Bill Magowan Sunday 04/12/05
Wet‘n’Dirty. This is the phrase Colmcille Climbers use to describe going outside in winter. It also encapsulates those qualities I most admire among my lady friends. But enough about Margaret. Others enjoying a good soaking were Alan, Alan’s brother Jimmy, affable newcomer George, and Inishowen pumping-sex-piston, Peter Cooper.
Due to the inclemency of the weather we changed the venue to a pleasant stroll along the Glenveagh valley, starting from the Lough Barra end. There were stimulating discussions on meteorology, the etymology of Irish place names, the future of secondary school education in N. Ireland, native flora and drift geology, and a host of other topics.
We met several members of the Northwest Mountaineering Club proceeding in their usual unruly fashion in the opposite direction and exchanged the kind of small talk that is customary on these occasions. Some of their members had become stranded on the wrong side of the deer fence surrounding the Glenveagh National Park and were most unsuitably attired for December in Donegal. The accompanying photograph shows Peter remonstrating with them in a friendly fashion.
After tea at the castle we retraced our steps and went home.
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and Pete Smith cannot take responsibility if you decide to go climbing and
subsequently fall as a result of reading this website. In fact, the last
thing we want you to do is fall. That's not to say that we want you to fall,
or that we want it to be the last thing that happens to you; what we mean
is that we don't want you to fall at all. We don't even want you to go climbing
unless you want to: it's your choice. We like going climbing and we think
you'll enjoy it too, but if you do go, don't come running to us whingeing
if you happen to get hurt. If we said to put your hand in a fire, you wouldn't
do it, would you? And if we recommended putting your hand in a fire (which
we don't) we would suggest that you wear fireproof gloves and stuff, and
that you have a bucket of water nearby. So if you decided to go climbing,
we would suggest using ropes and stuff, and having a first aid kit on hand
because accidents can and do happen and they're not always fatal.
The Club does not have any more accidents than any other organisation that
indulges in potentially lethal activities, so it's not down to us. It's not
our fault. Gottit?
