Hi All, This mention of standing on top of OS Trig columns reminded me of a TV advert several years ago showing a female running up a slope shedding her...
brian russell
brian-nsl@...
Feb 1, 2005 9:28 am
8158
Andrew, The ' in ' item for protecting your valuable bits whilst crossing barbed wire fences is a piece of 15mm size foam pipe lagging, available in pale...
brian russell
brian-nsl@...
Feb 1, 2005 9:28 am
8159
... Many years ago, after a week of winter climbing in Maine (US), we had a similar and yet opposite problem. The lock on the car had frozen. so we would heat...
... during ... centrally ... had a ... cigarette ... Had to do that trick in Glencoe once - when we used to get winters! Went to do a winter traverse of Aonach...
My partner in the Devil's Burdens relay last Saturday could have done with some device to make fence crossing safer although it would have to fit in a bum bag....
All this talk of losing keys reminds me of an incident I had in the eighties where the problem was I knew exactly where my car keys were. We had driven across...
Ah Glen Coe. Where I had my so far only key problem. Let down by a an arranged lift and desperate to get to a meet on Nevis I hired a car and set off late,...
... [I can't resist the temptation to join in. I have had my fair share of spare keys lost by companions and keys locked in boots etc] So far no-one has...
On the recent animal theme, I spotted another white hare while 'climbing' Horse Stone Naze on Howden Edge last week .. not too far from Bleaklow where I saw...
Tony Watson wrote ... (walking) ... was ... any ... I'd heard they went extinct a while ago? Never seen one myself, would be interested if anyone knows any...
... I saw the Wallabies a few times, but I am guessing that it was in the range 1980-1985 last. It was also quite a sight to see their tracks in the snow ...
Rumour is that they have finally faded away. A mutual friend of ours lives at Upperhulme and his son actually ran a wallaby over about 10-15 years ago. They...
Another close shave that I'd heard of, over a pint with a friend from Inchnadamph, was 2 young climbers on the Old Man of Stoer near Lochinver in summer 2003. ...
... (walking) ... being about ... fact, it was ... wondered if any ... Had a couple of sightings of Wallabies near the Roaches. Nobody would ever believe me...
Andy I think that a 1m long canvas rope protector would do the job as it could be velcroed in place around the piece of barbed wire prior to crossing. Bob...
I've occasionally thought that wrapping a particularly unrepentant GOML person round the offending section of wire would serve a double purpose, but on...
... her garments and finally standing on top of trig, all rear views !!!! ... Was an ad for Mark+Sparks, re clothes for the chunkier woman (ie non-supermodel...
Dave Hewitt
Dave.Hewitt@...
Feb 2, 2005 7:01 pm
8174
Hi All, On the subject of key security, during outings in the hills I have never trusted pockets. I purchased a cheap dog lead and cut the clip hook off the...
brian russell
brian-nsl@...
Feb 2, 2005 7:40 pm
8175
I once lost the key to my Krooklock (a popular 70s anti-theft device) while parked at Dungeon Ghyll in the Ponds. I know the experts say mechanical...
at the risk of being pedantic (but hey, I'm among friends here!) Brent Knoll is actually in Somerset. (it's the hill just south of the Mendip ridge that the...
... Knoll is actually in Somerset Fair cop. I think what happened is that I'd read somewhere that the trig was in Dorset, and someone else chipped in with a...
Dave Hewitt
Dave.Hewitt@...
Feb 3, 2005 12:00 am
8180
Dave, Many thanks for the details, you are a man of many talents. Brian Russell. ... From: "Dave Hewitt" <Dave.Hewitt@...> To: <rhb@yahoogroups.com>...
brian russell
brian-nsl@...
Feb 3, 2005 8:32 am
8181
Until last year losing keys was not really a problem. I used to always take a spare set out with me and then give it to one of my companions as a back up....
... companions that this is not a mad hobby. ... They are right, it is a mad hobby, and all the better for that. Hill walking has become a bit too mainstream...
... Hill ... I agree, mind you trying to explain the excitement of "climbing" to the summit of the Wolds to my climbing companions proved a waste of time. I...
never lost keys on the hill fortunately but have lost hills because of lost keys last year. Puzzlement no doubt. Lesson learnt in Sept '04 that if flying to...
CDEverett@...
Feb 3, 2005 5:56 pm
8185
Managed to drop both walking poles into a fissure on the summit boulderfield of Sgurr na Lapaich - totally irretrievable. Another foolish idea was to leave an...
Sorry if this has been asked before, but does anyone know where the 12 weekends p.a. on which the public is allowed to access Warcop firing range are...
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