Central Buttress. The large mass of rock rising high above the base of the steps. Criss-crossed with quartz veins and capped on it’s left-hand side by an old signalling tower. Tower Ridge – The prominent high ridge of rock jutting … Continue reading →
Pilaster – Entering the quarry from the Ardburgh Road, the first buttress that comes into view on the left is Pilaster. North Gully is on its left and there is a clean vertical wall to its right. Paradise Lost … Continue reading →
Ivy Chimney From the Ardbrugh Road entrance into the quarry, the path across to the east side of the East Valley leads straight to the Ivy Chimney area – a long wall of orange rock with a thick veil of … Continue reading →
Another chance to do a bit of seconding. We started on Dipthong and Tony took the lead while I belayed then I followed seconding. At the start of the climb I actually fell off, for the first time, and got to … Continue reading →
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Last Tuesday Emma and Tony took Kevin and I out to experience seconding. Seconding is where you climb after a lead climber and remove the gear. I got to see and use the different types of gear I.e. wires, cams … Continue reading →
