REC2 First Aid
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
Merry Xmas to all our clients and staff!
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
Snow and Rock Now our Official Equipment Partner
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
Hot Rock Trip a Huge Success
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
Private Climbing Session
OK.. So the summer hasn’t been the best but October has been great! Today I’ve been in Dalkey running a private session and the weather was epic! We had sunshine, warm winds and a load of laughs! Pedro and Abel got … Continued
2012 Planning. Work Shops for Climbers and Mountaineers!
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
SPA Training
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
Introduction to Climbing
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
Irish Cancer Research Walk
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
Scrambling in Glencoe, Scotland
So we are just back from 5 days in Scotland. The weather was less than ideal but we got plenty done despite the rain.. The routes climbed included Direct Route / Crowberry Ridge on Buachaille Etive Mor and zig zags … Continued