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Irish Hillwalkers' Quarterly, May 2019 From Lissoughter to the Twelve Bens b Brendan O’Reilly TTHHEE SSUUMMMMIITT IRISH HILLWalkers’ QuARTERLY, MAY 2019 NEWS - INFORMATION - RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS - FEATURES - FORUMS PaC MOUNTAINVIEWS NEWS WELCOME TO OUR MAY QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER IN THIS ISSUE... This month we continue • Place comment of the month: There’s Probably More Trees Down innovation. We include a Now PAGE 3 lovely short poem on the • Mountain Comments from many parts PAGE 4 spectacularly odd Bunefreva • Track of the Month: Reeks & scones PAGE 6, more tracks PAGE 7 lough perched precariously • Mountainviews new Notifications feature explainedPAGE 10 above the sea on Achill. • Kerry snow - a mountain guide’s experience by Iain Thow PAGE 12 The poem by Moya Cannon Island Corrie - a poem by Moya Cannon PAGE 16 speaks for all of us, valuing as • Snowshoeing in the Pyrenees by David Guenot PAGE 17 it does the spirituality of the • Challenge walking - a 2019 preview by Jim Holmes place. • PAGE 20 • Recent photos by MVs members PAGE 22 We introduce a new technical feature: Notifications. This will Photo of the month PAGE 25 regularly send you notices about things happening on the • International Photo of the month PAGE 26 website like a selection of more interesting comments or what • Videos of the month - Errigal/Lough Altan and Slieve Beagh, Co. particular people have been posting. Keep in touch. • Monaghan PAGE 25 We report on the Maamturks which continues to attract challenge walkers as well as a giant 25k/2000m walk held by the indefatigable Na Sléibhte club. We have special articles on snow walking: one in Kerry, one in the Pyrenees and our regular video highlights, place and track comments and recent photos. Craigagh Hill, Sperrins b Brendan O’Reilly MOUNTAINVIEWS NEWS is choked with a thick tangle of briars and brambles. This makes CE PLA There’s ProbablY MORE access to the actual summit quite a challenge. I would advise anyone COMMEN T trying to visit this summit to prepare well. A sword and suit of armour OF TH E TREES DOWN NOW... would be useful but too cumbersome for most. A slash hook or one MONT H HEWSON HILL (261M), SOUTH MIDLANDS of those petrol driven hedge trimmers from a German discount store would be a good substitute for the sword. A heavy set of overalls or boiler suit instead of the suit of armour would give the summiteer a ... as a result of Storm Hannah, that is. Mind you, the fighting chance against the briars. I would certainly advise against situation on Hewson Hill in County Laois as described by ceadeile wearing good hiking gear. When making my assault I noticed that in his comment of April 3rd makes you think: how worse could that the heavier the limited overhead tree cover the less dense were it get? And the walk started out so promisingly as can be seen the brambles. by reading the post entitled, in a charmingly understated way, To the best of my reckoning, the summit is close to a large, felled, “Summit difficult to access due to tangle of briars” but still living, spruce tree. Parked at S533 975 on the N80. Had a pleasant stroll then through Original comment: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1201/ mature beech wood. Bluebells just emerging. Nice view of Rock comment/15445 of Dunamase which Greek astronomer Ptolemy marked on his map of Ireland almost 2000 years ago. At time of my visit, March 2019, you can get to within 50 or 60 metres of the actual summit with minimal difficulty. Then the fun begins! As mentioned by previous commentators, storms have felled most of the trees on the summit. The summit is now covered in a jumble of fallen tree trunks. The tree canopy is gone and light has reached the floor of the wood so that the surrounding area Hewson Hill from the North REGIONS: MOUNTAIN COMMENTS | TRIP REPORTS | TRACKS | SUMMARIES SOUTH NORTH Peak begging Heavy Metal in Cork Although there is a very The addition of pleasant forest trail up to Arderin Begs the top of Knockchree in the to MV’s lists has Mournes, the summit area introduced many is unfortunately littered with to previously multiple scraps of metal, unexplored reports Pepe. hills, such as Link: https://mountainviews. Caherbarnagh ie/summit/952/ b David Guenot East Top, which comment/20486/ offers some very fine views, writes David-Guenot. b Pepe Link: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1443/comment/20490/ SOUTH NORTH b eamonoc b TommyV In the rough In the bosom of Kerry Has Rory McIlroy being combining a bit of bagging with his golf Member TommyV charts an alternate route up the famed Paps, practice? Who knows, but someone left a golf ball at the summit of approaching directly from the south. Long Mountain in the Antrim Hills, reports