Mweelrea: Incredibly wild County Mayo (hiking guide) 2018

[@tracybartlett7103]

Your videos are epic, love the challenges and your journey, thanks for sharing 🤩

[@cabaroigcostablanca]

My sentiments entirely, every climb..did it from every angle..in every weather, Lough Coineal Ah-h... listening to Alo Black wake me up... in exile! 😂

[@MountainMikesAdventures]

Well you'll have to come back from exile sometime and do it again 👍

[@cabaroigcostablanca]

@@MountainMikesAdventures I might be needing you as my guide, the old ordinance survey maps didn't have the cliffs, so the auld compass was my most valuable piece of equipment Thanks

[@MountainMikesAdventures]

Don't know about a guide but if you are about and so am I you're more than welcome to join.

[@wayneturley7814]

Great watch, it's the last of the big ones for me save the best till last, your passion at the end sums it up, there's something about light in winter on the west coast of Ireland that is mystic, its scares and excites all in one 🍀🍀🍀👌🏻

[@MountainMikesAdventures]

You put it more elegantly than me but I'm glad my passion came through to deliver the meaning of what I was trying to say 😅. Yeah I'm hoping for a few sunny winter days so I can get up again. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@jimguitarfan]

I really enjoyed this video. How many times I have driven along Doolough and looked up at this dark and imposing site and thought that I must get around to hiking it one day when I am home again. I think the fact that the eastern slopes descending to the lake are almost always in shadow adds to the sense of foreboding. Your video shows that it is reasonably doable for anyone with a bit of experience of wilder terrain though. I always treat any hill with respect though, especially a new one. I am no expert, just an enthusiast ! Thank you.

[@MountainMikesAdventures]

It's very doable with a bit of fitness and I hope you get up there someday. I'm actually heading up there tomorrow but from the Delphi side.

[@leeomurchu1213]

Another excellent video, great to see someone so passionate about the outdoors and willing to share it with others.

[@MountainMikesAdventures]

Thank you very much Lee, I love everything about the outdoors but particularly the mountains and Mweelrea is just so spectacular why would you not to want to share it with people.

[@SAsnault]

What a great video. I am going to be in Mayo next week. I really want to do this hike. My kids also want me to take them up Croagh Patrick. we Make it over to Mayo every couple of years. I did Croagh Patrick on Reek Sunday in 2018. I won't do Reek Sunday again, but I will do the hike again.

[@mervuesham1]

Just did this yesterday, not to be taken lightly. There was still lots of loose snow on the mountain and it was extremely slippy. The part at 9:40 was completely covered in snow and two of us almost fell down the mountain. If you are doing it make sure to wear proper boots with grip and do it during the summer after all the snow has melted. Beautiful climb nonetheless

[@MountainMikesAdventures]

Bloody hell, sounds hairy. Yeah, snow hiking is a different ball game even more so when it's snowy on boggy ground. You just don't know when you put your foot down it will keep going. Very glad you got back safe. If you are interested there are winter mountaineering courses in case you feel like hitting snowy mountains again.

[@SuperHello71]

Great! Thx for sharing , 20 years ago I was in there, asking advises , (Michael Gibbons) where to walk...will come back ...

[@MountainMikesAdventures]

Okay, cool. I'd love to see if it has changed at all given now more people hike.

[@cquinn2750]

Good work. A truly majestic mountain set in a spectacular landscape. After watching this I've got to revisit soon :)

[@MountainMikesAdventures]

Ah I'm happy to hear that dude, it's always great when I hear I'm getting people up the mountains. When was the last time you were up?

[@cquinn2750]

@@MountainMikesAdventures At least 4 years ago. Haven't been up from that side before so definitely on the cards! Thanks

[@MountainMikesAdventures]

@@cquinn2750 Ah, Mweelrea is definitely calling you so and that Doolough side is an epic hike. Now if you're feeling up to it you could keep going past the summit and on towards Delphi I'd recommend that. I did that not too long while I was filming the Connemara hiking festival video.

[@cquinn2750]

@@MountainMikesAdventures sounds great. Thanks :) Btw Loving the Ireland way videos - keep them coming 😃

[@TheMyeloman]

What a view, and well earned! For views like that I wouldn’t mind the rain.

[@MountainMikesAdventures]

It was definitely worth it, a truly amazing place. Thanks for watching.

[@BenLag1960]

Fabulous video , one I’ve got to do

[@MountainMikesAdventures]

Yeah it's a lovely hike and you can also get up to it via sliverstrand beach which is easier.

[@BenLag1960]

Challenge Your Life well I do some hiking & don’t mind a challenge ! Coming from Meath will always use a guide lol

[@traybaybay]

Beauteous! Does anyone live in that mountain?

[@dyl9683]

Brilliant ✅

[@MountainMikesAdventures]

Thank you 😁

[@andrewogrady8117]

Done it twice in September just gone two completely different days weather wise spectacular scenery but to be honest not that tough just a good level of fitness required and determination

[@MountainMikesAdventures]

Yeah I agree with you there, how bad was the weather on bad day? If you wanted to add a little extra on to it for again you can keep going and head towards Delphi it a lovely finish to the hike.

