Friday April 8th
Sea fog over Cloghane |
On Friday I headed to Mount Brandon with James Moore. We parked in the village of Cloghane and climbed Brandon via the Faha Ridge. The ridge itself is nice and exposed in places and the far side of it has a great sustained scramble with some quite difficult steps. The day was warm and sunny with a real touch of summer about it. It was a good thing that I remembered to put on the sunscreen before we started. We had a nice lunch on the summit where we enjoyed the tremendous views and then headed along the ridge towards the Conner Pass. It was a big day out involving 26 kilometers and 1800 meters climbing in total. A lovely bonus was that when we arrived at the pass there was an icecream van there so we sat and enjoyed a delicious 99 in the sun. We continued on up the other side to the summit of Slievenea and then down to the road and the three kilometer walk back to the car. We arrived tired but satisfied eight hours after we started.
Along the ridge with Brandon behind |
Towards Brandon Creek and the Blaskets |
The view from Slievenea |
James looking accross the Faha Ridge towards Brandon |
1 comment:
I've often thought about heading to those crags below the first step up to Corrán Tuathail. The second picture shows some great looking lines! Great to know it's probably worthwhile having a look.
Post a Comment