Another great day weather wise and I got a text from Emma that she was going climbing in Dalkey Quarry. Another opportunity to do a bit of seconding. We started on Drinkers Direct and then did F route. Emma lead … 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 →
Emma was setting up an abseil for the Scouts in Dalkey and said I could tag along. Unfortunately I got delayed in work and did not get there in time to help set up. The abseil was set upon Yorkshire … Continue reading →
We are going away for the week with Cubs so I took Aoife to UCD to do a few rope climbs training for Scotland as she would miss Saturday. She did well climbing 5 different routes a total of 16 … Continue reading →
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 →
