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Re: Challenge Rituals

you must recall your reply to my question ,mr. knipe on the campsite at Montrose . please be aware of your acceptance of any help on this years challenge and not mock it . ( should anyone request me to quote for a specific purpose of your reply i can , and will ! ) May your crossing be helpfull to others in some manner or other if you are awake .

Re: Challenge Rituals

Firsttimer here, so no rituals yet.
Planned to take a pebble across, but a dram would suit me too!!
But just one dram at the time......
Cheers.

Hint: blend your straight Scotch with 10% Islay (e.g. Ardbeg 10Yrs),
that's my personal hiking blend.

Re: Challenge Rituals

Mixing the Ardbeg with a blended whisky?!

Shock horror!

In spite of that I still hope you have a good Challenge!

Re: Challenge Rituals

To make the horror bigger, I mix it with Irish Bushmills Black Bush.
Real good, but only on the move....

Re: Challenge Rituals

Re - "Hint: blend your straight Scotch with 10% Islay (e.g. Ardbeg 10Yrs),
that's my personal hiking blend."

Try mixing 50/50 Whisky/Clayva or Whisky/Drambuie.

It makes it last a lot longer but the liqueur sticks to the glass thereby entailing deep tongue licking. A short glass helps.

ps Ardbeg still has lumps of peat in it but I have never been known to pass up an opportunity to be converted.

Re: Challenge Rituals

Try mixing 50/50 Whisky/Clayva or Whisky/Drambuie.


Now, I could do that depending upon the Whisky.
Or add a bit of cool fresh stream water.

BUT to blend a Malt with another Malt??

To each his own...

I will this year however, be avoiding "Rusty Nails" like the plague...

Re: Challenge Rituals

Yes a few rusty nails are a perfect cure for snoring or persistent night coughing-after a few you won't hear a thing.

Re: Challenge Rituals

I am waiting until next year when I'll be able to bring my favorite malt back duty free! Although while on the Challenge my mobile phone calls may cost a bit more as they may be charged as "International"!

Re: Challenge Rituals

Aleistair Crowley lived for a while at Boleskine House (NH 509 221 - just 1.5km SW of Inverfarigaig and handy for any Challengers crossing Loch Ness). I understand that he was definitely the go-to guy for rituals . . .

Re: Challenge Rituals

Aleistair was a serious Alpinist and Himalayan climber, so I don't think a little necromancy and devil-worship should put anyone off; He'd be a grand lad to share a bothy night with; McCook's Cottage springs to mind.

Re: Challenge Rituals

These things are true. There's a great account of Crowley's part in the first attempt to climb K2 in 1902, when he was about 27, which you can take a look at here. They got up to around 6,000m.

Re: Challenge Rituals

A life long ambition of achieving Coroner is a goal quoted by Tom Lehrer . But maybe he wasn't a climber , T. lehrer that is .