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Come on you caught the train up, took a few pics and then caught the train back down..  Well done looks a little cold on the top, get the practice for the "Three Peaks Challenge" Nick 
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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And this is what you do for fun? 
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Hope the weather is better at Dent.
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Lovely and I'll bet invigorating as well.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Looks like a Ricola commerical to me, Nick.  Nice pics!  What's the altitude of that mountain?
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Very nice, not my idea of fun though 
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Looks like a Ricola commerical to me, Nick.
Nice pics!
What's the altitude of that mountain?
3560ft and what's Ricola?
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It's those Swiss cough drops that until recently they used to advertise on the TV(at least over here) showin' a swiss mountaineer standin' on a mountain top and blowin' his own horn.
(and no...if you're wonderin'...I'm NOT swiss)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Yr Wyddfa Nice pics and slide show Nick. Climbed Snowdon when I was younger but last couple of times have taken the train up and walked back down!  Apparently on a clear day you can see Ireland but I never have! Rare to get that good visibility up there. We once came down in fog and managed to loose the main path, ended up taking us 8 hours and probably as many miles away from our destination...  
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Looks like a Ricola commerical to me, Nick.
Nice pics!
What's the altitude of that mountain?
3560ft and what's Ricola?
3560ft is considered a mountain where you come from?  
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3560ft is considered a mountain where you come from?
I found this after 2 mins on Google - the definitive answer ... er ... sorta!! 
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Unfortunately, there is no universally accepted standard definition for the height of a mountain or a hill although a mountain usually has an identifiable summit. In the United Kingdom, a mountain must be over 600 meters (1969 feet) or over 300 meters (984 feet) if it's an abrupt difference in the local topography. However, some hills can be called mountains and some mountains can be called hills - it's just a matter of the original name given to the relief.
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Looks like a Ricola commerical to me, Nick.
Nice pics!
What's the altitude of that mountain?
3560ft and what's Ricola?
3560ft is considered a mountain where you come from?
fraid so John... highest in england and wales. Ben Nevis in Scotland is 4409ft and is the highest in the British Isles.
Out of interest, what height mountains have you got in Mountainana? 
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"You can't believe everything you read on the internet" : William Shakespeare
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Great Pics and vids, Nick. Cymru am Byth!
Yehes ha sowena whath dheugh why a'gas henath!
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Well, I also lived in Colorado for a decade and they put Montana to shame with several 14k summits.
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Lovely and I'll bet invigorating as well.
Wow, they are some mountains you got there, nearly as high as Everest base camp.
I'm off up Snowdon again this weekend for more invigoration 
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Unfortunately, there is no universally accepted standard definition for the height of a mountain or a hill although a mountain usually has an identifiable summit. In the United Kingdom, a mountain must be over 600 meters (1969 feet) or over 300 meters (984 feet) if it's an abrupt difference in the local topography. However, some hills can be called mountains and some mountains can be called hills - it's just a matter of the original name given to the relief.
Yr Wyddfa means The Tumulus in Welsh. As far as tumuli? go it's a big 'un...
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54 14,000 Mts in COlorado With more towns over 10,000 than most places. i have climbed 12 of them hope to get them all before i get to old to walk. Took my 2 daughters up 2 of them when they were 4 and 6. You have to be on top by 11 am or you stand a chance of lighting strikes at 12. Nice views from the top. I would show some photo' just not sure how. 
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54 14,000 Mts in COlorado With more towns over 10,000 than most places. i have climbed 12 of them hope to get them all before i get to old to walk. Took my 2 daughters up 2 of them when they were 4 and 6. You have to be on top by 11 am or you stand a chance of lighting strikes at 12. Nice views from the top. I would show some photo' just not sure how.
upload you photo to photopost (on this site) or photobucket (PHOTOBUCKET PUTS LESS STRAIN ON THIS SERVER I THINK).
copy the direct link and insert it between [IMAGE ]URL[/IMAGE] (WITHOUT THE SPACE BETWEEN E ])
What heights do you usually start those walks/climbs at?
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Thats a cool slideshow you posted on you tube. Though a "Real" adventurer would have taken the Triumph up there and got a picture of the bonnie on the top of that little hill.
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So which one of these is you? Go on, own up. Your the one with strange taste in hats.
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haha, that's my Gortex army hat off ebay for a tenner
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Here's another slide show I made for a walk in Derbyshire.
hang on, Walk, ive head of that. Is that where you use self prepelled physical energy to move your body from one place to another. I got tired just reading your post
Nobody walks around here, they dont ever have side walks in my town. If you don't have a car or m/c you are screwed. I've even got a drive thru Liquer store.
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Hmmmm...and here I thought that old Missing Persons' song was about nobody walkin' in L.A.
(looks like those poor ol' folks in Tennessee have now been corrupted by us heathens out here now too!)
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up there again yesterday... bit cloudy this time though. Some nice rocks though... here's the slideshow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roUSc2Ms8YA
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Let's see, I'd have to ride down about 2400 feet to get to 3560 . I' lucky enough to live within 50 miles of 15 "fourteeners" (14,000ft+ peaks) haven't tried to ride up any of them yet.
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Let's see, I'd have to ride down about 2400 feet to get to 3560 . I' lucky enough to live within 50 miles of 15 "fourteeners" (14,000ft+ peaks) haven't tried to ride up any of them yet.
I live a virtually sea level, but that walk start at about 600ft
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