October 2016 Photo Competition

[The Gurnard]

it must be fooking as cold up on them mountains or am I missing something

Yup.. you are correct ... It is generally very much colder..and windier at the top of the mountains. ..but you are also missing something Paul.

Im generally warm as toast when I get there. The strenuous exercise keeps me warm .. the heights and views keep my adrenalin flowing... and the endorphin drug my body produces .. keeps my brain happy.

When I sit in a wee boat during the cold winter months .. I feel frozen and miserable.

It reminds me of that Japanese game show on old time TV .. where... in one particular game ... contestants had to sit in a tub of icy water. after drinking as much cold beer as possible. The winner.... was the last one to pee.

Yup.. give me the mountains any winter .. but I don’t mind watching mad bar stewards see how long they can go before they need a pee in winter .

[mattswan2512]

I remember that show they would do stupid games like stick their head in a tube with a monitor lizard in it that would run at em and they had to stay in as long as they dare.... so funny i was only 7-8 used to watch it with my dad.....what ever was it called?

[The Gurnard]

Enjoy some clips ....that show still keeps me in stitches
Better get your photos for october up..to put things back on topic

[mattswan2512]

Pmsl i love that stuff.

[Paul]

Donny, me being a southerner town'e I did indeed forget you're 'busting ya balls' climbing up those mountains
I've read your blogs on another website and you are one brave fella looking at the photos with all that ice and snow scares me shiteless TBH
The most important thing is that you are doing what you want to do, with your time, your life, your money, enjoying life to the full
I'll confess I'm a pussy to you and Douglas
Hope the pair of you keep the adventures coming as it's such interesting reading and a totally different way of life most of us readers lead

[9-R]

Alright, well I guess it's time to wrap this one up.

Some really great submissions that made it very difficult so since the theme was an idea of my wife's, I thought I'd bring her in to help select.

Scrolling through the images, we debated on our favorites and which was the most applicable to the theme. There was laughing and crying, yelling and screaming, goose bumps and chills, even a couple of objects thrown but I think we both finally came to a deserving resolution...

So congratulations to October's Winner, Andy B!



'I don't understand. I mean, look at their cheeks and how red they are! There's wind, snow, water and... They look absolutely miserable! Why would you do that?' was the best comment from my significant other that made me laugh.

Definite shout out to Chris Moody with his picture of a cold sunrise including fog and steam on the water. That picture gave my wife and I chills from the get go and it still does. An extremely close 2nd!

DouglasW, the photos you posted were amazing. They belong in a magazine for sure.



Andy B, it now falls upon you to start next month's photo thread, choose it's topic and then the winner.
Thank you to everyone for the submissions. This was by far my favorite.

[Andy B]

Oh wow.
But to be fare it feels a little undeserved as it's not a picture i took.
Especially as there's been so many good images submitted this month.

I submitted it just to participate, i had no expectation that it would be chosen.....

[9-R]

Well I guess I didn't see any rules to the fact so I say to hell with it, still think it should be included for you are in the photo, correct? It's a hell of an image that is quite fitting and the reason we chose it.

[Paul B]

Ok, cmon Andy. Your turn to set the theme for November