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Thanks for all the interest in last week's winter mountaineering shots. It was a straightforward enough route, but been on my bucket list and had been waiting for winter conditions for a long time now. The route may not mean much, unless you know The Reeks.
Up Curve Gully to Carrauntoohil for sunset; down Central Gully, back up O Shea's Gully. Across Beenkeragh Ridge in thick powder snow for dusk. Beenkeragh (second highest peak) for nightfall and semi whiteout conditions - which needed careful ice axe probing to ensure I didn't step over the cliffedge. Then down easy side of Hag's Tooth Ridge as the whiteout lifted and the moon emerged.
And in fact with the moon reflecting off the snowpack I didn't need my headtorch whatsoever for the 3/4 hrs of darkness - apart from the occasional map check! Nice 10 hr day; slept well that night!
The world's largest aphid, and only females exist, they need no males to repopulate.
Winter Conditions On Carrauntoohil & Reeks Report From Tues 7th
Prepper Tip:
1. Keep a camping gas stove at home, with plenty of lighters and plenty of gas cannisters. In terms of cooking, even a longterm power outage becomes no big deal. One pot meals such as stew or spaghetti bolognase are good.
2. On a totally separate prepper aspect, you should expect your phone to be dead, and internet down, so have a road atlas for your country. And have OSI maps for your area. Road atlas will allow you navigate roads and they will often have city plans also. OSI map will allow you navigate across country; plus show you the whereabouts of water sources, forestry, trails, access to coastline...
Places you may use to forage food, collect water, wash, gather firewood, or take shelter.
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Jan also has availability for private training courses, plus our Glengarriff Bay Sea Kayaking
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