Dry's Bluff, Liffey Bluff and Quamby Bluff

[Peak Bagpiper]

I went up two days ago. A couple of dodgy spots early on in the forest going up where the track can get lost, but the tags (or tag remnants) are actually there. Been psyching myself up for this one for a while now and after the first half hour (and before the last 1.5 hours!) it was fantastic.

[north-north-west]

Blimey, there's actually a view? Or is that photoshopped?

[taswegian]

Great stuff.
I do like the pipes. But must admit I'm a bit like ILUVSW if I saw or heard them when out in the sticks I'd ....- well just read his comments

Do you need a licence or a permit to do that?

[ILUVSWTAS]

Great stuff.
I do like the pipes. But must admit I'm a bit like ILUSW if I saw or heard them when out in the sticks I'd ....- well just read his comments

Do you need a licence or a permit to do that?

Yay. Finally a sane person joins the conversation.

Agreed~
Look, I have some scot in me from a looooong way back, och aye laddie. So yeh I also dont mind the pipes...
But seriously, the mountains are meant to be a place of contemplation, relaxation... somewhere we go to be with our thoughts. If some barmy git started playing one of the loudest instruments known to man up there it'd ruin the experience... surely?? Wouldnt it???

[Peak Bagpiper]

Blimey, there's actually a view? Or is that photoshopped?

Yep! It was brilliant.

I suppose it's a matter of what your taste is. I'm pretty new to this mountain climbing malarky and I know that 17 Abels so far isn't that many and those 17 aren't going to put me in the Peak Baggers hall of Fame any time soon. But of those 17, the only time I/we ran into other people was on Cradle. So I would suggest that in the grand scheme of things, you'd need to be really unlucky (or lucky if that was your take) to randomly run into me while I was doing it! At worst, it'd be like your neighbour mowing their lawn while you're trying to have a sleep in: it's possibly inconvenient to you at that time, but it doesn't last forever and the silence that follows is a splendid thing. On the other hand - heaven forbid - you just might enjoy it!

[ILUVSWTAS]

[ On the other hand - heaven forbid - you just might enjoy it!

I wonder how folk would feel if I took up the stezza and ripped out south of heaven or jesus saves by slayer while on a summit....

[taswegian]

Putting all the ribbing aside, I'm curious how you carry that gear up a mountain?
Never taken much notice of the bagpipes other than when in full song.
Do you wrap them up? You wouldn't want to lose bits on track.

Only 2 gits have raised there voices in bemoaning.
Just ignore them.

[ILUVSWTAS]

Only 2 gits have raised there voices in bemoaning.
Just ignore them.

He's obviously a new member....

[Peak Bagpiper]

Thanks, taswegian. I got broad shoulders.

I've got a well-worn, much-repaired, 60L Talaroo and the pipes pull apart to fit in there. Chuck in everything else and its a 12-15Kg pack weight. Some days, I'm sure someone takes my pipes out and replaces it with a grand piano, but that's all in a day's walk, yeah?

Great idea, ILUVSWTAS! Not sure what a Stezza is (but I did google it), but if it is a musical instrument, maybe the mountains need a duet!

[taswegian]

Thanks Peak Bagpiper
many years ago we were camped in a National Park in far north Q'land and our two very young kids were mesmerised when out of the mist materialised a band (Right word?) of pipers.
You heard them coming then they appeared.
It was rather awesome and your avatar reminds me of that trip.
The kids just stood and watched as though spellbound. They'd never seen bagpipes, yet alone a whole collection of them.

[ILUVSWTAS]

Stezza = Stereo.

Im just trying to sound young and hip, obviously I failed miserably.

[Peak Bagpiper]

On the contrary, I think you just exposed my ignorance of the finer points of teen swag. Power to you!

Now, if you could cart up a fender stratocaster with a power amp and smash out some sort of Judas Priest love ballad on that, THEN you might have something.

[ILUVSWTAS]

On the contrary, I think you just exposed my ignorance of the finer points of teen swag. Power to you!

Now, if you could cart up a fender stratocaster with a power amp and smash out some sort of Judas Priest love ballad on that, THEN you might have something.

Is balls to the wall a ballad?

[Peak Bagpiper]

Thanks Peak Bagpiper
many years ago we were camped in a National Park in far north Q'land and our two very young kids were mesmerised when out of the mist materialised a band (Right word?) of pipers.
You heard them coming then they appeared.
It was rather awesome and your avatar reminds me of that trip.
The kids just stood and watched as though spellbound. They'd never seen bagpipes, yet alone a whole collection of them.

A whole band of pipers on top of a mountain? Was their Drum Major drunk?! Sorry, band-nerd humour, there. The band might have been NQ Scots. They're a a big show in that neck of the woods. Anyhoo, nice to see some appreciate us!

[Peak Bagpiper]

Is balls to the wall a ballad?

I think the Perry Como version is.

[taswegian]

Not mountain
This was fairly low level stuff.
One of the waterfall spots we visited.

[ILUVSWTAS]

Is balls to the wall a ballad?

I think the Perry Como version is.

Good to see someone on here with a sense of humor.

Welcome to the forum and if I hear the pipes out there somewhere i'll come say hi.

[north-north-west]

Blimey, there's actually a view? Or is that photoshopped?

Yep! It was brilliant.

I really have to gt back sometime.
Sometime when there aren't any bagpipes around.
Sorry, much as I love the sound of them, I go bush to get away from people. I wouldn't be able to hear the music anyway, and your just being there would annoy the *&%$#! put of me.

[Peak Bagpiper]

Whatever floats your boat, champ, but from what you've said, I'm trying to make sense of how an instrument - whose sound you profess to love - would annoy you when, by your account, you wouldn't hear it. But so as to avoid the possibility of annoying the unmentionables out of you, best you steer clear of Trestle Mountain and Mt Marian this weekend!

[north-north-west]

Whatever floats your boat, champ, but from what you've said, I'm trying to make sense of how an instrument - whose sound you profess to love - would annoy you when, by your account, you wouldn't hear it. But so as to avoid the possibility of annoying the unmentionables out of you, best you steer clear of Trestle Mountain and Mt Marian this weekend!

Just the idea of it. For me, Bush = Solitude. Other people = Hell.
Been there, got those points, won't be a problem. Have fun. They're nice little lumps.

[Peak Bagpiper]

Cheers! And wouldn't you know it: two people already on top of Trestle when I got there. Would you believe they chose to delay their descent when the pipes came out just so they could hear it and take photos? What is it with some people?