eamonoc. Link: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/116/comment/20489/ Link: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1272/comment/20476/ REGIONS: MOUNTAIN COMMENTS | TRIP REPORTS | TRACKS | SUMMARIES EAST WEST An easy bag on the way to bigger things Scarr NW Top is a relatively easy climb from the car park at Glenmacnass waterfall, with a track taking you b TommyV right to the top, Three looped walks – one island. b Colin Murphy reports Colin Murphy in a new Inishbofin off Galway has three marked looped trails and it’s possible short summary. to hike the entire beautiful island in a day, reports TommyV. Link: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1433/comment/20485/ Link: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/2211/comment/20480/ EAST MIDLANDS A filmic location A triply popular White Hill in Wicklow may be dull, but summit the area has proven a magnet for movie Shantemon Hill in makers down the decades, writes Colin Cavan may not be Murphy. (Also Zardoz was partly shot the most glamorous near here with post-apocalyptic scenes hill in Ireland, but it made easy after a big heather burn. Let merited no less than me tell you a funny story I heard about comments by three this film. Apparently the production MV members in two staff had difficulty finding enough red days! boots for the cast on horseback. So b Colin Murphy Link: https:// while they managed to get them for mountainviews.ie/ Sean Connery they resorted to painting other riders bare legs red.) summit/1267/ Link: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1396/comment/20484/ b madfrankie REGIONS: MOUNTAIN COMMENTS | TRIP REPORTS | TRACKS | SUMMARIES TRACK OF THE MONTH - MACGILLYCUDDY’S REEKS Carraghmore Lough, MacGillycuddy’s Reeks Tea & scones to end the day! CAKE ON THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE Like many others spent Easter weekend in the Reeks, and his less-frequented approach to peter1 LENGTH: 11.5km Time taken: 5h42m Carrauntoohil is this month’s selection. His route starts from the south side, using the Kerry Way ASCENT: 1097m DESCENT: 1002m PLACES: to start before slanting up past Curraghmore Lake to the ridge (and the crowds one suspects) at Start at V77919 81491, Carrauntoohil, Caher, the top of the Devil’s Ladder. Up and over Carrauntoohil to Caher before a descent of its SW ridge end at V77699 81485 219m W from Start to pick up the Kerry Way again. There are a few minor summits that can be tagged onto the latter stages of this route, but I feel duty bound to point out the excellent-looking cakes awaiting you at Link: https://mountainviews.ie/track/4111/ the cafe once you finish... or stopping you even starting in the first place. REGIONS: MOUNTAIN COMMENTS | TRIP REPORTS | TRACKS | SUMMARIES TRACKSTRACKS SOUTH: A Grand Day for a Giant Walk: 24.9k, 2015m Ascent Ireland was blessed with some glorious weather over the Easter weekend, and it wasn’t surprising to find many folk taking advantage of such top-notch conditions. Few will have made quite so much of them as the Na Sléibhte club who took the chance to complete a mega-traverse of the Reeks from Kate Kearney’s to Cronin’s Yard. Most of the assembled (including GSheehy the uploader) decided to take in the Tomies/Purple ridge as a starter, before crossing the head of the Gap of Dunloe for the main course, finishing on Knockbrinnea before what would feel like a knee-wrecker of a descent to attain the tea and medals. It goes without saying that this is an outing for the fit, and a degree of hill sense is also required considering that the Big Gun, the Cnoc na Peiste arete and the Beenkeragh Ridge are all included. Link: https://mountainviews.ie/track/4112/ WEST: Clare Is A Light That Never Goes Out The substantial outpost of Clare Island off the west coast provides fine hill/coastal walking, and simon3 has taken the opportunity to walk most of the main spine of the island, taking it its two listed summits (including the Reaching Knocknaveen, spectacular sea cliff of Knockmore in the background Knockmore) and some of the wild interior. In addition to the magnificent coastal declivities, there is much antiquarian interest to enjoy as well. Link: https://mountainviews. ie/track/4106/ REGIONS: MOUNTAIN COMMENTS - TRIP REPORTS - TRACKS - SUMMARIES TRACKSTRACKS EAST: The monarch of the glen The head of Glenmalure in Wicklow offers multitudinous possibilities for outings of varying lengths and complexities. ulsterpooka’s interpretation of the landscape wanders up the Glen on the Table Track before a sharp little ascent to Camenabologue SE top. From here he takes in Benleagh, Lug itself and Corrigasleggaun before descending from Cloghernagh. It’s an excellent leg-stretcher of a walk, one that can be extended by opening with the ascent of Conavalla, or even possibly Lugduff.
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