Ireland - Belfast Hills

Ramblings

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4.5 • 768 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2011

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Journalist and keen walker Stuart Maconie is presenting this series of Ramblings and is setting out to find accessible walks that offer great city views, perfect for people who want to get out and walk on these short, dark winter days. Among the cities he has in his sights are Belfast, Bath and Cardiff.

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0:00.0	11 climbers appeared to have died on the world's second highest mountain K2.
0:06.4	It was one of the deadliest days in mountaineering history.
0:09.9	Rock falls, avalanches.
0:11.6	Huge pieces of ice.
0:12.9	All are big enough to kill you.
0:14.3	He just flew out into Devoid, and he was gone.
0:17.3	How did it all go so wrong?
0:19.2	And is it really worth risking death to feel alive?
0:22.3	Why would somebody pay to go to a place called the death zone on vacation?
0:27.3	Extreme.
0:28.2	Peak Danger.
0:29.3	With me, Natalia Melman Petrazella.
0:31.7	Listen to the full series now.
0:33.3	First on BBC Sounds.
0:34.8	This is the Coast and Country podcast from the BBC.
0:38.7	You can find the terms and conditions on our website at BBC.com.uk forward slash radio four.
0:45.7	Today, you can hear ramblings.
0:49.4	About 15 minutes out of the centre of Belfast, we've come along the famous Falls Road.
0:55.5	But right now, you wouldn't think any of that centre of Belfast. We've come along the famous Falls Road. But right now,
0:59.9	you wouldn't think any of that was so close at hand. I'm in the middle of green rolling hills.
1:03.9	I can see the green hills that I'm going to be climbing on today. We've come out to the west of the city.
1:11.0	And the walk will take in Divis and the Black Mountain. I'll be walking today with a group of people who are drawn from all different shades and sections of the Verri Belfast community, some from the Ulster Federation of Ramblers,
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