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Just had a great day on Creag Meagaidh. We headed up a route called South Pipe Direct (IV,4) but conditions soon turned nasty with lots of spin drift and loose powder so we changed course and headed up Stag Horn … Continued

Today we ran the first of 3 sets of the Neil Gresham’s Climbing Masterclass Series with Robbie Phillips as our coach. Robbie started each session with a recap of basic movement skills then moved on to specific boulder problems to … Continued

Today along with Andy and Heather we headed out to The Bridge of Orchy to climb a couple of very accessible Munros and take a look at a climb I’d like to try later this week.  We headed up the rocky … Continued

I decided to head up to the North face of Ben Nevis today to climb Fawlty Towers graded Scottish III*. Tim and I made it up to the base of the climb in good time and initially conditions were looking very … Continued

This weekend has had all the VO staff really busy on a REC 2 First aid course. Running the Course was our friend Mark “Baggy” Richards. Baggy gave a great 2 day course where we did lots of practical sessions … Continued

Well we are now in the last few days of 2011 and its been really busy for the staff at VO. We have had Mountain Skills courses, Rock Climbing (in December!!), Mountain Ropework, Navagation, Italian HOT ROCK and lots of … Continued

St Kevin’s College in Crumlin run an Outdoor Recreation course for people that want to work in the adventure sports industry. I’ve just finished teaching on a two day Mountain Skills 1 course with some of the students. Day 1 … Continued

Today I was working on day 1 on a Mountain Skills 2 course. I had two students from the Outdoor Education course in Colaiste Dhulaigh and three private clients who have all completed the Mountain Skills 1 course and decided … Continued

For the past two days I have been teaching on a Mountain Skills 2 course with students from the outdoor education course in Colaiste Dhulaigh. The MS 2 course builds on MS 1 and covers the use of a compass, … Continued

Today I was working in Dalkey Quarry. Willie has been working with some of the students from Colaiste Dhulaigh for many months now running  general introduction to climbing courses covering many topics from building belays, climbing technique and abseiling. At … Continued