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[Mystic Kitsune]

XD Brad Pitt

That'd be horrifying for me, too. ><

[Sir Deimos]

what, being brad pitt? xD

[Mystic Kitsune]

Yes ><

Brad Pitt...ugh...

[Toxin]

I liked some of the movies he was in....

[Mystic Kitsune]

I dunno, I just think he's overrated...

Some movies were good, yes.

Edited by Mystic Kitsune, 17 January 2009 - 03:44 PM.

[Steel Samurai]

Some of us *have* been entrusted with a picture.


BUT I SHALL NEVER REVEAL WHO!!!!

[Showsni]

Well, since Brad doesn't feel like sharing I'll see what's on my computer...

Hm, this is four years ago, I think. The 44th Venture Scout Unit, about to climb the highest mountain in Ireland. Most of my pictures I'm holding the camera, but here I must have given it to Mr. Brown (or Phil) to take a photo.

[Toxin]

well...here's a picture of my little brother dressed up for the midnight showing of the Dark Knight. I liked the picture enough to edit it to make it look even better.
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it's not the best, but I am satisfied with the result of 20 minutes of work.

[deep]

Well, since Brad doesn't feel like sharing I'll see what's on my computer...

Hm, this is four years ago, I think. The 44th Venture Scout Unit, about to climb the highest mountain in Ireland. Most of my pictures I'm holding the camera, but here I must have given it to Mr. Brown (or Phil) to take a photo.

Guy in the maroon sticks out in many more ways than one.

[wisp]

XD I was just going to point that out... is that guy a fashion model or something?

Showsni, you look so much like Harry Potter to me (not Dan Radcliffe, but the actual character in the books)... XDDD

[Dizzy]

Well, since Brad doesn't feel like sharing I'll see what's on my computer...

Hm, this is four years ago, I think. The 44th Venture Scout Unit, about to climb the highest mountain in Ireland. Most of my pictures I'm holding the camera, but here I must have given it to Mr. Brown (or Phil) to take a photo.

Climbing the highest mountain in Ireland, huh?

That must have been...SO AWESOME!
Do tell a story with that picture, Showsni?
How was it?

[Showsni]

Carrauntoohil.)

We set off in the school minibus (our VSU was kind of attached to the school; the Scout Hut's in the school grounds, and the leaders are teachers), and arrived on a pretty overcast morning.

There was quite a long, gently rising walk up to the mountain proper from where we'd parked. Pretty green, but still rather grey and miserable weather, though not actually raining.

There was a loch or two once we'd got quite high. Soon enough we could see the main bulk of the mountain ahead:

First we had to climb the Devil's Ladder. Given the really wet and foggy conditions, though it wasn't actually raining, this was a bit like climbing up a waterfall. Got pretty much soaked through, climbing from rock to rock in a very steep section. In the above photo, it's the section straight up to the lowest bit in between the peaks. Here's a photo looking back down the ladder:

Yeah, not very good visibility. It was very windy.

From the top of the Devil's Ladder, you could also look out over the other side:

We carried on climbing, walking on loose stones from carin to cairn. This bit was really exhausting now, and I was pretty much worn out by the time we reached the top. I actually felt pretty hot up there, though the others said it was freezing... There's a big cross on the top.

It must have been really hard to get it up there. The visibility was practically nil, and all we could see was grey in any direction.

So then we came down again. Here I am at the bottom:

[Dizzy]

That was a wonderful story.

And your pictures were absolutely breathtaking!

[Selena]

Bah, that's a foothill, not a mountain! Mountains are at least 10,000 feet tall and covered with snow!


THIS is a mountain!

[deep]

I want to get a canoe all up in that water.

[Alastair]

Bah, that's a foothill, not a mountain! Mountains are at least 10,000 feet tall and covered with snow!


THIS is a mountain!

Mountaineering isn't about the height of the mountain climbed - it's about the magnificence of the beard you grow in the process.

[Chiaki]

Sounds like an awesome hike you had, Showsni. ^^

I kinda want to go to Ireland now...XD

[wisp]

Showsni, I am so ridiculously jealous that you got to go to Ireland in the first place... but I think it would be fun to climb up a mountain like that. So I'm doubly jealous. XD

[Showsni]

http://www.strs.org.uk/44vsu/venture44/091_chronicles.html

[Selena]

I want to get a canoe all up in that water.

There are orcas. They will stalk you.


edit: And seals.

[Dizzy]

Showsni! Showsni!

Have you also been spelunking, before?

[GoliathTall]

Dunno if you've seen these before

[Mystic Kitsune]

It took me awhile to see the 2009 in there ^^'

[Dizzy]

I love those 2009 gag-glasses!

Where did you get them?

XD

[~Celesta~]

Hm, this is four years ago, I think. The 44th Venture Scout Unit, about to climb the highest mountain in Ireland. Most of my pictures I'm holding the camera, but here I must have given it to Mr. Brown (or Phil) to take a photo.

Totally jealous that you got to go to Ireland!

The best I've done on mountain climbing was when I went to visit my parents for Christmas. We drove up to the highest place you could drive on Mount Rainer, a place that was called Paradise. Then we went out and climbed around for a bit...course this was during the record snowfall for Seattle part...so everything was kinda...white first pic shows that. The only shot of me while we climbed was from my little sister, who was behind me. She took the second pic (I am the short one in front). That by the way was on a recently cleared out path, and we still sunk up to our knees at times

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Edited by ~Celesta~, 20 January 2009 - 01:54 PM.

[~~*Blondie*~~]

Mountaineering isn't about the height of the mountain climbed - it's about the magnificence of the beard you grow in the process.

From someone that has worked at Philmont for 3 years. That is so true Alastair

Philmont is one of the high adventure camps for Boy Scouts in the US.
There are 3 camps :
Philmont in the mountains where you hike for 10 days
Sea Base in FL where you play out on the ocean for 10 days
and Canoe base in Mn and Canada where you canoe for 10 days.

[Steel Samurai]

Summer last year:


Caveman baby.

[Ransom]

ah that is one sweet afro.

please tell me you killed the animal from which that tooth originates.

Edited by Ransom, 31 January 2009 - 09:43 AM.

[Mystic Kitsune]

But Ransom...you told me that's your tooth

Say it isn't so ><

...that you're dead, I mean. The tooth being yours is awesome. XD

[Steel Samurai]

*cough*