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 →
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 →
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 →
As you will see from other posts I am a Cub Leader with the 29th Dublin Scout Troop in Blackrock Co Dublin. On Sunday 20th may 2012 we took them climbing in Dalkey. Emma and Kevin had set up Drinker … Continue reading →
It was a lovely evening on 3rd May 2012 an Emma and Tony decided to run a course for Scouters of the 29th Dublin Blackrock Scout Group on anchoring climbs, it was not meant to give us a skill or … Continue reading →
