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“This mountain is too big!”
… said no one ever about any Irish mountain. Carrauntoohil standing 1038m tall was the ‘main event’ of our most recent trip. And so last weekend, Sonja, Padraic, Monika and I headed over to Kerry. The plan was simple – leave Dublin on Friday early afternoon, setup a ‘base camp’ at Cronin’s Yard and head over…
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Everybody knows…
…that there isn’t too many sun days in Dublin in April, so when they do come (more often than not in the middle of the week), one wants to go out and spend that time outdoors. Dalkey is the most obvious choice, and to fully enjoy the sun – we usually go to the Street Fighter Area.…
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More Dalkey
Weather forecast for today didn’t look particularly good. Max of 10C, no rain, moderate west breeze. Since the quarry is so close to where we live, it’s no brainer for us to go and have a look – worst case scenario – we’ll just pack up and go to The Wall. So I’ve sent few invites to…
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Good Firday Dalkey Quarry season opening
Kind of… (since Monika and the girls opened the season on Paddy’s Day), however for me that was the first time this year. It was only us and Magda with her baby. We showed up a bit early and I lead, one move wonder Hiatus (HS, 4b). Monika quickly followed, with Magda arriving shortly after to warm up…
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We are back home now.
We are all back home now. I’m still jet lagged, hopefully it will be gone soon. The journey back was rather uneventful (other than terrible security experience there – cause fck you, 300 travelers who just traveled for 10h+ – queue here for 1h+ long queue to these 2 out of 10 security points we have…
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Canada 2016 – They’ve done it! Polar Circus conquered!
So it happened! After enormous effort, 2 days of planning and 13 hours of climbing the biggest ice they’ve ever seen, Padriac and Del conquered the notorious Polar Circus (WI5, Grade V, 700m). From Canada2016-LastDay-PolarCircus From Canada2016-LastDay-PolarCircus As soon as they rest,one of these two gentlemen will write a full report. Stay tuned! From Canada2016-LastDay-PolarCircus
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Canada – Day 13 – Haffner Creek
We’ve decided that since we are all tired, and the guys still want to check out Polar Circus (800m, WI5, Grade V) before we go home on Sunday, we’ll take the next few days very easy, hence the choice of Haffner Creek. It is located in Kootenay National Park near Banff. It’s about 45 minutes drive from…
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Canada – Day 11&12 – Super Bock and rest day
Super Bock is another of series of climbs named after beers in Field, British Columbia. It is found on the east end of Mt Stephen and have few options in terms of approach. One of them is to drive to Field, and walk from there for around 3km on rail tracks (east), the other option…
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I can’t type today.
It was such and epic and long day that I’m exhausted and can’t really type today. I’ll do detailed entry about today’s climb tomorrow. Let me just say that it featured avalanche bombing train tracks running River crossings We are all back on the ground, with big smiles on our tired faces. Detailed report coming…
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Canada – Day 10 – Profesor Falls WI4
Today nobody had a problem getting up at 7am. We all knew what was awaiting us – an amazing 8 pitch, 210m monster climb – Profesor Falls. It’s a Canadians Rockies must do classic. We quickly drove out to Banff, as we wanted to get on the climb as early as possible. The walking is pretty…