Jockland

[MOUSE]

I was told once if you can mountaineer in scotland,
you can mountaineer anywhere in the world.
(Minus the altitude)
I remember seeing info once, on a yank training base
that was constructed on an island just off mainland
Scotland in the 90s.
Trouble is I cant sleep, which island was it?

[rabby]

"Ireland"

[MOUSE]

It definately involved yank seal teams,
and im sure it was just off the west coast?

[rabby]

Sory can't help, but if it was mountaineering training, why they bother to come all the way over here when they have the Rocky's in America in the first place?

[MOUSE]

No rabby,
I meant, it was the reason they came over here?
Im in Wales plenty of hills here,
travelling too Scotland soon though!

[North Sea Tigress]

US Navy Seals used to have a unit at Macrihannish, which was a RAF unit on the Mull of Kintyre. It is not an island, but a penninsula of the west coast of Scotland. Fabulous accommodation they had there, one hot tub to every four rooms RAF have since closed Macrihannish, don't know what happened to the Yanks.

[Spannerman]

:grab:

If anyone wants to scale the rocky heights try The Old Man of Hoy, I'm sure there must be some of you Royal Marines out there that could give us a first hand account, I wonder how many USA bods have tried this........

www.orkneyaccommodation.co.uk/old_man_of_hoy.htm

[Jan Milligan]

Could it have been Arran? or the Ailsa Craig
I originate from the west coast Ayrshire

[MOUSE]

North sea tigress,
I reckon your right it may well have been a penninsular,

As for the climbing, done a bit up north.
We planned on doing the old man, but it fell through.

Lots of hoofing crags though, the downside is theres
plenty of giant mozzies in jockland summertime!

If not planned well the old man can be an epic!
(the actual climbing is not technically that hard)

Ill find out if theres any well known yanks that have bagged it?

[MOUSE]

Ill do more research Jan.

[Spannerman]

When the Chinook helo crashed on the Mull, there were Navy Seals stationed there, much has been theorised as to how/why it crashed, think that was 1991.

[El Prez]

Wait one minute. Seals crashed a helo into Macrihannish and then went and diddled an old man on Hoy? Typical bloody Yanks and their GM tests.
Mac C best kippers this side of Nevercockyourleeky.

[rabby]

I have a theory:
That helo crash in 1991, whilst the US-SEAL's were there. The Gulf War was on then. Perhaps the Yanks thought "Howcome were up here in this beautiful country when we could be down there shootin up Saddam." They saw the Chinook fly over and thought "Yay, an Iraqi has stolen a Chinook and flown it up here for us to shoot" Next they shoot it down because the Iraqis were invading Britain. The Mod does their dodgy coverup and tells the Yanks to f*ck off out of Britain before they shoot down a 747 with OBL on the side thinking it was Osama invading next.

Wouldn't put it past them.

[theparamancan]

holy loch submarine base, Dunoon?

[Alex]

Mouse in reply to your origional question!forget about them there only american(no offence to anyone who is) take sleepin pills, and move to holland where theres no mountains!
Thank you
alex