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Berkeley Wasson of Western Area Council who is a member of the Jamboree Band waits for the bank near Summit Center during the 2023 National Scout Jamboree at The Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mount Hope, West Virginia. (BSA Photo by Tom Copeland)
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20230725-16-32-59-49-TC date - 7/25/23 time - 4:32:59 PM
Film - youtu.be/QaVeROZOpYQ
Bumps and Bags…
Lists….. and ticking things off…… becomes an addiction to many of us… If you are reading this blog then you may also have this affliction in context with mountains and hills!
Some are called Munro Baggers, some just baggers and some look down on this sub section with scorn and ridicule, why do you need to have not climbed a hill to head out etc etc
In some respects I think I fall into both categories (or is it a sliding scale!!?). It really just depends on what mood takes me…. I think the real addiction is just getting out and about and that certainly keeps me satisfied, but then adding in an unclimbed hill and adding to that “tick list” of climbed hills seems to add to the need to get out there!!
There are advantages to this though and perhaps some disadvantages too (there’s always a Yin to the Yang). My last adventure highlights one of the advantages… Craig Rainich in the NW highlands sits between the Fannich Range and the Fisherfield hills with An Teallach to the North. It’s a pretty dull looking hill with a relatively long approach. If I weren’t ticking off the Corbetts - would I have travelled three and a half hours in the car to get here then cycle for an hour to reach the bottom of the hill ?? Probably not… However, as is often the case with the Corbetts, the hill itself is a little rounded but my god the views from the top were well worth the effort! So this little bump of a mountain was put in the bag and another Corbett was ticked off the list…
Of course the fact that there were unbroken blue skies and crystal clear clarity helped, but doesn’t it always;)
The day started at the usual time (no need to get up super early as the days are long , plus the forecast suggested the winds to drop through the day!). A quick bowl of porridge washed down with some Kenco and I was ready for the drive. Past the numerous roadworks I was on the Kessock Bridge by the back of nine. The sun was shining down but Wyvis was cloudy on the northern horizon. It didn’t bother me though as I was headed west and the chances of this North Sea clag reaching the west coast were slight (well according to Judith at the weather centre). Up past Aultguish and then a left at the Braemore Junction. A few weeks earlier I had taken the same road, in the same glorious weather, the only difference was the peaks were white and I was headed for Teallach!
After three and a half hours I pulled up at a very busy parking bay. Looked like the Munro Baggers were hitting The Fannichs! Bike out, bag packed and I was off to bag my Corbett….. An hour later (and after a rather bumpy, gravelly cycle – not sure the bike helped too much on this one!) I as stashing my bike away at end of the loch relatively close to the Lochiveroan Bothy…
White horses skipped along The Loch and I was hoping Judith was going to be right in that the breeze was to diminish through the day! Otherwise it would be a hard fought cycle back!!
The hill looked like a gentle slope from here… According to my calculations I would only be ascending about 600m due to my starting height being near 200m. The going was good – very good in fact.. Although there were no paths, the recent dry spell meant that even the boggiest sections were bone dry!
I was soon on the minor top of Meall Dubh were the view opened up. The sky was blue and Sgurr Ban and Mullach Coire Mhic Fhearchair looked amazing-a grand time to be having a crack at The Fisherfield Six (or should that be Five now that a demotion has occurred ;))….
With a big smile on my face I made the short descent and re ascent to reach the Corbett’s summit….
An hour later, after soaking in the views and playing with the cameras, I decided to head back, thoroughly pleased with my experience (and also bagging a new Corbett!;)).
For a remote location, the use of the bike meant it only took about 90 minutes to get back to the car. If only the ca journey were the same time!!
So a fine outing in fine weather and another Corbett bagged – not doing too badly that’s four in last two weeks ;) Maybe a finer achievement than bagging four Munros? ( I’ll leave that can of worms for another blog I think….)
Something you guys MUST visit!! It’s called Summit One Vanderbilt. It’s in New York, Manhattan. The security you go through is ridiculous but at least my camera came with. that’s what matters..lol
Atop Midtown Manhattan's Tallest Skyscraper
SUMMIT One Vanderbilt is a four-story observation complex that brings together spaces for art, gathering, and wonder to envision a new way of inhabiting the New York City skyline. The state-of-the-art promontory offers panoramic views over all five boroughs from a collection of curated multi-sensory viewing and lounge spaces located more than 1,000 feet above Midtown Manhattan
Jamie Lester from Mountaineer Council and with the Love Hope Center for the Arts adds some finishing touches to his painting during the 2023 National Scout Jamboree at The Summit Bechtel Reserve in Mount Hope, West Virginia. Lester is the artist who created the bronze sculptures you see around Summit Bechtel Reserve. (BSA Photo by James Chaplin)
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20230726-11-20-33-20-JC date - 7/26/2023 time - 11:20:33 AM
After long walks on the farm it was great to have an open air shower at night and then get into our luxurious King Size bed in the 4x4 Trailer to listen to the Barn Owls and disturbed Baboon shouts in the darkness coming from the Krantzes. and also being the only humans in the area >>Bliss
Manx Electric Railway tram No.9 hauls trailer No.42 on the climb up to Summit Corner from Dhoon Glen working empty from Dhoon Quarry to take its place in the Tram Procession through Laxey.
