Weekend before last my girlfriend and I did all three of the classic VS routes at Dinas Cromlech in a day. Absolutely superb way to spend a day in the Pass, highly recommend.
There's a subsidiary crack inside the wide one on Sabre Cut which you can stuff full of wires (admittedly blindly but still very doable), no need for enormous gear on the route!
I set off on that a few years back but reversed off from halfway up first pitch having failed to find a single piece of gear. Keep feeling I should have toughed it out.
One of my first VS leads, some amazing situations, particularly the airy traverse on Pitch 3 after the bold step left from the belay stance at the start, followed by Teufel's Crack.
FANTAN B (HVS 5a) ticks several boxes. It's graded HVS but has been described as VS climbing in an E1 situation. The 5a bit is well protected. The range of grades on the UKC voting gives an idea of its character.
I've no idea what the rating of DNF means on a multi pitch route of six pitches (!). Did the leader abandon the second on the first pitch?
The Irish Government today announced the creation of a new National Park, the country's eighth. Located on the Dingle Peninsula, Páírc Náisiúnta na Mara, Ciarraí includes the rugged Conor Pass, the unique island of Sceilg Mhichíl, and Mount Brandon, one of...
