+klaus23 Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 All opinions are relative, however: Yesterday I placed a cache on top of Mweelrea, the highest mountain in Connaught, Ireland at 814m. The round trip horseshoe hike involved a 13 mile trek over constantly varying terrain, all sorts of surfaces, navigation of narrow pyramidal peaks, terrifyingly narrow aretes, some great fell walking terrain and breathtaking scenery. The cache "could" be approached from the other side of the horseshoe, providing you had a boat - making the horseshoe, or a return trip on one side the only way to get to the cache box. All in all it took 10 hours. My question. Are there any harder traditional cache type walkers caches that do not require rock-climbing/abseiling in terms of distance, elevation and height changes in the UK? I've had a look at the 5/5 caches over on geocacheuk.com and checked some over on Geohikes (you can have this one when it's finished Dave!), but I can't find anything that beats it. Not all cache pages give distances, so first hand accounts please. Quote Link to comment
+klaus23 Posted March 27, 2005 Author Share Posted March 27, 2005 bump... someone... anyone... Quote Link to comment
SlytherinAlex Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 I'm told this one is a toughie but great if the weather is kind to you. - Quote Link to comment
+littlejim Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 I've got one planned - just need good enough weather to be able to place it. Mind, your one sounds so good - perhaps I'll visit Ireland instead! Quote Link to comment
+klaus23 Posted March 27, 2005 Author Share Posted March 27, 2005 I've got one planned - just need good enough weather to be able to place it. Mind, your one sounds so good - perhaps I'll visit Ireland instead! I'm still working on the cache page and I'll mail the waypoint number to you when it's approved Quote Link to comment
+littlejim Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 I am going to set my new one as soon as I can *and* come across and do Mweelrea when I can - seems like the perfect excuse to get across and get tanked up on the black stuff!! (except I don't need an excuse...) Quote Link to comment
Dave from Glanton Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 I set a couple myself up on the border ridge - a few miles north of Moss Trooper's "Reivers Revenge". My The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Music and Walking On The Ridge are closer to roads, but personally I think the that the best way to vist them is by way of a very scenic, but fairly strenuous 14 mile hike. That route also takes in Ekendi's Trimontium View. Quote Link to comment
+klaus23 Posted March 28, 2005 Author Share Posted March 28, 2005 I am going to set my new one as soon as I can *and* come across and do Mweelrea when I can - seems like the perfect excuse to get across and get tanked up on the black stuff!! (except I don't need an excuse...) GCN8C1 is currently pending approval. Take a look at it when it's up. If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You've Gotta Be Tough Quote Link to comment
+Flyfishermanbob Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 I always thought this one might be tough...only 9 visitors in 3 years Glomach Quote Link to comment
+littlejim Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 GCN8C1 is currently pending approval. Take a look at it when it's up It's up and it looks good! Quote Link to comment
+klaus23 Posted March 28, 2005 Author Share Posted March 28, 2005 I always thought this one might be tough...only 9 visitors in 3 years Glomach And it's got one of the most hardcore logs I've ever read Quote Link to comment
+ttTom Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 X Marks the spot This ones pretty serious walking - only 22 visits in almost 4 years!!! Quote Link to comment
gekocacher Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 This is possibly not the most extreme, but is a serious hill / mountain undertaking Eagles Rock Memorial Did it last weekend, can reccomend it !!! Gekocacher Quote Link to comment
+snaik Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 Only one visit on this one, 10th & 3rd there is 7 Munros on the Lawers Ridge. Quote Link to comment
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