north-north-west wrote:icefest wrote:north-north-west wrote:Walking for days in beautiful weather to get the chance to climb a hard-to-reach peak - and the weather goes off on summitting day, and stays bad until you're well on your way back out.
Which one was that?
Tramonbloodytane. Should have gone via Manfred rather than High Dome, but I wanted to explore the Amphitheatre properly - that didn't happen either, of course.
jobell wrote:March flies. No contest. Horrible things.
north-north-west wrote:Not 100%. There's a rock rib that breaks through the scrub, not too differently to the Chimaera. But that route goes through some really good country and it would have been neat to get some photos. Plus the fagus was out. Plus I now still have to go back in to properly explore the Amphitheatre.
Plus it would have been a brilliant set of shots for the game. We've never had one from Tramontane in there.
icefest wrote:north-north-west wrote:Not 100%. There's a rock rib that breaks through the scrub, not too differently to the Chimaera. But that route goes through some really good country and it would have been neat to get some photos. Plus the fagus was out. Plus I now still have to go back in to properly explore the Amphitheatre.
Plus it would have been a brilliant set of shots for the game. We've never had one from Tramontane in there.
Oh, I might have to go one day...
MrsGypsy wrote:Old rusty fence wire left lying on the ground or tangled around old fallen fence posts or trees.
Ugly, sneaky, and dangerous pokey-uppy-sticky-uppy bits waiting to ensnare my, my shoes or clothes, other people's, and other unknowing unseeing innocents.
Despicably despisable
(very low back of throat growl sound)
walk2wineries wrote:Unmarked electric fencing on a public path or right-of-way.
MickyB wrote:walk2wineries wrote:Unmarked electric fencing on a public path or right-of-way.
Agree that they should be marked but it's easy to tell if it's an electic fence or not. An electric fence will have some type of insulator (plastic, porcelain etc) on each post that the wire will pass through. If the wire is stapled directly onto a timber post or passes direct through a star picket post then the fence is not electric.
Giddy_up wrote:MickyB wrote:walk2wineries wrote:Unmarked electric fencing on a public path or right-of-way.
Agree that they should be marked but it's easy to tell if it's an electic fence or not. An electric fence will have some type of insulator (plastic, porcelain etc) on each post that the wire will pass through. If the wire is stapled directly onto a timber post or passes direct through a star picket post then the fence is not electric.
Just be careful with that last piece of information. It's true most of the time but a new fencing technique is using steel star pickets that are suspended on highly strained wire with the only insulators on the main posts which could be 200 m apart. It looks just like a normal farm fence except the steel posts will be just off the ground and used as "spreader bars", I hope that makes sense.
walk2wineries wrote:OOh, yes. Ditto barbed or electric wire surrounding a rickety stile, threatening impalement or electrocution if you slip. Unmarked electric fencing on a public path or right-of-way.
north-north-west wrote:People who break vegetation on an overgrowing track, but leave it dangling.
If you're going to break it to make passage easier, break it right off and chuck it away. Leaving it attached creates a greater problem than the living vegetation.
Tortoise wrote:Cleaning up, especially boots and gaiters when I get home.
north-north-west wrote:Trying to plan a trip and getting a forecast for the next week that is "Cloudy. Very high (90%) chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Snow falling above 600 metres. Winds westerly 25 to 35 km/h turning southwesterly during the morning. "
north-north-west wrote:There is nothing more infuriating and frustrating than cancelling a projected trip because of a highly unfavourable forecast when said forecast turns out to be about as reliable as the average political promise.
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