New Years!
January started off with an eventful hike up Tonelegee. The plan was to do a run with Ruairi, a bit of a mini epic. However, with conditions like this
It was decided against... Given it was well dodge!
The Art O'Neil
When ya get a call from anyone from the world of IMRA and long distance stuff you know it's gona be great!
Then when new shiny free kit is thrown into the equation it becomes even better.
The Art O'Neil is a walk that goes from Dublin Castle to Glenmalure. In recient years, it was organised as a charity walk, hybrid run or Ultra run (if your crazy like Eoin).
Word got around that I was taking part and almost as quickly people assumed (incorrectly) that I was challenging Eoin in a Nav Ultra. No dice.
On the day of the event. I got the kit sorted and headed off to Dublin Castle. On kit check duty, I allowed alot of people through that I didn't think should have started. Needless to say, Mountain Rescue gave them the go ahead. (The following morning I found one getting onto a bus pullout as she was too cold. Seamus found her and pretty much saved her sorry ass.)
I was leading a group with long term bad influence, fluffy Niall.
It was uneventful enough, excluding the zero visibilty, the 180 mistake off the first hill, the group splitting, half my group vanishing in the mist, more dropping out at the 2nd check point, having flogged themselves on the road run and the pushing people up to Arts Cross. And the mess up with tracks at the end. Lovely stuff. By the end I was pretty tired myself. I forgot what a lack of sleep was like. Good fun!
Next up were the exams. They were hell.
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