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"The Long View on the Rising Ground"
My photo is taken near the summit of Kippure mountain which sits on the Wicklow/Dublin border and rises to 752 m. South County Dublin and Leopardstown Racecourse can be seen in the distance through the gap with the glacial valley of Glencree {"The Glen of my Heart"} on the right and the twin humps of Cruagh 521m and Glendoo 590m on the left.
On a clear day, [ winter is best ] the Mourne mountains [ 100 miles away ] in Northern Ireland, UK, can be seen quite clearly as can Mount Snowdon [ 70 miles distant ] and its surrounding mountains in north Wales UK.
Kippure is topped with a very high telecommunications mast which is a good reference point if you get lost. Its also visible from north Wales and Im told as far south as Pembrokeshire.
In the winter, huge icicles hang from the mast and wires and every so often fall to the ground like the gods throwing huge spears to catch the unwary. Ive seen it a few times and the public are warned to stay well back.
The mountain is extremely wet as there are lots of underground springs constantly saturating the ground.There are no paths or tracks on this mountain and its totally saturated blanket bog.The Electricity Company have an access road to the top which the public can use. Ive climbed this mountain lots of times from different sides crossing a few other mountains to get there.
Now I think I would stick to the road! All I need is some fine weather if we are ever going to get any of that again!
Best Wishes to everyone and hope your New Year is everything that you would want it to be and more besides!
Anyway, your comments and Faves,
would be very welcome in these restrictve Flickr times.
P@t.
All my photos are also viewable, for your convenience in an easily accessable format on Flickr river here below;
"The Long View on the Rising Ground"
My photo is taken near the summit of Kippure mountain which sits on the Wicklow/Dublin border and rises to 752 m. South County Dublin and Leopardstown Racecourse can be seen in the distance through the gap with the glacial valley of Glencree {"The Glen of my Heart"} on the right and the twin humps of Cruagh 521m and Glendoo 590m on the left.
On a clear day, [ winter is best ] the Mourne mountains [ 100 miles away ] in Northern Ireland, UK, can be seen quite clearly as can Mount Snowdon [ 70 miles distant ] and its surrounding mountains in north Wales UK.
Kippure is topped with a very high telecommunications mast which is a good reference point if you get lost. Its also visible from north Wales and Im told as far south as Pembrokeshire.
In the winter, huge icicles hang from the mast and wires and every so often fall to the ground like the gods throwing huge spears to catch the unwary. Ive seen it a few times and the public are warned to stay well back.
The mountain is extremely wet as there are lots of underground springs constantly saturating the ground.There are no paths or tracks on this mountain and its totally saturated blanket bog.The Electricity Company have an access road to the top which the public can use. Ive climbed this mountain lots of times from different sides crossing a few other mountains to get there.
Now I think I would stick to the road! All I need is some fine weather if we are ever going to get any of that again!
Best Wishes to everyone and hope your New Year is everything that you would want it to be and more besides!
Anyway, your comments and Faves,
would be very welcome in these restrictve Flickr times.
P@t.
All my photos are also viewable, for your convenience in an easily accessable format on Flickr river here below;