[@andrewogrady8117]

@@MountainMikesAdventures it rained from time get out of car to start the hike to near end of it , still enjoyed it a special mountain to climb see nothing with rain and mist , both hikes started out and finished at Delphi across valley not silver strand

[@MountainMikesAdventures]

@@andrewogrady8117 ah okay cool but I started from Doolough Valley in that video and that to Delphi is a hike I'd highly recommend.

[@malcolmabram2957]

As a Munroist, I consider County Mayo to offer some of the finest walking in the British Isles.

[@MountainMikesAdventures]

Mhaigh Eo Abú! 🟢🔴

[@laurasevilla5621]

British? 😂😂, I am not even Irish and this comment hurts me. This is 100% Irish dude. Get yourself a country.

[@malcolmabram2957]

@@laurasevilla5621 Blooming heck, talk about being a politically correct zealot. The British Isles is an internationally recognised term for a topographical entity of islands of the North West Coast of Europe. Talk to the UN to change the terminology not me. You say you are offended, does it not bother you that I have been offended by you? And am I an Irish hater? Absolutely not. I lived in Ireland for over 3 years and was happy there, a lot of lovely people.

[@traybaybay]

nothing british about it!

[@COD4SNiiPERx1996]

Amazing video. Can I ask what is the app or website youre using for the 3d trail map? Thanks

[@MountainMikesAdventures]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I just used Google maps and edited. However, that was back in 2017 I'm sure there are better apps out there to do that.

[@clayfada6993]

who needs sam when we have mweelrea the best mountain in ireland

[@MountainMikesAdventures]

Definitely takes the mind off those defeats knowing we have some of the most beautiful landscapes in the country.

[@clayfada6993]

@@MountainMikesAdventures Yeah very underated .The landscape in west mayo and the connemara to the south is the equal of anywhere in ireland

[@MountainMikesAdventures]

@@clayfada6993 Agreed! However, I recently completed a 1000km trek up through Ireland and am in production at the moment so keep an eye for my next number of videos.

[@TrueBlueEG8]

@@MountainMikesAdventures Dublin is beautiful too, specially the hills around Seefingan and Kippure, and we have a firm grip on Mr Maguire ;) Of course I am just joking, I was across the Sheefry hils just today and down to Leenaun, and back across to Maam, and I must agree, it is possibly my favourite part of our beautiful little island. We are so lucky to be surrounded with so much natural beauty.

[@MountainMikesAdventures]

@@TrueBlueEG8 Wow, fair play that was some hike and you got such lovely weather for it. That whole area is stunning hiking country I've had many different adventures there and there still areas still to explore.

[@tonyosullivan6137]

Hi it looked pretty narrow at the top of that cliff, was that a bit more dangerous?

[@MountainMikesAdventures]

You're talking about the part just before you get to the big flat? It's the most technically challenging part but it's not too difficult. It would be a lot more dangerous if the conditions were worse.

[@lallyoisin]

Maol Reidh both words can be related to kingship or royalty . Maoil is chieftain. You can take Rí or Ra from from rea or reidh.

[@MountainMikesAdventures]

Wow, thank you so much for that, well for me anyways it is the most kingly mountain in Mayo so well named.

[@lallyoisin]

@@MountainMikesAdventures I'm an O' Maolalaidh! 🙏😉

[@dukadarodear2176]

Thanks for your post, a dhuine usual Uì Maolalaidh. "Réidh" when used in terms of topography/features in the landscape etc I'm inclined to take as meaning "smooth/level" but Irish is complicated. The sad thing is that gaelige has only about 50 years left alive and when it's dead a direct link with the Iron age culture of island and continental Europe will be gone forever. The "celts" as such did not come to Ireland but their culture did and has hung on until now. Keep inserting your knowledge into posts such as this please.

[@lallyoisin]

@@dukadarodear2176 funny how the meanings expand: I'm coming across other meanings like follower, speckled, bald or enlightened for mael/maol. I think the Scottish use mull. I'm curious if the mull of kintyre were the followers of the people(kin) of Tyre. Phoenician city Tyre. The plot thickens!

[@jimguitarfan]

@@lallyoisin I live and climb in Scotland (though Irish by nationality and birth). I am not an Irish speaker, I am ashamed to say, apart from a few phrases and descriptive words. But in the mountain names there seems more often than not a similarity in the naming. Understandable I guess, as Scots Gaelic is derived from Irish as far as I have read about these things. "Maol" is translated as a rounded and/or speckled hill in my Munro/Corbett/Graham books. There are at least two of Glas Maol or Maol Glas here. Interestingly, one of the highest mountains in Scotland in the Cairngorm range shares a name with Ireland's highest mountain, although the spelling usually differs. Apologies if you already knew all this stuff, but thought I would chuck it in the mix !