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Summer Photos

Tue Aug 19, 2008, 3:30 PM
Scotland and Austria

Scotland: two weeks.

Started on Barra, took a wee boat to Mingulay, saw many seals and puffins. Went up through South Uist and Benbecula to Lochmaddy on North Uist, went sea kayaking, went to St Kilda (again :)). Went to Skye, did some scrambling on Sgurr a Mhadaidh and Sgurr a Greadhaidh, went up Blaven. Came back down through the mainland via Corpach and Crianlarich hostels to Lancashire.

Austria: two weeks.

Flew out to Salzburg, hired a car, walked up some mountains whose names I cannot be bothered to look up. Had some spectacular thunderstorms, enjoyed the Austrian boiled ox and the Schladminger Bier.

Took many many photos. Deleted many many photos. See the newest photos in my gallery for the remnants!

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  • Current Residence: Lancashire
  • Interests: Photography, Climbing, Walking
  • Tools of the Trade: Nikon DSLRs, motley slew of lenses, filters and tesco carrier bags

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*Metal-Goddess:iconMetal-Goddess: Nov 18, 2008, 3:36:48 AM
Hey there! :w00t:
Thanks for :+fav:ing my "One Winter " pic[link] :hug:
Greetings! :bow:

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*peytonangel:iconpeytonangel: Sep 19, 2008, 1:47:41 AM
Thanks for :+fav: :heart:

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~manaphoto:iconmanaphoto: Aug 30, 2008, 6:19:42 PM
Thanks for the recent fav.

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Mood: Love ~Textuel:iconTextuel: Aug 29, 2008, 6:07:48 AM
Ho John' !
You've got some news photos on your deviant ! Great shot , i will watch you soon.
Do you can watch my gallery if you've got one minute for me ?
Thanks,
See you later in Lancanshire !

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~VCAllgood:iconVCAllgood: Aug 24, 2008, 9:07:56 AM
So, mainly just out of curiosity...when you say your interests include climbing. Does that mean rock climbing or is it some sort of joke about climbing to odd places to get good shots?

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~jonathanknowles:iconjonathanknowles: Aug 25, 2008, 3:05:36 AM
No no I wasn't joking. I do quite a bit of rock climbing, I'm not especially good though, there's a lot of climbing near to where I live. Lots in Scotland and the Lake District too, all good for taking photos too.

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~VCAllgood:iconVCAllgood: Aug 25, 2008, 10:00:46 AM
Yeah, I've been climbing for 5 years, and it is DEFINITELY my dream to come climb in the UK. I actually am going to be there next summer, maybe I'll get to climb then! I, however, have not been taking photos long, and haven't tried it on a climb yet...we'll see.

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~jonathanknowles:iconjonathanknowles: Aug 25, 2008, 1:02:09 PM
Excellent, where abouts in the UK are you going? Forgive the regional arrogance but in the North of England there's a great deal of climbing, and in the South of England there is almost none. The best area for single pitch is probably the Peak District, mile after mile of gritstone edges. Lancashire where I live (although I'm at uni in York most of the year) is pretty good too, although less inviting than the grit of the Peak District due to the fact that most of it is in quarries and the routes aren't in as good condition, and the guidebook is crap. For multi-pitch I like the Lake District best but Snowdonia in Wales is also good. The Peak District is by far the most accessible place with good climbing. Scotland is good but you need a car (you'll struggle anywhere without one to be honest) and it's a day's drive to get to anywhere good in the highlands. Other than the Cuillin I'm not well up on climbing in Scotland.

What sort of climbing do you do in the US? Everything is trad here. With a few exceptions such as Malham Cove (which is monsterly difficult) and some of the slate quarries of North Wales. You'll be pushing your baggage limit with a full trad rack I guess.

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~VCAllgood:iconVCAllgood: Aug 25, 2008, 2:46:12 PM
Yeah, a full trad rack WOULD be pushing it I think! I do every sort of climbing that you can imagine. I do a lot of lead climbing here, that's my favorite, but I have done a good deal of trad too. I'm not particularly fond of bouldering. I will be in basically any part of the UK that I want to be in. My employers are giving me a paid summer off to travel Europe, so I guess I can go anywhere that I want! Regional arrogance forgiven, I think we have a lot of that in the US too! Thanks for the advice though! Looks like I will have to rent a car for my climbing adventure!

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