Tag: climbing
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Did not find GC79TJF Benvinguts a la Secuita. Camí de sortida.
This checkin to GC79TJF Benvinguts a la Secuita. Camí de sortida. reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Despite a long (and sweaty) search up here, I'm going to have to give up!
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Found GCBMAKQ #17 Northmoor Loop
This checkin to GCBMAKQ #17 Northmoor Loop reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. TOTT? Hah! I laugh in the face of your arbitrary requirements. 😂 A little climbing and a big stretch put this cache in my hand with no need for field manufacturing. The dog watched on, bemused, from …
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Found GC47GDB Kiln Crag - Knipescar
A bit of an adventure! I first approached this cliffside cache from above, which turned out to be a mistake, but a climb from below was also initially fruitless because the cache had fallen from its hiding place, perhaps some time this winter. Delightful fun.
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Found GC1DH7W Knipe Scar - On the Edge
A swift uphill scramble for my friend and fellow volunteer John and I, before dinner. We're staying in a nearby farmhouse for a week if volunteer work, writing software to help charities. Beautiful view from the summit this evening! SL, TNLN, TFTC!
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On Wednesday, Vodafone announced that they'd made the first ever satellite video call from a stock mobile phone in an area with no terrestrial signal. They used a mountain in Wales for their experiment.
It reminded me of an experiment of my own, way back in around 1999, which I probably should have made a bigger deal of. I believe that I was the first person to ever send an email from the top of Yr Wyddfa/Snowdon.
Nowadays, that's an easy thing to do. You pull your phone out and send it. But back then, I needed to use a Psion 5mx palmtop, communicating over an infared link using a custom driver (if you ever wondered why I know my AT-commands by heart... well, this isn't exactly why, but it's a better story than the truth) to a Nokia 7110 (fortunately it was cloudy enough to not interfere with the 9,600 baud IrDA connection while I positioned the devices atop the trig point), which engaged a GSM 2G connection, over which I was able to send an email to myself, cc:'d to a few friends.
It's not an exciting story. It's not even much of a claim to fame. But there you have it: I was (probably) the first person to send an email from the summit of Yr Wyddfa. (If you beat me to it, let me know!)
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After driving 300 (vertical) metres up a terrifyingly winding road, we find ourself at 'Top if the World', one of Tobago's highest points. Being able to look down the steep sides of this long-extinct volcano to the sea on both sides is quite spectacular, and the Caribbean and Atlantic horizons seem so far away that you can almost believe you're seeing the Earth curve.
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Tropical cliff view to a bright blue ocean far below.
My camera fails to do this view justice.
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Found GC9DV66 GST 56 - Pet tube in tree
This checkin to GC9DV66 GST 56 - Pet tube in tree reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. After a brief search on the wrong side of the path, we eventually spotted the correct host and - after a running leap, pictured - soon had the cache in hand. TFTC!
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Found GC4PYCF Thames Path - Floodproof
This checkin to GC4PYCF Thames Path - Floodproof reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Excellent cache, which I was pleased to observe has the largest conceivable container possible for its hiding place: nice one! I love a good treetop cache!
Once I'd free the right tree, getting up was relatively easy: … -
Found GC2WTGE 8~ NUDDSY MEGA RAMBLE
This checkin to GC2WTGE 8~ NUDDSY MEGA RAMBLE reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A challenging and courageous scramble by the eldest (who turned 10 yesterday!) and I (who turned 43 today!) up the slippery wet leaves to reach the GZ. I stopped to double check the proximity and meanwhile …
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That Moment When You Forget Somebody's Dead
For the first time in years, perhaps, I had that "moment of forgotting my dad was dead" thing.
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An Intense Day On Crib Goch
"Brave Dave" shares a video from an accident he attended on Crib Goch, and Dan draws parallels to his dad's death (and talks about jet-suits!).
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I now have no doubt that from the summit of Table Mountain is an absolutely unparalleled place from which to watch the sunset. 🇿🇦🌅😍
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Ending on a High
Dan marks the New Year by climbing Ben Nevis.
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Summit of Ben Nevis with Robin (on almost the shortest day of the year) to finish off his 52 Reflect project. -
Geocaching Like Batman
Dan finds his first "terrain 5" geocache. They said he needed a boat, but Dan laughs in the face of boats. Also in the face of safety.