The Trinnacle


Posted by Peter Ireland on Mon Jan 02, 2023 9:00 am

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Without doubt, this was my hardest hike by a country mile.I was battling what seemed like a force 10 gale, the hill I was climbing was very steep, which forced me to take a breather every 10 metres or so, and I was carrying a rucksack plus my tripod. The fact that it was wet and slippy didn't help me either. So what you see is known as the trinnacle which overlooks Dovestone reservoir in the Peak District. My intention before I arrived was to climb this rock formation and take a selfie, but at my age and in that wind it would have been foolish for me to try. But while I was there just to show me how it's done, these young lads in their 20's, climbed up like Spiderman shimmying up a building and posed on top.The rock formation is probably around 10mtrs in height.

F11 @ 50mm 1/50sec ISO 100

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by Ed Cordes on Mon Jan 02, 2023 9:33 am
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Peter, we are glad you decided to be safe. We all find that as time goes by we are not as nimble as we once were. regarding the image itself, I really like the way you framed the road between the "peaks" to show scale. Thanks for sharing.
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by david fletcher on Mon Jan 02, 2023 9:36 am
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Ed Cordes wrote:Peter, we are glad you decided to be safe.  We all find that as time goes by we are not as nimble as we once were.  regarding the image itself, I really like the way you framed the road between the "peaks" to show scale.  Thanks for sharing.
+1.  Couldn't have said that better.
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by Carol Clarke on Tue Jan 03, 2023 8:47 am
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A wise decision Peter! Too many idiots taking selfies on precarious perches have taken a nasty/fatal fall. We can see all we need to see from this angle without that amount of risk and the climbers give a real sense of scale.

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by Cynthia Crawford on Wed Jan 04, 2023 10:52 am
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Wow-what an unbelievable place. I can't see how anyone could get up there-glad you didn't try. Pooh on the youngsters! ;).  Great perspective in this shot.
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by John Labrenz on Tue Jan 17, 2023 10:51 pm
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Very cool.
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