Guest guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 LONDON - Volunteers tidying up Britain's highest mountain have found a piano near the summit, a conservation group said Wednesday. The instrument was discovered at the weekend under a pile of stones near the top of the 4,418-foot Ben Nevis, according to the John Muir Trust, which owns part of the Scottish mountain. " Our guys couldn't believe their eyes, " trust director Nigel Hawkins said. " At first they thought it was just the wooden casing, but then they saw the whole cast iron frame complete with strings. " The only thing that was missing was the keyboard, and that's another mystery, " Hawkins said. A cookie wrapper with an expiry date of Dec. 12, 1986, was found underneath the piano, suggesting it may have been there for 20 years. Hawkins said he suspected the piano was carried up as part of a charity fundraising effort by a group who decided it was easier to bury it under a pile of stones, or cairn, than carry it back down. " People have played rugby up there, and someone drove up a herd of llamas, " Hawkins said. " It does attract a lot of wacky things. " Volunteers, who were also clearing trash left by some 120,000 people who visit the mountain every year, have broken up the piano and carried down the pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 ok..someone carried a piano up a mountainside?!!! someone needs another hobby! rebecca wants to climb the himalayas.... tho..fer me..have no real urge to, and all the trash up there would just be depressing... >heartwerk <jo.heartwork >May 17, 2006 11:57 PM > > Litter on Nevis > >LONDON - Volunteers tidying up Britain's highest mountain have found >a piano near the summit, a conservation group said Wednesday. > >The instrument was discovered at the weekend under a pile of stones >near the top of the 4,418-foot Ben Nevis, according to the John Muir >Trust, which owns part of the Scottish mountain. > > " Our guys couldn't believe their eyes, " trust director Nigel Hawkins >said. " At first they thought it was just the wooden casing, but then >they saw the whole cast iron frame complete with strings. > > " The only thing that was missing was the keyboard, and that's another >mystery, " Hawkins said. > >A cookie wrapper with an expiry date of Dec. 12, 1986, was found >underneath the piano, suggesting it may have been there for 20 years. > >Hawkins said he suspected the piano was carried up as part of a >charity fundraising effort by a group who decided it was easier to >bury it under a pile of stones, or cairn, than carry it back down. > > " People have played rugby up there, and someone drove up a herd of >llamas, " Hawkins said. " It does attract a lot of wacky things. " > >Volunteers, who were also clearing trash left by some 120,000 people >who visit the mountain every year, have broken up the piano and >carried down the pieces. > > > > > > > > > >To send an email to - > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Hi Fraggle >ok..someone carried a piano up a mountainside?!!! >someone needs another hobby! Perhaps it's " extreme piano playing " ... along the lines of extreme ironing... :-) BB Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 One of my friends climed the Himalayas last year. This year she spent her holiday trekking to the Mount Everest base camp. Nutty person -old enough to know better :-) Jo - " fraggle " <EBbrewpunx Thursday, May 18, 2006 4:16 PM Re: Litter on Nevis ok..someone carried a piano up a mountainside?!!! someone needs another hobby! rebecca wants to climb the himalayas.... tho..fer me..have no real urge to, and all the trash up there would just be depressing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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