What mountains in Ireland have you climbed?

Kur4mA · 20-09-2007 06:19PM

darkman2 wrote:

What mountains in Ireland have you climbed?

YORE MA!

darkman2 · 20-09-2007 06:21PM

kyub wrote:

YORE MA!

lol, I should thump you but since this is the internet.........and that line wore tin years ago on here.......

Ciaran500 · 20-09-2007 06:24PM

Cycled up 3 Rock, it was epic.

darkman2 · 20-09-2007 06:29PM

Ciaran500 wrote:

Cycled up 3 Rock, it was epic.

Where is that?

Aisling(",) · 20-09-2007 06:33PM

Errigal in donegal when i was in the gaelteacht.....stupid bog for the first bit killed me!!

Terry · 20-09-2007 06:45PM

darkman2 wrote:

So have I. Its a completely different environment there. In Dublin one day it was mild and dry, up there it was snow, ice and freezing (to the extent where you would not last long in nothing but decent clothing!) but again not enough people realise that.

Indeed. It's mad.
We basically turned a corner and were met with a blizzard.

My friend ended up rearending his girlfriend, and not in the good way.

Pinker · 20-09-2007 06:46PM

Darkman-Three rock is the nearest mountain to Dublin city, its adjacent to Sandyford, and it has a few aerials not too far from the top which are visible from the city.

I've climbed Djouce,Maulin, Three Rock in Dublin/Wicklow. I've also been up Sleve Foy, easy enough hike but a fantastic day out especially if u walk from Carlingford village, and the view from the summit is amazing!I also ventured up Slieve Donard, I loved the Mournes, surprisingly quiet but much more dramatic than the Wicklow mountains.

I have also cycled up the Sugarloaf, and from Three Rock across to Maulin and Djouce then all the way home, that was truly epic! and a few others in between whose names I don't know. Our mountains may be small but I love them still!....Will be doing Carauntoohill soon hopefullly, I'm really looking forward to that!:D

tribulus · 20-09-2007 06:56PM

Croagh Patrick back in 1997, I was 11!

Actually got right up to the summit, beyond the last steep-ish incline, where the little chapel is. It was a pretty awesome sight for a wee nipper. Water from the river was tasty too.

wowy · 20-09-2007 07:09PM

Sugar loaf years ago when I was a young 'un. Did Croagh Patrick about 4 years ago barefoot. Middle of November. My feet were frozen to bits! But remarkably, not a mark on them that evening.

connundrum · 20-09-2007 07:40PM

Alun wrote:

What's your definition of a mountain then?

I guess I was being cynical. I was just surprised when I moved over here from South Africa as a kid when the Sugar Loaf was referred to as a mountain. I just expected it to be.. well.. bigger! This was my reference point from South Africa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drakensburg_Mountains.

More Wiki thoughts.. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill, but there is no universally accepted standard definition for the height of a mountain or a hill although a mountain usually has an identifiable summit.

Fair enough!

electric69 · 20-09-2007 07:52PM

1 and 1/2

Jello · 20-09-2007 07:55PM

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I've climbed the highest in each province.

Plus a load of others (Sugar Loaf, Croagh Patrick, etc etc)

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Alun · 20-09-2007 08:26PM

darkman2 wrote:

Another thing that ive alluded to in Wicklow is snow in the winter. It can turn to artic (literally) very quickly up at Sally gap which I dont think enough people actually understand. I remember driving up there one night. It was raining but as soon as you hit a certain height immediately it turns to snow and ice and needless to say its not good to be up there when that happens!

Indeed. It's quite surprising how long the snow lasts up there some years. You'll get a quick flurry of snow down in Dublin, the city will grind to a halt for an hour or two due to a whopping 1cm of snow, and no soon as it's appeared it's gone again. Meanwhile up in the hills it's settling and drifting and it will stay around for days after. The Sally Gap at those times often becomes impassable, although the Gardai usually neglect to put up any signs saying it's blocked so lots of cars attempt to get over it, get stuck and then get abandoned in ditches by the side of the road .. great fun

I've had times in recent years where I've literally been up to my waist in snow in the peat hags up around Mullaghcleevaun.

TheJoker · 21-09-2007 12:16AM

Never mind your walking....this is what ye should be doing!

http://www.imra.ie/

I have done most of the mountains in Leinster, and Croagh Patrick about 15 times, first time when I was 6!

MooseJam · 21-09-2007 01:00AM

three rock mountain wohoo

phasers · 21-09-2007 08:12AM

Croagh Patrick

and by climb I mean crawl

Bex81 · 21-09-2007 09:47AM

Ive been up Croagh Patrick a good few times since I was a kid. Walked up a good few around Conemara too (12 Pins etc.) thou Im not sure theyd be considered to be mountains.
My parents got stuck up on CP a few years ago. Dunno how they managed that, its not like its Mnt Everest or anything...

mise_me_fein · 21-09-2007 10:42AM

Just the Cooley mountains a few times when I was in school.

fakearms123 · 24-09-2007 11:08AM

i climbed carrauntohill drunk with 3 friends, most dangerous thing i've ever done i'd say, so many steep slopes and when your carrying 3 litres of cider and a bottle of whiskey and taking mouthfuls of it while hiking it can have huge effects on your balance haha, we camped in the mountains for three days, drinking water from the springs to keep hydrated, what a great laugh it was though, and the people we met up there, got woken up one morning by a german kid kicking me in the head, animals outside our tent and us clinging to something to protect ourselves like a knife or a shoe, all in all i'll never do it again haha

Alun · 24-09-2007 01:28PM

fakearms123 wrote:

i climbed carrauntohill drunk with 3 friends, most dangerous thing i've ever done i'd say, so many steep slopes and when your carrying 3 litres of cider and a bottle of whiskey and taking mouthfuls of it while hiking it can have huge effects on your balance haha, we camped in the mountains for three days, drinking water from the springs to keep hydrated, what a great laugh it was though, and the people we met up there, got woken up one morning by a german kid kicking me in the head, animals outside our tent and us clinging to something to protect ourselves like a knife or a shoe, all in all i'll never do it again haha

Yeah, absolutely hilarious, and I'm sure the brave people of Kerry MRT who give up their own time to come to the rescue of people like you would also have found it equally hilarious when they were called out in the middle of the night to retrieve your dead bodies. Plonker.

Terry · 24-09-2007 01:45PM

Less of that, please.

Attack the post, not the poster.

Stephen · 24-09-2007 02:53PM

Closest thing to a mountain i've "climbed" is Mt. Leinster. When I say "climbed" I of course mean walked

Nice view from the TV transmitter at the top though.

Papillon87 · 24-09-2007 04:44PM

Sugar Loaf and some huge one in the wilds of Connemara whose name escapes me.

Mr. Incognito · 24-09-2007 05:02PM

I'm from Killarney and was in a very active scouting unit so I've done most mountains around Killarney but been up in Donegal, the Bens in Connemara and jogged up and down the Wicklow "hills"

Mrs. MacGyver · 24-09-2007 09:02PM

Carrauntwohill & mulloughanois

Nightwish · 24-09-2007 09:30PM

Stephen wrote:

Closest thing to a mountain i've "climbed" is Mt. Leinster. When I say "climbed" I of course mean walked Nice view from the TV transmitter at the top though.

I was up there myself yesterday.

I've climbed Mount Leinster a few times, Slievenamon 4 or 5 times and the Comeraghs more times than I can count, the Shehy Mountains in Cork and the Knockmealdowns in Waterford.