That looks serious! Things seem to be a little more permissive in southern England, however, where even the road-names might lead one to suppose that “taking a leak” could be considered acceptable:
Back in the 1970’s there was a cairn of assorted footwear at the brief levelling of the Ben Nevis (GM/WS-001) Tourist Route before the zig-zags, I estimated about 50 including some stylish high heeled ladies shoes. Are they still there as an awful warning or have they been tidied away?
A complete absence of 'flicky sticks’1 when we visited int may this year - but quite a lot of dogs in the windfarm. Although it was drizzly, it was fairly mild so the adjacent notice was not blue with cold:
Perhaps Faser MM0EFI can private a colder picture but it is a very flat and lowly hill so may still be on his ‘to do on the way to/from a meeting on a very, very wet day…’ list.
BTW Belated congratulantions to Jimmy (then MM3EYP/P) who claimed his first ‘first activation’ badge on this hill on 2 August 2009, It was then a heathery wilderness and finding the few stones which mark the top is still a challenge despite the encircling windfarm roads. You did not have to travel so far to make this claim in ‘them there dark days’ GW4BML! - especially if you were very early on the trail like Tom M1EYP who first footed the “three Craven Arms summits” in 2003!! Ours were more of an effort (M0JLA a NI island and M6BWA a GM/SI on North Harris).
There are some flashing warning lights on G/SP-010 to warn of ice falling from the guys on the radio tower, but I’ve never seen them lit.
I’ve been up there when it’s been cold, but maybe not cold enough for ice to form on the cables.
It was a cold November afternoon when I did that one. Part of my “Mopping up the Stragglers” tour. One of the last GM/ES summits I needed to complete the list of 88.
No snow, and not a memorable hill but a memorable 10m QSO to the USA, with 5w into my EFHW.
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