tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185021775956633562.post990509755721582776..comments2023-05-31T19:31:20.725+04:00Comments on carrotmadman6's photoblog: Lion Mountain - Part 2carrotmadman6http://www.blogger.com/profile/15124518018918457421noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185021775956633562.post-43039990371486626732012-05-31T13:37:00.194+04:002012-05-31T13:37:00.194+04:00 Thank you for your comment. Indeed, Lion is the h... Thank you for your comment. Indeed, Lion is the hardest mountain I've ever climbed. :)carrotmadman6http://themediaguru.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185021775956633562.post-23224075361464951072012-05-31T12:10:58.739+04:002012-05-31T12:10:58.739+04:00Absolutely marvelous recit of what you have been &...Absolutely marvelous recit of what you have been 'going thru' up there, I did that thrice, and took different pathways each and every time. I should consider myself to be lucky to be still alive at now, that was just so dangerous, I mean, as you have had said, Le Pouce Mt is quite a kid compared to Lion Mountain albeit the height difference would hint towards the contrary!<br />But, the scenery above, the everything, from what-makes-it-so-serene above to what-makes-it-the-so-impregnable, the air, the feelings, LOL, I just loved it!<br /><br />Reading this artifact was like climbing that once again (my virtual 4th time, ;) ).<br />Thank you so much for this one, loved it! =).Nasrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185021775956633562.post-71522790811821049212011-11-02T21:44:45.354+04:002011-11-02T21:44:45.354+04:00Because I'm so busy taking photos that I get l...Because I'm so busy taking photos that I get left behind every time. :)carrotmadman6http://themediaguru.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185021775956633562.post-18682817875519372752011-11-02T21:30:59.483+04:002011-11-02T21:30:59.483+04:00 The anatomy of CM6: ONLY ONE LEFT HAND ! LOL
Who... The anatomy of CM6: ONLY ONE LEFT HAND ! LOL<br /><br />Who are your pixelised friends? Why are they way ahead of you everytime?Theguestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185021775956633562.post-20197484839895577872011-10-30T12:36:56.098+04:002011-10-30T12:36:56.098+04:00Great post! That tongue-in-cheek style of writing ...Great post! That tongue-in-cheek style of writing really made me laugh but some of the lines made me feel like I was on the top of the mountain and was soon going to fall. :)Yadhavnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185021775956633562.post-56682321949858407452011-10-30T12:33:24.981+04:002011-10-30T12:33:24.981+04:00Found this old book. Sadly, it doesn't contain...Found this old book. Sadly, it doesn't contain mountain trails.Yadhavnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185021775956633562.post-2198890924677727862011-10-30T10:42:28.576+04:002011-10-30T10:42:28.576+04:00I'm sure the SMF & Fire services must have...I'm sure the SMF & Fire services must have such a map. I will try to contact a friend who knows some SMF guys.carrotmadman6http://themediaguru.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185021775956633562.post-36152772679128728012011-10-30T10:01:23.505+04:002011-10-30T10:01:23.505+04:00Yes, to go to the end of the lion's back you n...Yes, to go to the end of the lion's back you need to go over a small piece of rock (on the left-hand side) and find your way through some small trees. Things were much clearer there some years ago.<br /><br />Unfortunately I don't know about any map of Mauritius showing the trekking paths. In the 80s I had bought a guide — written by an Englishman I think — which explained very well how to walk to such and such peak or natural place. I believe it was burnt down when one house caught fire, alas, and I don't know whether it is still published nowadays. I haven't seen it ever since. (It nearly got me into trouble once: my cousin and I decided to climb Piton du Milieu and we followed the book's recommendations explaining where to find a ladder going over some fencing, until we were joined by two men in a 4×4 asking us how we had gotten into the "chassé".)<br /><br />As far as I remember the track to Piton de la Rivière Noire doesn't have any turn-off: it's a long walk in the thick of the goyaves de Chine and you have no view whatsoever until the last 100 metres or so. I can't imagine someone getting lost there.<br /><br />The metal structure you saw on the Lion's head is only the remnants of a triangulation station used for geodetic survey. It was a 3-m or so tripod with a steel triangle on top. I might still have a picture of my wife standing next to it, taken 20 years ago, and at that time it was pretty much complete. Vandals must have been working hard since. (I remember there was also one on the highest point of Trou aux Cerfs, but this one has also disappeared.)Siganus Sutorhttp://mauricianismes.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185021775956633562.post-72889749021854703722011-10-30T09:35:40.271+04:002011-10-30T09:35:40.271+04:00"the grassy slope you took up before turning ..."the grassy slope you took up before turning left 90º"<br />Before turning right I mean. You turn left at this junction when you are going down. (We usually do it anticlockwise.)Siganus Sutorhttp://mauricianismes.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185021775956633562.post-16265378835206627732011-10-30T09:14:05.782+04:002011-10-30T09:14:05.782+04:00San fois la ti en lievre. Gros zoreilles la ti p p...San fois la ti en lievre. Gros zoreilles la ti p parait. Hmm, 1 dimoune bien dangereux sa!<br /><br /><br />Yes, once we had reached the slope, we found a trail going to the South. It's only later when I checked the <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=1732351" rel="nofollow">GPS tracks map</a> that I realised that it went to a viewpoint. Didn't know that it was actually a trail.<br /><br /><br />I don't remember finding any path beyond the clump, so I guess we didn't look hard enough.<br /><br /><br />Do you know where I can find maps of Mauritius with all existing mountain/trekking trails?carrotmadman6http://themediaguru.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185021775956633562.post-10789795387596700252011-10-30T08:49:21.095+04:002011-10-30T08:49:21.095+04:00[Luckily I pasted it in Word before posting. Since...[Luckily I pasted it in Word before posting. Since you have installed that Disqus option the comments have been behaving in a funny way on my side of things.]<br /><br />_________<br /><br />"the skinned carcass of a hare"<br />Ou sir enn yev sa ? Sak fwa ki monn tour enn "zafer" anpandan dan sa plas-la li ti enn bout zako : http://mauricianismes.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/main-de-jaco/<br /> <br />"In fact, there are two trails."<br />Even three. My father-in-law always mentioned another trail which doesn't start at Vieux Grand Port police station. You see it when you arrive at the top of the grassy slope you took up before turning left 90º: from this point it is going down towards Ferney. I've never used it myself and I believe you wouldn't have much sea view on this side of the mountain.<br /> <br />"Couldn't get a decent panorama with that clump in the middle"<br />You could have gone further east by a few tens of metres. You would then have had a clear, unobstructed view over that whole stretch of the southeastern coast. In fact this is THE view that is worth the ascent.<br /> <br />"Some monument"<br />These are British fortifications from WWII. In fact what you had at the top of the 102 steps was a watch point, to check whether the Japanese or the Germans were in the process of attacking Mauritius at Grand Port.Siganus Sutorhttp://mauricianismes.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185021775956633562.post-26947411684766522902011-10-30T08:45:58.859+04:002011-10-30T08:45:58.859+04:00Test, test...
(Li p manz mo bann commentaires sa ...Test, test...<br /><br />(Li p manz mo bann commentaires sa lion-la !?)Siganus Sutorhttp://mauricianismes.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185021775956633562.post-66119070060365974232011-10-30T08:16:16.597+04:002011-10-30T08:16:16.597+04:00Additionally, one should not judge the mountain by...Additionally, one should not judge the mountain by its height :P<br /><br /><br />I lol'd at the model shooting and the part where the photoblog turned into some climax of a book.Yashvin Awootarhttp://www.yashvinblogs.comnoreply@blogger.com