Jirka got a very good job offer back home in Czech, so we got only have 3 weeks before he’s moving out of the country again.
I’m very happy for him, but also sad to lose yet another climbing partner. With Conor moved to the UK, Andrew moved to the Middle East, Derek&Padraig move to no-climbing-land of injuries it doesn’t look good in terms of future outdoor adventures.
With this in mind we wanted to make the most of it and got back to Dalkey for 1/2 day to do some routes.
I’ve teamed up with Sonja, while Team Czech went off together.
Between 4 of us we done (leader listed 1st):
THE SLOPS 14m S 4a (Sonja&Mic) – she actually took an unlucky fall from before 1st gear, right into the bushes. Luckily no major damage.
DIPHTHONG * 14m S 4a (Jirka&Tez) + (Mic&Sonja) – I can’t believe I’ve never climbed it before. What a great and pleasant (read: easy) route!
THRUST *** 24m HVS 4c, 5a (Jirka&Tez) – apparently there were people TR it, and it took them a while. Not exactly ideal if you ask me…
HELlOS *** 34m VS 4c (Mic&Sonja) + (Jirka&Tez) – I’ve lead it last year, forgot how run-out that route is at places, but defo 3 stars!
From there I’ve setup a TR for:
HOTHEAD ** 20m E2 5b – and we all done it on pretty much first try. It’s a pity that it’s so poorly protected, otherwise it’d be amazing lead climb.
We cut the evening short to go back to Derek & Irka’s to talk about future climbing plans (Fairhead next weekend, Sicily in October) and have a drink in celebration of Derek’s low key 38th bday. Happy birthday mate, get back in shape. The mountains are calling!
As we were browsing some questionable hair styles (visit the album on the link below for bonus photo), Tereza made some amazing pastries. I’m not really sure what or how exactly these were made, but oh my, they were good!!
As usual all the photos are in the album.
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