A challenging place for a hike - Nephin
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
Rockingham, Australia
April 14, 2023 3:02am CST
We took our niece’s grandson for a drive a few days ago. After passing through the Titanic village, Lahardane, we went down a very narrow, winding track to more or less the base of Nephin, the highest standalone mountain in Ireland. ‘Nephin’ may be translated as either ‘heavenly’, ‘sanctuary’ or ‘Finn’s Heaven’.
It was blowing a gale as we say, which means there were very strong winds but our great-nephew set off in his shorts to walk as far as he could in an hour. Vin and I read our books in the car and/or had naps. He was very taken with the scenery and hopes to go back one day to maybe climb the whole mountain.
Half the time the top of the mountain was covered in cloud but it cleared up long enough to take a few photos. It’s a very symmetrical mountain with a hollowed-out top.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
14 Apr 23
Wow, I'm not really into mountain climbing. I did take a hike last month with friends and the next day, I could hardly get out of bed.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
14 Apr 23
@JudyEv I don't really exercise these days. I would just sit all day crocheting or having my online meetings. So it's either im in a seated position or just laying in bed.
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@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Apr 23
@toniganzon I try to get and at least walk a bit each day.
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@arunima25 (85352)
• Bangalore, India
14 Apr 23
It's very scenic. Very symmetrical mountain. Hopefully, you can go back there and climb the full mountain.
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@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Apr 23
@arunima25 He is very keen to do some climbing of some sort.
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@arunima25 (85352)
• Bangalore, India
14 Apr 23
@JudyEv Oh! I see. I would love to climb it. I am sure that he will be able to do it one day
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
15 Apr 23
@JudyEv It looks dry.. I thought Ireland is more wet even in summer..
@wolfgirl569 (95261)
• Marion, Ohio
15 Apr 23
@JudyEv I don't think I would want to do it in good weather 
@allknowing (130064)
• India
14 Apr 23
That was kind of you to have given your great grand nephew a good time.
@RasmaSandra (73473)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Apr 23
That looks like a very lovely place, Sounds like a great place to do some hiking, I like the name of it,
@LindaOHio (156271)
• United States
25 Apr 23
It looks like an ancient volcano. Do you know if there was volcanic activity in the past?
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@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Apr 23
It was too cold and windy for me to even get out of the car!!
@Laurakemunto (12862)
• Kenya
14 Apr 23
That was so exciting! I look forward to climbing a mountain
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@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Apr 23
I don't think I'll bother to climb a mountain. I'm too old now.
@Beestring (13325)
• Hong Kong
14 Apr 23
Climbing the whole mountain is a real challenge.
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@rebelann (111195)
• El Paso, Texas
14 Apr 23
That's really pretty. I'll bet it wouldn't be so easy to try to walk through all those plants.
@RebeccasFarm (86764)
• United States
14 Apr 23
I want to live there, in fact, anywhere in Ireland. It is lovely.
