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Non Caving Related => Climbing => Topic started by: mike leahy on Aug 11, 2011, 02:29 PM

Title: Old Man of Hoy
Post by: mike leahy on Aug 11, 2011, 02:29 PM
hi tim
got back about 4.30 this morning. fantastic trip ,weather worked in are favor in the end . i'll try and load some piccies for you
Title: Re: Old Man of Hoy
Post by: Tim Watts on Aug 11, 2011, 04:25 PM
I moved the post over to climbing coz i have the ultimate power in the universe! - awesome pics - i wanna do it myself now!

Patagonia preps now underway for Jan/Feb 2013 if you can get 4 weeks off work :-)
Title: Re: Old Man of Hoy
Post by: mike leahy on Aug 11, 2011, 04:59 PM
luxury accomadation
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Post by: mike leahy on Aug 13, 2011, 08:35 AM
not sure if the last two will show up

 

rackwick beach. them there beach pebbles are bigger than a seal
Title: Re: Old Man of Hoy
Post by: Tim Watts on Aug 13, 2011, 08:46 AM
Well done fella - not too shabby for an old man.

nice! So wanna do it myself now!

by the way - sthil saw is at mine if u need it while i'm away - sarah will sort you out. :ohmy:
Title: Re: Old Man of Hoy
Post by: mike leahy on Aug 13, 2011, 08:54 AM
when you back tim. will put belgrave through trip on when your home . should be good for the noobies as its down only in one pitch and a walk out at the bottom
Title: Re: Old Man of Hoy
Post by: mike leahy on Aug 15, 2011, 08:51 PM
[quote="TimWatts" post=1935]

nice! So wanna do it myself now!

:ohmy:[/quote]

i think john is going back up with a couple of lads in september , if you want me to have a word i'm sure you could tag along or meet them up there on your way to work !
Title: Re: Old Man of Hoy
Post by: Tim Watts on Aug 16, 2011, 07:00 AM
get home 25th August (should land in Manchester 6pm so would be back home about 7pm all going well. Might just about be able to make it for a 'late' trip. (i.e. 7:30 start) Might suit me better to just turn up at the dig whenever i get there.

Will definitely be able to make the following week - 1st Sept which might be a better bet?

Back to work again after that for another two weeks before my month off.

Would you mind asking john what dates in sept?
Title: Re: Old Man of Hoy
Post by: mike leahy on Aug 16, 2011, 04:55 PM
[quote="TimWatts" post=1964]
Would you mind asking john what dates in sept?[/quote]

 no probs.
Title: Re: Old Man of Hoy
Post by: mike leahy on Aug 17, 2011, 09:30 PM
some more piccies . these are off john
Title: Re: Old Man of Hoy
Post by: mike leahy on Aug 17, 2011, 09:33 PM
don't know what happened there
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Post by: mike leahy on Sep 06, 2011, 09:30 PM
dwarf tomb . one solid piece of limestone carved out by hand
Title: Re: Old Man of Hoy
Post by: Joel Colk on Sep 07, 2011, 03:34 PM
That Tomb is fantastic!
Title: Re: Old Man of Hoy
Post by: mike leahy on Sep 07, 2011, 07:59 PM
[quote="Suboffender" post=2342]That Tomb is fantastic![/quote]
ye there is a bed with a pillow all carved out of limestone. it was pushed into place by the glacier during the big thor, it is in the middle of a peat marsh with nothing around it
Title: Re: Old Man of Hoy
Post by: John Norman on Sep 19, 2011, 12:53 PM
Brilliant trip Mike, thanks for coming mate.

Tim, i wont be going back this year but i highly recommend you get steady at HVS if your thinking of going.
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