Suggest ways to get attention to a mountain range

sellasheep

I'm Public Relations Officer of a mountain association. How do I generate attention grabbing articles to get people interested in our association?

Atoms for Peace

A Yeti attack.

SEPT 23 1989

a mountaintop mass suicide?

Avatar MIA

Upgrade to volcano.

You're welcome.

Signore Fancy Pants

Put a statue of Mary on top.

Boom!

Pilgrimage site

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Or you could carve the faces of Haughey Charles McQuaid and Develera into the rock.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Downgrade it to a hill. Claim a conspiracy.

iwillhtfu

Tell the locals there's lad mountain biking on them then they'll all be out with the pitch forks.

Son0vagun

sellasheep wrote: »

I'm Public Relations Officer of a mountain association. How do I generate attention grabbing articles to get people interested in our association?

Not very good at your job, you failed to tell us anything about your association.

Avatar MIA

Leave a large gold nugget lying near a stream to be found. Sit back and let the magic happen. Repeat periodically as required.

Harry Palmr

Dress up female members of the local hiking group in Swiss drindl dresses and the snappers will come running (climbing).

SimpleDimples

You should call Roxanne Pallett!

Attention seeking expert.

TheValeyard

UFO landing site / Demonic rituals

Patser

Compare them to Shakira, than they won't seem small and humble.

Patser

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

UFO landing site / Demonic rituals

Reported for shilling their services

Gatling

Make claims the government is planning to build social housing on the mountains , should attract plenty of torch weilding yocals

padd b1975

Start a rumour that someone lost a winning lottery ticket there.

hmmm

What's a mountain association when it's at home?

badtoro

sellasheep wrote: »

I'm Public Relations Officer of a mountain association. How do I generate attention grabbing articles to get people interested in our association?

Do you own the land?

hairyslug

Promote it as a dogging site, not sure how you could make money out of that though unless you charge for entry/viewing.

Capt'n Midnight

Avatar MIA wrote: »

Upgrade to volcano.

You're welcome.

Was already done http://hoaxes.org/af_database/permalink/the_eruption_of_mount_edgecumbe/

4068ac1elhodqr

Create a hollowed out 'pos-brexit survial bunker complex', if it's set to be as bad as they make out.
Much like the Cheyenne complex, however you'll need a loan of a decent JCB for a while.

biko

Have an Close Encounter of the Third Kind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4PYI6TzqYk

sellasheep

sellasheep wrote: »

I'm Public Relations Officer of a mountain association. How do I generate attention grabbing articles to get people interested in our association?

Interested in the mountain? or interested in your association?


I presume you mean the latter.. in which case I would ask what mountain/s? And surely many hiking groups etc. would be interested if you had information to offer?


Families etc. would be interested if you had events on?

Capt'n Midnight

Move them somewhere else for a few weeks.

sellasheep

sellasheep wrote: »

I'm Public Relations Officer of a mountain association. How do I generate attention grabbing articles to get people interested in our association?

Easy enough if you get stuck into the history. For instance, Sliabh gCuillinn in the south Armagh part of Airgíalla/Oriel is associated with the world of Art Mac Cumhaigh, Peadar Ó Doirnín and a whole slew of other 18th century poets of the northern 'Hidden Ireland'. The Glens of Aherlow are associated with Seathrún Céitinn, Pádraigín Haicéad and other famous voices of the 17th century. Similarly, there are bound to be bothies, mass rocks, relics of the Penal Laws, lore associated with famous outlaws and so much else in the mountains. Usually you'll find the mountainous areas were most radical in history - there's a famous quote from a Kerry recruiter in the War of Independence that he wouldn't bother going to the lowlands to recruit IRA members. Similarly up in the Nire valley near Ballymacarberry in the Comeragh mountains you'll find the 'IRA cottage' where the anti-Treaty forces decided to end the Civil War. More poverty and more hunger for change. Look a bit closer and you'll also probably see relics of lazy beds like this from An Gorta Mór and perhaps even a Famine Village (came across one outside Carlingford up on Sliabh Foy a few years ago - this one), not to mention famous tales from throughout history connected with the Ulster Cycle, the Fianna, Méabh of Connacht, Gráinne Mhaol and so many others. Bain sult as!

Your Face

The OP reminded me of this:

zell12

Create a chocolate bar - á la Toblerone

Star Bingo

Struggling to peak their interest?

Are there caves in it? All you need is a cave, some water, and an eccentric billionaire.

SimonTemplar

Get a Star Wars movie to film there.

Star Bingo

There’s sugar atop tham there loafs

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Deleted User wrote: »

Are there caves in it? All you need is a cave, some water, and an eccentric billionaire.

A football team of gullible youngsters and their young coach would also help.

Hammer89

Murder someone famous, bury them up there and then give the guards an anonymous tip as to where he or she is buried. It'll have to be someone who everyone hates, like Brian Ormonde, but someone a lot more famous, otherwise people won't really care where their body was discovered

TheShow

Install a few fridges for the poor luas operatives.

Noveight

Sex sells. It's the age old rule. Rename it The Big Tits Mountain or something.

4068ac1elhodqr

If it has Óir or Ore in the placename or even 'yellow river' suggest there be some fine gold panning opportunities in them there hills. Yee ha.

Hammer89

Noveight wrote: »

Sex sells. It's the age old rule. Rename it The Big Tits Mountain or something.

Or just put a brothel up the top

Sal Butamol

Put a statue of Trump on top of it.

Noveight

Noveight wrote: »

Sex sells. It's the age old rule. Rename it The Big Tits Mountain or something.

I'd like 12 tickets please.

Sycamore Tree

sellasheep wrote: »

I'm Public Relations Officer of a mountain association. How do I generate attention grabbing articles to get people interested in our association?

You could start my actually naming the mountain range. Is it a secret?

Sleepy

Arrange for a Mountain Rescue call-out to rescue some models that just happen to get into trouble while shooting a nude calendar or similar? Would pretty much guarantee media coverage in the tabloids though...

(of course it is rather unethical and an awful waste of the mountain resuce volunteers time...)

Mrs OBumble

Just in case you want a real answer, Friends of Merlin Woods have done it using a facebook Page and Twitter account, and some great close-up photos of the local wildlife and personal relations to grt them shared.





Returning to After Hours mode: stage a performance of the Sound of Music up there.

Alun

Noveight wrote: »

Sex sells. It's the age old rule. Rename it The Big Tits Mountain or something.

Already been done, kind of ...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paps_of_Anu

Odyssey 2005

Spread a rumour that you found gold in a stream on the mountain side.

ablelocks

1. Make a sign that says

ATTENTION

2. Bring the sign to the top of the mountain. (if it is a range, then make and bring multiple ATTENTION signs)

3. Securely mount your ATTENTION sign(s)

Done. you will have successfully got ATTENTION to a mountain range

Dank Janniels

Bring Muhommad to the mountain?

Timberrrrrrrr

Raffle off one of the smaller ones.

harry Bailey esq

sellasheep wrote: »

I'm Public Relations Officer of a mountain association. How do I generate attention grabbing articles to get people interested in our association?

Dumping a few bodies up there would garner some media attention.

stoneill

Just post a notice saying hill walkers are not allowed -

Badly Drunk Boy

I misread the thread title. At first, I thought it meant "Oi! I'm a mountain range! LOOK AT ME!!!"