Slieve Rua - Revision history

Flinner76 at 12:43, 24 July 2025

2025-07-24T12:43:52Z

Flinner76: Added Block Off and Let's Crumble route descriptions.

2025-07-24T12:30:00Z

Added Block Off and Let's Crumble route descriptions.

Flinner76: Added Table For One

2025-06-21T21:33:04Z

Added Table For One

Barry watts: /* Lower Buttress */

2025-06-10T08:55:47Z

Lower Buttress

Ingolfk at 00:40, 10 June 2025

2025-06-10T00:40:29Z

Barry watts: /* Lower Buttress */

2025-06-09T20:00:44Z

Lower Buttress

Barry watts: /* Lower Buttress */

2025-06-09T19:47:54Z

Lower Buttress

Barry watts: /* Lower Buttress */

2025-06-09T09:44:07Z

Lower Buttress

Ingolfk: Added a new climb

2025-06-08T18:51:34Z

Added a new climb

Ingolfk at 18:48, 8 June 2025

2025-06-08T18:48:53Z

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 Climb the corner right of '''SAMBA BY THE  GORT RIVER''' to the large ledge and finish up the slabby wall beyond.
-'''LET'S CRUMBLE''' VS 4c<br />''Cormac Flynn, Andy Wonnacott,  24th July 2025.''
+[[File:Lets crumble.svg.png|alt=Let's crumble topo|frameless]]
-About 20 metres to the right there is a hand crack with a dead bush about two-thirds height. Climb the crack treating the rock either side of it with care.
+'''LET'S CRUMBLE''' 8m VS 4c<br />''Cormac Flynn, Andy Wonnacott,  24th July 2025.''
 [[File:Clean slab.jpg|center|thumb|500x500px|l]]

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 Right of '''DIVIDE AND CONQUER''' there is an alcove, climb the left hand crack of this alcove, the right hand crack can be useful for footholds and swallows big gear but take care with some suspect blocks at mid height there.
 '''BOFEY QUINN'S ARETE''' 10m S
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 Climb the corner right of '''SAMBA BY THE  GORT RIVER''' to the large ledge and finish up the slabby wall beyond.
 [[File:Clean slab.jpg|center|thumb|500x500px]]
 '''CLEAN SLAB''' 10m D<br />''First ascent'' ''David Walsh, Paddy O'Brien, 4/8/2022.''

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 ===Lower Buttress===
-The first two climbs are on a west facing section of the lower buttress. The wall is vertical and about 8m high. Nice shade on a hot morning.
+The first three climbs are on a west facing section of the lower buttress. The wall is vertical and about 8m high. Nice shade on a hot morning.
 [[File:Lower buttress Slieve Rua.png|alt=Location of Tile Style|frameless|500x500px]]
 [[File:West facing cliff on lower buttress Slieve Rua.png|alt=West facing cliff on lower buttress Slieve Rua|frameless|800x800px]]
 '''TILE STYLE''' S<br />''Cormac Flynn, Megan Flynn, 16th May 2025.<br />''The corner at the left end of the wall with the large flake. Tri-cams might be useful in the horizontal cracks.

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 '''EVENING LIGHT''' D<br />''Conor Warner, 18th June 2020.''<br />Cracked wall 2m left of '''THE LOWLANDS'''.
-'''MIDDAY IN THE MIDLANDS''' VS 4b<br />''Ingolf Kühn, Barry Watts, 8th June 2025.''<br />Flaky slab in the middle between '''EVENING LIGHT''' and '''THE LOWLANDS'''. Start up the crack right of '''EVENING LIGHT''', after 3m swing right and up, thread runners in places will boost confidence.
+'''MIDDAY IN THE MIDLANDS''' VS 4b<br />''Ingolf Kühn, Barry Watts, 8th June 2025.''<br />Flaky slab just right of  '''EVENING LIGHT''', thread runners in places will boost confidence.
 '''THE LOWLANDS''' S<br />''Conor Warner, Barry Watts, 21st June 2020.''<br />Pleasant left facing corner on the far right.

