Category Archives: Bouldering
Hot Rock 25 Nov 2012
Gravity 24 Oct 2012
We were in Gravity as usual on Wednesday and they had changed all the green routes. There were some very interesting ones and both Emma and I felt they were actually harder. We managed to top a few of them … Continue reading →
Awesome Walls is awesome (6 Oct 2012)
Dalkey Quarry West Valley
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 →
Dalkey Quarry East Valley
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 →
Youth Series Grand Final Ratho
Gravity 31 May 2012
The kids and I went out to Gravity again on the day of the referendum as they were off school. We did a bit of stamina work for Aoife as training for Scotland. I tried all the orange routes and … Continue reading →
Gravity 23 May 2012
I was out with the girls in Gravity tonight and decided to ask about shoe as I had decided to but a pair. I have looked around but the only decision I had made about the shoe was that I … Continue reading →
Books I bought
OK by now you will have seen the last few post I put up about rock climbing. I purchase two Mountaineering Ireland (formally MCI) publications today: Dalkey Quarry – Rock Climbing Guide – MCI – 2005 Wicklow – Rock Climbing … Continue reading →