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The Maidens of Doom

The Maidens of Doom


by basscadet » Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:51 am

Route description: Macleod's Maidens

Date walked: 16/11/2015

Time taken: 6 hours

Distance: 13.9 km

Ascent: 150m

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Re: The Maidens of Doom

Postby Graeme D » Thu Nov 26, 2015 5:07 pm

And where was Dougie while all of this was going on and you were lying there in the gloom in agony????? Feet up watching the telly with a beer in hand????!!!!! :lol: :lol:
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Re: The Maidens of Doom

Postby basscadet » Thu Nov 26, 2015 5:14 pm

Graeme D wrote:And where was Dougie while all of this was going on and you were lying there in the gloom in agony????? Feet up watching the telly with a beer in hand????!!!!! :lol: :lol:


Probably :lol:
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Re: The Maidens of Doom

Postby Huff_n_Puff » Fri Nov 27, 2015 5:27 pm

That was an amazing tale - congratulations to MRT and Broadford hospital - sounds like your rescuers saved you a lot of future anguish.

What have I learned from your story? Stay calm, have enough of a signal to phone for help, use your kit wisely and yes its ok to scream when it hurts :wink: :wink:

Take care of yourself - while I wonder if you've shamed me into writing up the reports that haven't been written this year :lol: :lol: (They can't compete with yours for drama :? )
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Re: The Maidens of Doom

Postby jupe1407 » Fri Nov 27, 2015 7:08 pm

Holy **** :shock: :shock: :shock:

Ankle injuries are a total arse. I dislocated mine 3 years ago and was fortunate to get it seen to fairly quickly and the NHS staff did a top notch job of manipulating it back into place. Luckily they knocked me out for it :lol:

I wish you a speedy recovery :)
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Re: The Maidens of Doom

Postby tina bonar » Tue Dec 01, 2015 8:29 pm

Sorry I'm so late to the party Seana. Just read about your accident on a post from Weaselmaster.
Hope you have a speedy recovery
Best wishes from Barrie and Colleen
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Re: The Maidens of Doom

Postby Collaciotach » Wed Dec 02, 2015 8:54 am

Ouch .. of all the places you been to break an ankle ón a low level ! :shock:

Tha mi dóchas gum bith sibh math aithghearrachd ........ heres to a quick recovery :D
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Re: The Maidens of Doom

Postby kaiserstein » Wed Dec 02, 2015 3:43 pm

That made me wince :shock:

Hope you get well soon.
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Re: The Maidens of Doom

Postby RainbowZimbo » Tue Mar 20, 2018 7:34 pm

Yowch, I had to stop reading for a moment. You know that scary moment in a movie when you cover your eyes and block your ears??? Well, something like that but for reading.
So glad your rescue was relatively quick, could have been so different without signal. My partner and I usually walk together, but on times I have walked alone she always has a ground zero text to tell her where I'm going, and when we are doing something we class as 'dodgy' then we message a friend and tell her. Must remember to keep doing that this year.
Thanks for an enjoyable account of your walk and great pictures - I look forward to doing that soon.
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Re: The Maidens of Doom

Postby matt_outandabout » Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:12 pm

Oh man, that is epic!

Amen for the MRT vounteers (again).

Heal quick...
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