|
Post by thecolm on Dec 2, 2009 18:45:20 GMT
Hey hey. So basically... I'm on co-op next year and am thinkin that at some stage I'll be heading up to fair head for up to 9 days. Prob be august or sept but we'll see. Myself tony and rob where there for 3 days last summer and it was amazing. Would be great to get a bigger group going this time so... Whos interested?? ;D You'd need to have had some exp trad leading(the more the better) but there'll be plenty of time for that between now and then
|
|
Duecewilder
hilltalker
life life to the full and take chances... cos feck it youll regret it if you dont....
Posts: 63
|
Post by Duecewilder on Dec 4, 2009 2:05:23 GMT
If im in the country during the summer im game
|
|
|
Post by darraghc on Jan 19, 2010 0:31:16 GMT
Yup, im up for it!!
|
|
|
Post by willie on Jan 19, 2010 10:22:52 GMT
Great awl idea colm but here we can do a wwhole lot mor ebefore that trip. Paul has put on that learning to lead course nice and early so hopefully a lot of newbies can do that course which will put them on the right track for starting to lead outdoors on trad.
A couple of us now have cars, so if the weather is fine, there should be nothing stopping us heading away most weekends for a bit of climbing and the craic of course.
Give it a good awl shot this year and this would set any people who are intereted in heading to the alps rightly up. Glendalough is probably of the best places in the country for preparation for the alps as its granite and multipitch.
Oh and for a different weekend other than fairhead, i suggest heading to Gola island for 3/4 days. There is supposed to be unreal climbing out there.
|
|
|
Post by Paul on Jan 19, 2010 12:20:58 GMT
Hey Guys
Can I suggest that we look into running a climbing trip at Easter in our own back garden, climb in Ireland. I think there should be a major push for the Alps this year.
|
|
|
Post by willie on Jan 19, 2010 13:27:10 GMT
I would definately agree with paul. I think people have far more to learn from an alps trip than any sport climbing trip. Why not run the two trips? people's money issues
Sport climbing is great to improve your technique and strength but shor you can organise a cheap trip over to spain by yourself.
Where in the alps you would learn how to move accross safely across glaciers in order to get to routes, efficient movement on the routes and all the basics of mountaineering.
Instead of that sport climbing trip, you get the minbus and climb around ireland whre there is a shit load of great climbing to be done. Unless you have a really shitty week there is always somewhere climbable in ireland if you constantly check the weather. I think there would be a load to get out of such a trip
|
|
|
Post by Ginge on Jan 19, 2010 15:54:54 GMT
Hmmmm, we could save a bit of money club side as well, let alone for our members if we just substituted the sport climbing trip for a trad climbing road trip around Ireland.
We'll see what way interest goes I think. If people want to do the sport climbing trip and there are enough numbers there is no reason why it shouldn't go ahead, seeing as it is budgeted for.
Darragh C and myself are going to be looking into trips on Saturdays for people to go Trad Climbing which will be subsidised by the club (petrol diesel etc). So there is still plenty of scope for Trad next semester, and something that really needs to be developed.
We'll see what interest is like in the first few weeks and figure it out from there. In the meantime feel free to get ideas going here in more detail so it's good to go if it comes to it.
|
|
|
Post by woodsy on Jan 19, 2010 20:20:12 GMT
unreal idea and it wouldnt take too much out of the pocket so there would be more there for learning to lead.. def has to be an alps trip though its amazing
|
|
|
Post by darraghc on Jan 20, 2010 14:51:20 GMT
Don't mean to be a party pooper but its impossible to climb in spain over the summer,too hot, the only chances are winter and spring.... its a great idea but as ginge said, there should be loads of trad climbin this semester and there will be well organised 3/4 day (maybe more)trips over the summer to places like Fair Head and Gola island as mentioned above....
|
|
|
Post by harr on Jan 22, 2010 15:10:40 GMT
Just a quick note in relation to the Alps. It would be well worth coinciding your trip to the Alps with the MCI alpine meet. Its a great event in the Irish climbing calendar, a fantastic way to get good info on routes when your there and a really good way to make contacts with other Irish alpinists of all levels.
Just so you know I am not affiliated to the MCI, but have been on quite a few of these meets, and can personally recommend them
John.
|
|
|
Post by thecolm on Jan 25, 2010 9:43:50 GMT
just a little point, if the plan is to replace the sport trip with an irish trad road trip, does the club have enough trad gear for this?
Also alot more effort would need to go into ensuring that people know what they are doing proir to the trip as teaching any ammount of people to trad climb can be very time consuming. But if theres loads of weekend trips prior to this then that shouldnt be a problem. ;D
But ya its a great idea. Climbs I've done in spain dont compare to what I'v done trad climbing over here and as long as we got a good week [glow=red,2,300]weather wise [/glow]it would definately be far better that a sport trip in my opinion.
|
|
|
Post by woodsy on Jan 25, 2010 20:40:35 GMT
with the amount of older guys that will be around i think they will have some of their own gear which could alleviate some gear problems..
i would also like to have the learning to lead wknd on at the start of trip ie that weekend then use the skills over the rest of the trip
|
|
|
Post by thecolm on Jan 27, 2010 7:36:34 GMT
Would this still be on the easter weekend?
|
|
|
Post by harr on Jan 27, 2010 14:41:38 GMT
If your thinking of a trad trip you might consider a trip to gogarth or pembrook, two wonderfull crags and would be a bit more like a trip. Crags at home can be accessed any weekend but a visit to either gogarth or pembrook takes a bit of planning so why not use the time you put aside for planning a sport trip and head to wales instead. if you go to gogarth then clanberris pass is only a short drive away, full of bouldering and hundreds of classics of all grades, and there is the slate quarries something you wont find any where else in the world. plus peats eats for some of the most famous grub in climbing history. Easy to get to, not too expensive when your there now that there is only a small difference between sterling and euro and some fantastic trad climbing of all grades and quality.
Just a thought?
|
|
|
Post by Ginge on Jan 27, 2010 15:03:43 GMT
I like it :-P That does seem like a better option. Could do learning to lead and then go to that.
|
|