Be sure and let us know if you are going to give it a crack!
For a valid Mourne 500, you must:
For a valid Mourne 500, you must:
- Give us a heads-up in advance of your attempt
- Visit the identified 39 points above 500m, in any order you wish
- Start and finish in the same place
- Be totally unsupported (receiving NO assistance from those not doing it)
- Be self-sufficient - carry all food/supplies - no food stash; but mountain water allowed
- Carry wet weather gear, first aid kit, bivvy bag, torch, compass, map
- Record the attempt on a GPS unit, and make the data available afterwards
- Take some pictures and write a report to let us know you you got on!
