Imagine you are at the edge of the sea on a day when it is difficult to say where the land ends and the sea begins and where the sea ends and the sky begins. Sea kayaking lets you explore these and your own boundaries and broadens your horizons. Sea kayaking is the new mountaineering.
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Saturday, July 05, 2008
Sea Kayaking the NE coast of Hirta in St Kilda.
Looking back to the wreck of the Spinningdale and the shelter of Village Bay from the Point of Coll.
As we approached Rubha an Uisge, the most easterly point of Hirta, Stac Lee, Stac an Armin and Boreray came into sight.
Tony in the darkness of Geo nan Sgarbh.
Jennifer in the gap behind Sgeir nan Sgarbh.
Alan under the dark cliffs of Stac a' Langa. Mina Stac is the point on the extreme right. This photo was taken with a 17mm lens to try and get as much of the cliff in as possible. At up to 426m, or 1400 feet, these cliffs are the highest in the British Isles.
Tony and Fiona F coming through the gap behind Mina Stac. The wind gusted strongly through the gaps and the swells were amplified.
Alan with Mina Stac behind and Stac an Armin, Stac Lee and Boreray in the distance.
Our route round Hirta.