http://wiki.climbing.ie/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Pigeon_Rock 2026-04-23T02:23:27Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.35.1 http://wiki.climbing.ie/index.php?title=Pigeon_Rock&diff=2111&oldid=prev 2021-03-25T21:45:50Z

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Daveh http://wiki.climbing.ie/index.php?title=Pigeon_Rock&diff=2110&oldid=prev 2021-03-25T21:42:26Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:42, 25 March 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>J2623 The cliffs at Pigeon Rock give excellent varied climbing and prove popular mainly due to their proximity to the road and the generally positive nature of the holds rather than a total reliance on friction. Of course as is usual in the Mournes when required the friction is superb. The best of the climbing is on granite but there is a capping layer of shale to the right side of the cliffs which forms the top pitches of Coccyx, the crags of Pog Precipice and the Far Right Buttress. The Left-Hand Buttress is the largest in extent and up to 80m high. The best and cleanest routes are on the Main Face which is towards the right-hand side of this buttress, with the great garden of Virgo Ledge in its upper section. To the right of the Left-Hand Buttress is a huge area of broken rock and vegetation, with only one short clean wall high up and then the Right-Hand Buttress. This is marked by a gully on its left-hand side and The Gully Wall contains some good routes in the S - VS grades. However the best rock is around the corner on the long clean wall facing the road giving four fine routes in the HVS - E1 grades. To the right and above this is Pog Precipice a tower of shale requiring quite a different technique to the granite below. Right again is a deep gully which provides a convenient descent from the very top of the crag, bounded on the right by the small and broken Far Right Cliffs.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>J2623 The cliffs at Pigeon Rock give excellent varied climbing and prove popular mainly due to their proximity to the road and the generally positive nature of the holds rather than a total reliance on friction. Of course as is usual in the Mournes when required the friction is superb. The best of the climbing is on granite but there is a capping layer of shale to the right side of the cliffs which forms the top pitches of Coccyx, the crags of Pog Precipice and the Far Right Buttress. The Left-Hand Buttress is the largest in extent and up to 80m high. The best and cleanest routes are on the Main Face which is towards the right-hand side of this buttress, with the great garden of Virgo Ledge in its upper section. To the right of the Left-Hand Buttress is a huge area of broken rock and vegetation, with only one short clean wall high up and then the Right-Hand Buttress. This is marked by a gully on its left-hand side and The Gully Wall contains some good routes in the S - VS grades. However the best rock is around the corner on the long clean wall facing the road giving four fine routes in the HVS - E1 grades. To the right and above this is Pog Precipice a tower of shale requiring quite a different technique to the granite below. Right again is a deep gully which provides a convenient descent from the very top of the crag, bounded on the right by the small and broken Far Right Cliffs.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;display_map zoom=&quot;14&quot;&gt;54.158646, -6.057469~Pigeon Rock&lt;/display_map&gt;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;display_map zoom=&quot;14&quot; <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">type=satellite</ins>&gt;54.158646, -6.057469~Pigeon Rock&lt;/display_map&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Approach is from a gate (270234) on the Kilkeel/Hilltown road and cars can be parked inside the gate. Be careful not to leave the gate open or block the path which is frequently used by farmers. Follow the track across the river, breaking off below the relevant part of the crag to climb steeply to its base. About 10 minutes from the road.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Approach is from a gate (270234) on the Kilkeel/Hilltown road and cars can be parked inside the gate. Be careful not to leave the gate open or block the path which is frequently used by farmers. Follow the track across the river, breaking off below the relevant part of the crag to climb steeply to its base. About 10 minutes from the road.</div></td></tr> </table>

Daveh http://wiki.climbing.ie/index.php?title=Pigeon_Rock&diff=189&oldid=prev 2021-03-09T17:05:15Z

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Daveh http://wiki.climbing.ie/index.php?title=Pigeon_Rock&diff=188&oldid=prev 2017-05-13T21:26:14Z

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