{"id":435,"date":"2022-04-23T14:18:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T14:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local\/?p=435"},"modified":"2023-01-14T06:31:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T06:31:24","slug":"the-coomloughra-horseshoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local\/the-coomloughra-horseshoe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Coomloughra Horseshoe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We thought it would be a bit ambitious to attempt the The MacGillycuddy’s Reeks Mountain Challenge<\/a> in one day, so we decided to test it out by splitting it into two halves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Coderdojo, we headed down to Kerry. We would be hiking the Coomloughra Horseshoe, but adding on a little bit to visit Knockbrinnea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our Planned Route For The Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I set off from Cronin’s yard up the Hydro Road in a shiny pair of new boots, soaking in the good weather. We turned off of the road a couple of hundred meters before Lough Eighter and followed a well-worn track to our first mountain, Cnoc \u00cdochtair. It was a steep climb, but we reaped our rewards when we reached the summit and saw the beautiful lakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A lovely day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Squeaky Clean (Not For Long!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lough Acoose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Coomloughra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cnoc \u00cdochtair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We followed the ridge, logging Skregmore before detouring off to reach Knockbrinnea. From there, we headed straight up the steep ridge of Beenkeragh, logging the 2nd highest mountain in Ireland at 16:50. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dingle Mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Skregmore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Beenkeragh & Carrauntoohil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A standalone boulder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Knockbrinnea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Carrauntoohil behind Beenkeragh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The other half of the challenge; For another day!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Caher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Beenkeragh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Carrauntoohil & The Bones viewed from Bennkeragh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The bones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Breathtaking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We crossed the bones to reach Carrauntoohil, my first visit this year. From there, we simply followed the Caher ridge back down to the Hydra road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carrauntoohil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Caher Ridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lovely sky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Bones, viewed from The Caher Ridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lovely colour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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An orange sky as we touch down on The Hyrdra Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This was my second time completing The Coomloughra Horsehoe, in the reverse direction this time however. We were blessed with a beautiful day to spend in such a beautiful landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We thought it would be a bit ambitious to attempt the The MacGillycuddy’s Reeks Mountain Challenge in one day, so we decided to test it out by splitting it into two halves. After Coderdojo, we headed down to Kerry. We would be hiking the Coomloughra Horseshoe, but adding on a little bit to visit Knockbrinnea. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[5,8],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":670,"href":"http:\/\/the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions\/670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the-all-ireland-hillwalking-championships-dillons-adventures.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}