Idle climbing thoughts

Well, it's the Tuesday after a Bank Holiday and thought I'd do a little reflection.

It really is great to see how active the scene in Ireland is at present, with about 12 people camping in Muckross and another 60 (yes, I said sixty) people on Gola Island for the weekend. You definitely can't argue that there's no-one climbing at present!

And it's also impressive to see the grades that people are working at? There's a very regular group pushing themselves throughout the grade levels from HS all the way up to E5/6. Who knows what'll happen when some of them get to climb regularly, i.e. without Real World distractions, etc. for a while ;o)

It's great to see so many people going for it!

Also, Muckross is still showing potential for new routes, there's definitely a few lines (at least waiting for ascents) although it remains to be seen whether it'll be this generation or the next............

Comments

  1. So is this one of the first comments on your blog???

    There's tonnes of photos from gola if you(and anyone else that follows Neals blog) want to check them out. Beware though that Dave has about 200 as loads of people were messing with his camera and alot of them are blury and kind of crap... Sure they'll keep you occupied on this lovely Friday morning...

    Melanie's:http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8IbuHLhm1bM3a
    Seans's: http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~shock/spgm-144/index.php?spgmGal=Gola&spgmFilters=
    Stu's: http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~static/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=454
    Daves's: http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~dyno/index.php?spgmGal=Gola%2006

    Orla :)

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  2. wow! my first comment! this is a very emotional moment :)

    Still though, seems like there's a few pics to keep you busy for a while at least!

    Claire/Mark/Dawid got any photos from Muckross?

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