Montgomery Ward -> MainStreet / Kohl's -> Sears. Hudson's / Marshall Field's / Macy's out of shot to the left.
The Summit Place Mall opened in 1963 originally under the name "Pontiac Mall". Hudson's and Montgomery Ward were original anchor stores. In 1971, a free-standing Sears store was built north of the mall. In the late 1980s, JCPenney and MainStreet (later Kohl's) were added as part of a wing built between Montgomery Ward and Sears. Massive shopping centers owned by the mall (Summit West and Summit North) were built around the mall in the 1980s and 1990s, A Service Merchandise store also used some space at the mall that Hudson's split-off.
The nearby Great Lakes Crossing outlet mall opened in 1998. Both Montgomery Ward and Service Merchandise closed at the brink of the 2000s. Throughout the 2000s many smaller stores left the mall. Also during that time Hudson's changed to Marshall Field's, then Macy's. Kohl's closed their store in March 2009, The mall itself was closed in September 2009. Following the mall's closure, Macy's and JCPenney both left in March 2010. Sears closed in December 2014. The 1,500,000 square foot mall building has been condemned so it is likely the mall will be demolished within the next year or two.
Summit Place Mall (Pontiac Mall) - North Telegraph Road - Waterford Charter Township, Michigan
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Summit Chairlift
Falls Creek, Victoria, Australia
I never cease to be fascinated by this structure. The chairlift appears to be heading 'down' over the far left horizon, but in fact it is still ascending at about the same rate as it is in the near section.
7pm : underestimated how long it would take to get to the top - I didn't wait the extra 1 hour at the summit for sunset shots due to the overbearing wedding reception!
The light was still harsh but pleasant enough.
Just a few minutes before sunset, MWRC #2 "Ammonoosuc" sits tied down on the platform at the summit of the highest peak in the northeastern US. The place looks deserted, except for the crew, because all of the passengers on this sold-out excursion, and THREE diesel sections which preceded it up the hill, are all busy exploring the summit structures and enjoying the views. The summit platform has certainly evolved over the past century and a half. For much of its existence, it was a single-track affair, because there were no switches or sidings on the entire line. Gaggles of trains would all ascend simultaneously, one after another, and would descend the same way, in reverse order. Today, few trains linger here. The diesels are so much faster than the steamers, that they arrive, discharge passengers, pick up passengers and immediately descend. For this reason, the platform has been expanded, not only in terms of length, but there are now two tracks, one of which (the far track) typically holds trains which are staying on the summit for a time, while the other (the near track) is for the transients. A large, hydraulically-powered switch on the grade just below the platform switches these tracks.
Arno Knapitsch and Benjamin Zahneisen on the summit of Mt. Shasta, California, U.S.A. © 2016 Shawn Boye
Timelapse of Kilauea summit collapse from April 14-July 11, 2018. Video courtesy of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
Remember the Eagle Summit? By Chrysler. AKA Mitsubishi Mirage. Ah, how quickly we've forgotten them. And it wasn't even 20 years ago.
Bracing for gales and thus snow splashes, skiers gravitate to the summit of Happo-yama.
Taken in Riesen Grad, Hakuba Happo-one, on Feb 13, 2024. .
Day 3 Urban Transformation Summit 2022 in The Madison, Detroit, Mi on October 12
Strategy Sessiom: Adapting to Hybrid Models of Work
Participants: Jacqueline Lu, President and Co-Founder, Helpful Places; Katherine Lang, Senior Knowledge Lawyer, EMEA Real Estate, Knowledge Lead, London, Baker McKenzie; Russell Smith, Director, Market Strategy, Cisco; Fanyu Lin, CEO, Flexus; Jeremy Kelly, Director, Global Research, JLL; Josh White, Director, City and Regional Planning, City of Calgary; Nick Axford, Principal, Chief Economist, Avision Young
VLOG HERE : youtu.be/RxMiXsZyv60
I had been planning a hike up The Cruachan Horseshoe, but the with the weather swinging in from the west, I decided on a Munro closer to home (and the east) to avoid the low cloud and rain!!
Driving through thick fog until Crieff, I was starting to think I may get lucky with an inversion on Ben Vorlich. However , by the time I reached St Fillans, the fog had cleared and I made my way to Advorlich , to start the familiar trek up Ben Vorlich. The weather was good and the cloud stayed away.
As always the issue of layering made me stop about a million times to delayer, then relayer!! The effect of the wind cannot be under estimated at any time of the year, and this trip really showed this effect as I sopped and started, putting jackets on an taking mid layers off numerous times
Reaching the summit, the sun came out and the views down the strath, over the fog were fantastic. Soaking in the sun on the summit ridge , I had to pull myself off the ops and started to head back down before the approaching weather front arrived!! A few hours later and I was drenched in Oban