Author Archives: Terrance

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

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

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

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