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Mountain Log Index > Entry
April 2nd: Purple, Shehy and Tomies Mountain :
Finally we get to Purple having postponed it twice; once because
of bad weather when we couldn't be bothered going beyond Mangerton,
and the second time because there was snow on the Reeks. The forecast
was for blustery winds and heavy showers.
A small group today. Mick was busy at the Labour Party Conference;
in fact he's been busy at all the party conferences this year....except
the Greens whom he believes don't wash often enough. Three were
missing because they had got lucky at The Other Place on Saturday
night. Eibhear was off in Rome again. He goes so often these days,
we are worried in case he has had a Pauline conversion. Or maybe
its just a Giovanni conversion.
Starting at Kate Kearneys we went up to the Head of the Gap and
then onto the southern flank of Purple Mountain. We only had two
very heavy showers but when we got to the the top there was a stiff
breeze. The wind got me thinking of the various ways we describe
winds in Kerry which is an adaption of The Beaufort Scale. There
is a gentle breeze, a bit of a breeze, a fresh breeze, a stiff breeze,
a bit of a gale and a fierce feckin' gale man. The latter is the
one where climbers are hunched behind a rock, trying to eat their
lunch dressed in numerous layers, a sheep farmer strolls by in shirt
sleeves with the salutation, " A bit breezy today men "
All the above waffle is really due to the fact that there is not
really that much to say except from Purple we took a sciord over
to Shehy and then back to Tomies from whence we descended to Kate
Kearney's.
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