icemandan wrote:Apparently the owner of the Marilyn that is in a back garden in Crowborough, Sussex is getting a bit fed up with the whole thing. Some new challenges
i) To do a complete circumnavigation of the 2000 ft or 600m contour line wherever it occurs;
ii) To climb the munros in a single expedition in height or alphabetical order;
iii) To visit every point in the Uk where 1 km grid squares intersect.
Not a summit bagging exercise, but one challenge I've heard of is to walk across the lake district on a straight E-W heading or a N-S heading. May sound easy but have a look at a map, NO SWIMMING!!!
FMCKIE wrote:The logistics of just getting to some Marilyns is part of the fun. It also takes you some really remote Islands. I reckon doing Marilyns (Sub2 ones) has been more rewarding and more of a challange than any of the more popular groups.(M,C,G & Donalds)
BTW : Like you though I dont fancy that one much although south of the border they dont exist to me
FMCKIE - I loved your recent island marilyn bagging post. Its not the height of the mountain that makes it but its approach, the walk up it and the view from the top !! I think your post proved this without a doubt.
Here's some walk
reports on a marilyn in the Lakes. This small Marilyn (801ft) is surrounded by higher mountains well worth climbing, this 'fell' is usually driven by unnoticed, there are many more worthwhile fells to climb nearby.
1.... Went in Stealth Mode - dark clothing, folding bike and 6am start! Just 35 mins. From east side, follow 4x4 track to highest point and follow a faint path through wood to top.
2.... plenty of get off my land signs and hundreds of pheasants
3.... with this number of keep out private signs it is a bit of an open temptation - pleny of signs of grouse if not the gamekeepers - very easy ascent at the moment from the south east due to last year's felling - this is strictly private!
4.... Fence now back up after tree felling over winter. I jumped over the new double gated entrance without a keep out sign and use new track to ease access towards summit. Hill normally used to rear game birds.
5.... SOTA activation by stealth!
From the double gates I could be to the top well within 10 mins and probably back to the car!