Ireland Exploration Day : Mount Brandon
After a few days of data collection and habitat exploration we had some time to ourselves. This meant we could party and sleep in and laze on the beach, or read a book and eat massive amounts of junk food.
I however, had a different idea. I had seen a few maps of the area and the mountains were way too gorgeous to ignore.
With two friends we headed to Mount Brandon early in the morning.
Here is a link of the mountain we had chosen:
http://www.chooseireland.com/kerry/mount-brandon/
It was freezing cold and windy, but thankfully the rain had held back and we were lucky enough to have some sunny patches and clear views of the ocean!
At some points it was a treacherous accent up steep, slippery, moss covered rock.
Once we were up on the ridge it was a beautiful walk with the cliff to one side and the ocean to the other.
This was our mountain top selfie. We were so pleased to have made it that we managed to take a quick photo before hiding our hands in our warm gloves again!
We made it to the peak and had a beautiful view of the surrounding before we watched a massive cloud roll off the ocean, up the side of the mountain and fall into the ridge we had just climbed out of.
This was amazing! We then descended through the clouds back down the mountain edge, happy with how we spent our day!
All in all we walked over 11km and ascended to 952m above sea level. What a great day!
Kind regards,
Elleni - East African Student Ambassador
I however, had a different idea. I had seen a few maps of the area and the mountains were way too gorgeous to ignore.
With two friends we headed to Mount Brandon early in the morning.
Here is a link of the mountain we had chosen:
http://www.chooseireland.com/kerry/mount-brandon/
It was freezing cold and windy, but thankfully the rain had held back and we were lucky enough to have some sunny patches and clear views of the ocean!
At some points it was a treacherous accent up steep, slippery, moss covered rock.
This was our mountain top selfie. We were so pleased to have made it that we managed to take a quick photo before hiding our hands in our warm gloves again!
We made it to the peak and had a beautiful view of the surrounding before we watched a massive cloud roll off the ocean, up the side of the mountain and fall into the ridge we had just climbed out of.
All in all we walked over 11km and ascended to 952m above sea level. What a great day!
Kind regards,
Elleni - East African Student Ambassador
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