Mourne Wall

[RedLeader]

The internet never lies
http://www.mournewall.co.uk/

Are we sure of these figures ?   

[billy backpack]

Ok then, so thats that ...no probs just a bit of a challange but achievable in a day 

[MG1]

22 miles, 9,000meters of ascent. Bit of a dander

how many miles do you reckon this is?

Just encase this is putting some people off its 9000ft not metres.

Any one else interested?

[RedLeader]

Sorry about that, I've fixed it - it is indeed feet. 9000meters is higher than Mount Everest and probably not totally achieveable in a weekend

22 miles, 9,000meters of ascent. Bit of a dander

how many miles do you reckon this is?

Just encase this is putting some people off its 9000ft not metres.

Any one else interested?

[MG1]

Jonno are trying to put yourself off doing this?

[billy backpack]

As the dates for this are soon .... are there any peeps that would be interested on doing a part of the wall ie either the first day or the second or even meeting for the overnight (all are welcome).

There has been talk on the sidelines about some doing this and the more the merrier !

If there is some interest then we can work out the whens and where's 

[MG1]

I hope the weather s as good as it now.For the wall.

[MikeD]

See Slieve Bearnagh, coming down it towards Slieve Melmoore its very steep near the bottom, its like, cliff like !!

Are we actually - literally - following the wall down there or will we be taking a little detour to get down??

[chris]

You pretty much follow it like a hand rail the whole way. Dont worry about bernagh, its easy enough to come down as long as you stay on the left hand side of the wall. Over the right are the bernagh slabs!

[Kirth]

I would defo be up for doing a bit of this, but no way could I do it all.

I think John is lanning to do a bit also.

What date are you guys thinking of?  Need to juggle work commitments and Stuff.

[MikeD]

You pretty much follow it like a hand rail the whole way. Dont worry about bernagh, its easy enough to come down as long as you stay on the left hand side of the wall. Over the right are the bernagh slabs!

Maybe thats where I was going wrong then, I tried to get up it, from the Trassey Track, inside the wall, and I didn't have my pack on, and thought to myself, i'd better stop before I got to where the wall restarts as its gonna be a bit dangerous getting back down.

But, I'm sure you guys have got it covered, but maybe, there are some people who will get scared (not me tho  ) when not walking on tracks\trails on a steep ascent\descent, so maybe they need to be warned in advance of how difficult (for a novice) some sections may be.

[666_pack]

See Slieve Bearnagh, coming down it towards Slieve Melmoore its very steep near the bottom, its like, cliff like !!

Are we actually - literally - following the wall down there or will we be taking a little detour to get down??

Yeah mate she's not as steep as she lets on if you know what I mean.

[666_pack]

Weather update

Looking good guys.



And set to stay this way till sat morning but only light rain or as I like to call it low cloud



If anyone wants a heads up to the wall have a look at this.
http://www.mournewall.co.uk/

[chris]

sweet i'll prob just bivy then.

[chris]

I would defo be up for doing a bit of this, but no way could I do it all.

I think John is lanning to do a bit also.

What date are you guys thinking of?  Need to juggle work commitments and Stuff.

Its next weekend, friday and saturday. You should try for the two days, or at least the first, That way you get to camp and if you wake up on sat morning and absolutely feel you can't go on then no sweat, easy enough to escape. However you might surprise yourself and decide to finish it.