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 [[File:Broken cuckoo.png|alt=Broken Cuckoo|frameless|500x500px]]
-'''BROKEN BUM''' S
+'''BROKEN BUM''' S <br />
+''Barry Watts, Ingolf Kühn, 8th June 2025''. <br />Climb the crack left of '''BROKEN CUCKOO'''.
 '''BROKEN CUCKOO''' VD<br />''Cormac Flynn, Megan Flynn, 16th May 2025.''<br />About 50m right of Flapper. Follow the wide crack.

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	[[File:Broken cuckoo.png\|alt=Broken Cuckoo\|frameless\|500x500px]]		[[File:Broken cuckoo.png\|alt=Broken Cuckoo\|frameless\|500x500px]]
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		+	'''BROKEN BUM''' S
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		+	''Barry Watts, Ingolf Kühn, 8th June 2025''.
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		+	Climb the crack left of '''BROKEN CUCKOO'''.

	'''BROKEN CUCKOO''' VD<br />''Cormac Flynn, Megan Flynn, 16th May 2025.''<br />About 50m right of Flapper. Follow the wide crack.		'''BROKEN CUCKOO''' VD<br />''Cormac Flynn, Megan Flynn, 16th May 2025.''<br />About 50m right of Flapper. Follow the wide crack.

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 '''EVENING LIGHT''' D<br />''Conor Warner, 18th June 2020.''<br />Cracked wall 2m left of '''THE LOWLANDS'''.
-'''MIDDAY IN THE MIDLANDS''' D<br />''Ingolf Kühn, Barry Watts, 8th June 2025.''<br />Flaky slab in the middle between '''EVENING LIGHT''' and '''THE LOWLANDS'''.
+'''MIDDAY IN THE MIDLANDS''' VS 4b<br />''Ingolf Kühn, Barry Watts, 8th June 2025.''<br />Flaky slab in the middle between '''EVENING LIGHT''' and '''THE LOWLANDS'''.
 '''THE LOWLANDS''' S<br />''Conor Warner, Barry Watts, 21st June 2020.''<br />Pleasant left facing corner on the far right.
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 '''EXPLODING KITTENS''' S<br />''Barry Watts, Brandon O'Toole, Maya Van Rensburg, Audrey O'Toole, Tom Van Rensburg, 16th April 2021.'' Climb the protruding block right of '''CAT SCRAPES''' to a small dirty ledge. Continue up the slabby wall right of the arete.[[File:Sl Rus.jpg|thumb|alt=|none|Brandon O'Toole starting out on EXPLODING KITTENS]]
 [[File:Slieve Rua upper right hand.jpg|none|thumb|600x600px]]
-'''DIVIDE AND CONQUER''' 10m VD<br />''Conor Warner, Barry Watts, 20/9/2019.''<br />4m left of '''BOFEY QUINN'S COULOIR''' there is another buttress, this route takes the single to double cracks on the right hand side of it.
+'''DIVIDE AND CONQUER''' 10m S<br />''Conor Warner, Barry Watts, 20/9/2019.''<br />4m left of '''BOFEY QUINN'S COULOIR''' there is another buttress, this route takes the single to double cracks on the right hand side of it.
 '''ROCKALANCHE''' 10m HS

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	'''EVENING LIGHT''' D<br />''Conor Warner, 18th June 2020.''<br />Cracked wall 2m left of '''THE LOWLANDS'''.		'''EVENING LIGHT''' D<br />''Conor Warner, 18th June 2020.''<br />Cracked wall 2m left of '''THE LOWLANDS'''.
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		+	'''MIDDAY IN THE MIDLANDS''' D<br />''Ingolf Kühn, Barry Watts, 8th June 2025.''<br />Flacky slab in the middle between '''EVENING LIGHT''' and '''THE LOWLANDS'''.

	'''THE LOWLANDS''' S<br />''Conor Warner, Barry Watts, 21st June 2020.''<br />Pleasant left facing corner on the far right.		'''THE LOWLANDS''' S<br />''Conor Warner, Barry Watts, 21st June 2020.''<br />Pleasant left facing corner on the far right.