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Any favourite paps?

Any favourite paps?


Postby iangpark » Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:33 pm

Have always been drawn to funny-shaped, prominent, geological bumps - particularly protruding ones of usually small stature. Quite a few of them are on my lists of hills I want to climb: Eildons, North Berwick Law, Suilven, Paps of Jura, Dun Caan etc. The popular ones such as Pap of Glencoe, Maiden Pap(s), Morven are also stunning. Not actually done very many of them - Dumgoyne/Dumgoyach, Arthur's Seat spring to mind but that's about it for the well-known ones. As Scotland isn't particularly volcanic, or glacial (relatively speaking), we don't tend to get very many impressive ones like other countries, usually oceanic or oriental in origin, do. Would be nice to see if anyone has a favoured pap, regardless of how comparatively small it is.

One of my favourite bumps; visible at certain angles from at least 20 miles away, Dumgoyne:
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Re: Any favourite paps?

Postby scoob999 » Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:17 pm

The paps of Fife are nice :wink:
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Re: Any favourite paps?

Postby Lournieloon » Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:28 pm

Tinto has great views, also Criffel near Dumfries. Both are prominences in their area.
You didn't mention the classic, the Pap of Glencoe.
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Re: Any favourite paps?

Postby Lournieloon » Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:33 pm

Oops sorry you did !
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Re: Any favourite paps?

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Fri Oct 19, 2018 8:04 am

In the English midlands, we have our local one, the Nuneaton Nipple.

In Wales, there is Mynydd Carnguwch

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