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Re: Boreray - St Kilda

PostPosted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 1:55 pm
by dooterbang
Thanks for commenting on this as i would never have had the opportunity to read it.

Stunning report, very descriptive.

Thank goodness you won trip report of the month :wink:

Re: Boreray - St Kilda

PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 7:39 pm
by Faction54
Geez, this sounds brilliant. Would love to get up stac an armin or lee some times, but i count myself lucky if i even see st kilda on a clear day :eh: !
Cant wait to get to Hirta at some point...

Re: Boreray - St Kilda

PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 7:39 pm
by Faction54
Geez, this sounds brilliant. Would love to get up stac an armin or lee some times, but i count myself lucky if i even see st kilda on a clear day :eh: !
Cant wait to get to Hirta at some point...

Re: Boreray - St Kilda

PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 7:40 pm
by Faction54
Sorry repeat :silent:

Re: Boreray - St Kilda

PostPosted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 11:48 am
by litljortindan
I think I would have crawled.

Re: Boreray - St Kilda

PostPosted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 6:25 pm
by Sunset tripper
I read this fantastic report when it was first posted and have looked at it many times since. I have visited St. Kilda and plan to go back again.
To have reached the summit of Boreray at just over 1200 ft might seem fairly simple on paper.
In reality it is harder to obtain than any of the munros. Most likely more difficult to achieve than to complete all the munros :shock:
Maybe I will do it one day but probably not :(
Great to read this again and watch the videos. Highly recommended :D

Boreray and the stacs from the gap on Hirta :shock: May 2014
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Re: Boreray - St Kilda

PostPosted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 9:43 pm
by John Doh
Sunset tripper wrote:I
In reality it is harder to obtain than any of the munros. Most likely more difficult to achieve than to complete all the munros :shock:
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I have to agree. If I see that landing jump, my own humble efforts to jump ashore Shiant and Rona seem a walk in the park. Crazy stuff, inconcievable to most human beings. All the better Pete shared this with us mere mortals 8) :clap:

Re: Boreray - St Kilda

PostPosted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 4:57 pm
by Sgurr
John Doh wrote:
Sunset tripper wrote:I
In reality it is harder to obtain than any of the munros. Most likely more difficult to achieve than to complete all the munros :shock:
P1080082.JPG


I have to agree. If I see that landing jump, my own humble efforts to jump ashore Shiant and Rona seem a walk in the park. Crazy stuff, inconcievable to most human beings. All the better Pete shared this with us mere mortals 8) :clap:



First woman has now completed all the Marilyns, including Boreray

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-37440034

I believe that there are now (?)8 men and one woman to have done the lot.
Have now got my score up to 1509/1556, but will never do the sea-stacks. At 76 am just too feart...in fact I was always too feart.

Re: Boreray - St Kilda

PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:03 pm
by Sunset tripper
Sgurr wrote:
John Doh wrote:
Sunset tripper wrote:In reality it is harder to obtain than any of the munros. Most likely more difficult to achieve than to complete all the munros :shock:
P1080082.JPG


I have to agree. If I see that landing jump, my own humble efforts to jump ashore Shiant and Rona seem a walk in the park. Crazy stuff, inconcievable to most human beings. All the better Pete shared this with us mere mortals 8) :clap:



First woman has now completed all the Marilyns, including Boreray

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-37440034

I believe that there are now (?)8 men and one woman to have done the lot.
Have now got my score up to 1509/1556, but will never do the sea-stacks. At 76 am just too feart...in fact I was always too feart.


A great achievement to complete all the Marlyns though I guess a lot of them are pretty boring. If there are 9 folk who have done all the Marlyns I wonder how many more have done the 6 St. Kilda ones. Apart from the native St Kildans I would guess ( :roll: ) it isn't more than double figures.
The St Kilda six could become the ultimate most prized UK hill list for folk who like such lists.
I must say 1509/1556 is pretty impressive. :D