
« Reply #81 on: January 28, 2013 »
Excellent Stuff... I'm well impressed.

I really thought there would be more snow on the summit having waded through snow drifts three feet deep earlier in the day myself,lower down the slopes.

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Re: Summit Camp - 26/01/13 - Hen Mountain
« Reply #82 on: January 28, 2013 »
Quote from: RedLeader on January 28, 2013
It's curious that the Talkytoaster maps (which are OpenStreetMap) have a path marked that isn't on the OS map, either 50 or 25k.

I thought so too




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Re: Summit Camp - 26/01/13 - Hen Mountain
« Reply #83 on: January 28, 2013 »
Defo one to bear in mind that OpenStreetMap is always worth a check too since it has stuff not marked elsewhere.
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Re: Summit Camp - 26/01/13 - Hen Mountain
« Reply #84 on: January 28, 2013 »
well done lads for getting out there and doing it! Karma
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Re: Summit Camp - 26/01/13 - Hen Mountain
« Reply #85 on: January 28, 2013 »
I got the wee linky thing for the video sorted in the post above.

I went straight up at the first torr but that took me to a point where I met the granite and I didn't want to cross the big slab in the conditions, so I had to drop back down a little and went to the left of the first torr to reach the main plateau.  Typon on went to the right of the first torr as he mentioned above.  We came down to the south between the second and third torrs on the way back and contoured round the base.  It would be great down there if there was a northerly wind.
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Re: Summit Camp - 26/01/13 - Hen Mountain
« Reply #86 on: January 28, 2013 »
Your video got me a couple of the 'your bonkers looks' in work... Thanks! :) :)
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Re: Summit Camp - 26/01/13 - Hen Mountain
« Reply #87 on: January 28, 2013 »
Either really brave or really nuts,  Well done for sticking to your guns and just going out and doing it. HARDCORE!!! 8) 8)
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Re: Summit Camp - 26/01/13 - Hen Mountain
« Reply #88 on: January 28, 2013 »
Reminds me of this experience. Sometimes the really hard ones are the most satisfying!
http://www.ni-wild.co.uk/blog/2011/01/slieve-meelmore-summit-cam/

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Re: Summit Camp - 26/01/13 - Hen Mountain
« Reply #89 on: January 29, 2013 »
We've archived whoRya's excellent trip report here:
http://www.ni-wild.co.uk/blog/2013/01/winter-hen-summit-camp/
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