{"id":1660,"date":"2016-05-18T23:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T22:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mic1024.wordpress.com\/?p=1660"},"modified":"2016-05-18T23:00:44","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T22:00:44","slug":"spur-of-the-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samsel.org\/index.php\/2016\/05\/18\/spur-of-the-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Spur of the moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

I normally don’t do outdoors bouldering. As a matter of fact I don’t think I ever climb a boulder outdoors (Ivy Chimney counts?).<\/p>\n

We’ve decided yesterday that we just going to go and check out The Scalp today.<\/p>\n

Excellent guides are available on climbing.ie wiki<\/a>\u00a0& dublinmountains.ie<\/a>, so I won’t get into details of how to get there (other than the fact, that’s it literally around the corner from where we live).<\/p>\n

Monika and I\u00a0arrived\u00a0just before 5pm and were promptly joined by Andrew and Louis. The plan was simple – explore the area and maybe even climb something.<\/p>\n

We’ve ended up checking out some of the easier problems, with the most fun being The Tree Chimney.<\/p>\n

It’s kind of funny, that even problems graded 5 suddenly are much more challenging, when the only pro you have are the hands of your spotter.
\nWe all took turns, I topped it out first, and after that the ‘line of climbing’ got obvious and not that intimidating (If Michal can do it…\u00a0\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Louis topping out Tree Chimney
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We continued up the hill, attempting various easier problems, and ended up on the very top looking at Dom’s Wall. It’s a highball face with apparently good holds. Monika went highest, but also eventually climbed down. It wasn’t worth the risk of breaking ankles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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It was a fun afternoon, but I guess it makes more sense to come with someone who actually knows the climbs. Next time \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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