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thumb — Summer of 2018 and its still damp! GG thrutching up the top pitch.
© cearbhalld, Jul 2018

Route: Cuchulainn Groove (HVS 4a)
Date taken: 18th July 2018

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Have always wondered what this looked like. Many thanks. The first ascent, by Peter Kenny and Frank Winder, must have been very impressive - mud, grass, loose rock. And Hard Severe!!

Mick Ward - 20/Jul/18

Account of First Ascent from IMC journal...
https://www.irishmountaineeringclub.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/92/2014/01/IMC_Journal_Vol2_No1_Mar1951.pdf#page=10

cearbhalld - 20/Jul/18

Many thanks indeed. I read this account decades ago but had clearly forgotten! Interesting that Peter Kenny regarded it as 'very severe' with aid, yet it became Hard Severe without aid, for many years. Caveat emptor! Will hopefully get back to Glendalough one day to do this and many more classics. Thanks again.

Mick Ward - 21/Jul/18

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