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Today I was working in Dalkey Quarry with a group from The Dodder Sea Scouts. Willie and I had two observers out gaining experience for their SPA. We set up bottom up ropes on Drinkers Delight and Drinkers Direct both … Continued

Today I was working out in Dalkey Quarry on an introduction to climbing course. I met Henrik and Dan both from Sweden at Dalkey Hill car park at 9.30 and after a brief chat about harnesses and helmets we went … Continued

Vertigo Outdoor and Snow and Rock have joined forces to offer VO customers a special 15% discount. A loyalty card will be available that will give our customers 15% discount in Snow and Rock’s Dundrum shop as well as early … Continued

On Saturday morning I was working in Dalkey Quarry. I was to meet some students from the Colaiste Dhulaigh outdoor education course. These students had been out with Willie many times before and wanted to progress a bit further and eventually … Continued

We are back from Arco a couple of weeks now and what can I say other than… We miss Lake Garda! During the week we got 400M multi-pitch routes done, Sport routes, A 2000M high Via Ferrata. Anna got her … Continued

We are really excited about our plans for 2012! We are hoping to run a MASTER CLASS with Neil Gresham (enough said!) and a DRY TOOLING coaching session with Andy Turner (if you dont know him… google “The hurting, XI, Cairngorms, … Continued

We have just finished a busy weekend running an SPA training in Dalkey. With 8 students its been a busy weekend but each student brought with them a great breadth of experience and made for a really great weekend’s learning! … Continued

Spent yesterday working with 2 students on an Introduction to Climbing day. We were blessed with great weather whilst climbing in Dalkey and managed to climb to nearly 8pm! Who says the summer is over? You just have to take … Continued

Had a very nice day out on saturday guiding a walk for the Irish Cancer Research Charity. We headed around Glendalough via the spink. A Very enjoyable day. The guys are off to walk the Great Wall of China in … Continued