Outdoor Pursuits Photos.

Roen

Looks like the descent ab on Expectancy Slabs.

Gasherbraun

Cloghleagh County Wicklow. Taken last year.

L31mr0d

Coming in to winter now. Always love checking out this forum as it gives me some inspiration on what I'd like to do when I come home to Ireland in the future for a visit. I'm thinking of visiting the highest points of each County in Ireland, but doing it self-propelled by bike to get between them. Living in Canada makes the distances needed to travel in Ireland seem so small.

The last few months have seen exceptionally clear weather in these parts so I got a lot accomplished. I always extend the invitation, if you're visiting the West of Canada shoot me a message, I'll take you on a hike up a local mountain here, in exchange for stories from back in IE. Fair deal eh?

Canyoneering near Squamish, BC


Mountaineering in the Tantalus Range


Bouldering in Leavenworth, WA


Scrambling in the Cheam Range


Ice Climbing on the Mount Baker Seracs

Charlie19

That is some view on the forth photo, absolutely class.

Gasherbraun

Knockchree hill in the middle distance and Slieve Foye in the far distance as seen from Slieve Binnian.

karltimber

Mweelrea Mountain - Mayo - HDR pic of the "Ramp".



Close up of the "Ramp"



K

The Black Oil

Not much in the way of crisp shots like the rest of ye. Any tips? Just a compact camera here, avoided auto, think it was landscape mode here.

South Kaibab Trail, Grand Canyon, Dec 2013.

Went on a bit further beyond Skeleton point and made a friend I'm still in contact with. Things got very bad after 1:30pm as the forecasted snow storm kicked in, which made for a challenging back half of the return leg. Alas, I don't have any pics beyond #3, so that's far from the full extent of it. Blizzard, strong winds, snow, cold...probably the toughest hike I've done ~ 5 hours down and back, but just the sheer grunt work in those conditions. Was armed with appropriate layers. Really glad I did it, though, I was the only one from the group who did, i.e., only one not hungover. :pac: We got back to car park and they had closed it, so my friend had to call the Ranger/Park service to let us out.

I want to go back.

SNAKEDOC

for nice clear images just play around with your settings. two main functions shutter speed(how long your sensor is exposed to light) f or aperture(amount of light exposed to sensor for your shutter speed) just think of your camera as your eye squinting is like closing the aperture so less light getting in. i used to be crap at taking pictures then i started fooling around now i take pictures like this one below.https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Camera%20Uploads/IMG_0951.JPG?w=AAD52g0FL9eZFETBcY3jX-9J8JekLdPwCGSae_y8J8LiNQ

https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Camera%20Uploads/IMG_0958.JPG?w=AADWRIwY_L4kLUzwBimlceGpRTDHTHsTnl0_zmjTnVAUGA

https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Camera%20Uploads/IMG_0959.JPG?w=AAAkDnOUlZBKAZNSxdss5dt_1w9uqDwWPM6lvrxQiuIJCQ

The Black Oil

Thanks SD. Your pics are private..?

SNAKEDOC

Sorry about that.

Gasherbraun

Paragliding over the Eagles crag Wicklow.

Charlie19

Crazy mofo;)

How does one put up a pic from FaceBook?

Charlie19

Deleted User wrote: »

How does one put up a pic from FaceBook?

I've not done it but I would imagine that you, copy the image URL or image location that you choose when you right click on image. Then use the 'Insert Image' button on the boards message options and paste it in.
These instructions are for Windows OS.
Wouldn't know how to do it on Android or Apple devices.

Thanks Charlie19!

Gasherbraun

Where is this? Scotland?

Gasherbraun

Gasherbraun wrote: »

Where is this? Scotland?

No, between Curved Gully and Howling Ridge on Carrauntoohil last Sunday. The fellow who was doing all the hard work leading the way, and taking the photos - the good climber! - tells me its An Cumar Dheis or "the Lick".

You can see Cummeenoughter to the left of the first one.

Thargor

I need to climb Carrauntoohil while its still cold! That looks amazing.

L31mr0d

@Conor74: love seeing pictures like that from Ireland.

Haven't been doing much mountaineering this season in Canada. It's been one of the worst years on record for avalanche danger on the West Coast so all objectives got paired back to conservative affairs.

Been doing a lot of backcountry ski touring. Looking forward to the Spring mountaineering season.

Looking for conservative lines to ski in complex terrain. We experienced a loud "whumpf" in the snowpack shortly after this photo as we transitioned into the alpine. These occur when the snowpack is extremely unstable and settles suddenly under the weight of a person moving across it. We retreated and found some well anchored tree runs to ski. Scary moment.




Beauty of a ski line, blower powder snow, mellow, low avy slope. Makes all the effort worth it.

lg123

bad ass photos L31mr0d!!

Kesly

Hiking the Appalachian trail.

Thargor

Someone made a shrine to this rugby ball on the way up the Sugarloaf:

josip

Cearn Mor Dearg and approaching the summit of Ben Nevis over the weekend

Losty Dublin

josip wrote: »

Cearn Mor Dearg and approaching the summit of Ben Nevis over the weekend

Forgive my ignorance but that is snow, isn't it?

josip

Losty Dublin wrote: »

Forgive my ignorance but that is snow, isn't it?

Yep, snow in the 2nd photo but rain clouds in the first photo on the arete.
Coming from the arete side we hit snow only 100m from the summit.
On the tourist track, the snow started much earlier, 400m-500m below the summit.
The people in Nikes were struggling with traction

Losty Dublin

josip wrote: »

Yep, snow in the 2nd photo but rain clouds in the first photo on the arete.
Coming from the arete side we hit snow only 100m from the summit.
On the tourist track, the snow started much earlier, 400m-500m below the summit.
The people in Nikes were struggling with traction

Thought as much.

Good examples though as to why we need to be cautious when tackling hills and mountains; we don't know what they can throw at us at any given time

Cork boy 55

Slideshow of photos of Canon Sheehan Loop, Glenanair wood forest, Ballyhoura mountains, mentioned as one of best places in Ireland to "go wild"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evEdYxY-PSI

Gasherbraun

Sometimes I forget how lucky I am to live so close to the Wicklow mountains. Then I remember again...

7ofBrian

Took a walk in Banff National Park last weekend. Its where I live now

coach23

[IMG][/img]Sunset in wicklow by Coach 23, on Flickr

Night hike in djouce