Difference between revisions of "Slieve Rua"

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HERD IMMUNITY S  
 
HERD IMMUNITY S  
  
Barry Watts, Audrey O'Toole, 16th April 2021
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Barry Watts, Audrey O'Toole, 15th April 2021
  
Climb the right facing croner with a tricky start.
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Climb the right facing corner with a tricky start.
  
 
'''THE IDES OF MARCH''' S<br />''Barry Watts, Conor Warner, 21st June 2020.''<br />Take the wall and crack 1 m right of a right facing corner.
 
'''THE IDES OF MARCH''' S<br />''Barry Watts, Conor Warner, 21st June 2020.''<br />Take the wall and crack 1 m right of a right facing corner.
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CANADA CRACK HS
 
CANADA CRACK HS
  
Barry Watts, Audrey O'Toole, 16th April 2021
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Barry Watts, Audrey O'Toole, 15th April 2021
  
 
Climb the groove right of '''THE IDES OF MARCH''' and finish up the right slanting crack.
 
Climb the groove right of '''THE IDES OF MARCH''' and finish up the right slanting crack.
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MANDATORY QUARANTINE VD
 
MANDATORY QUARANTINE VD
  
Barry Watts, Audrey O'Toole, 16th April 2021
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Barry Watts, Audrey O'Toole, 15th April 2021
  
 
Climb the chimney right of the thorn tree to a samll ledge and contune up the crack above,
 
Climb the chimney right of the thorn tree to a samll ledge and contune up the crack above,
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SHOTS FOR ALL VD
 
SHOTS FOR ALL VD
  
''Barry Watts, Brandon O'Toole, Audrey O'Toole, 16th April 2021''
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''Barry Watts, Brandon O'Toole, Audrey O'Toole, 15th April 2021''
  
 
'''Climb the crack 1m right of LOCKED IN to ledge, finish up crack to the left.'''   
 
'''Climb the crack 1m right of LOCKED IN to ledge, finish up crack to the left.'''   
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MAIRE RUA S
 
MAIRE RUA S
  
''Barry Watts, Brandon O'Toole, Audrey O'Toole, Mata Van Rensberg,'' 25th April 2021
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''Barry Watts, Brandon O'Toole, Audrey O'Toole, Mata Van Rensberg,'' 23rd April 2021
  
 
Climb the clean slab left of '''EVENING LIGHT to a foot ledge, finish leftwards on big holds.'''
 
Climb the clean slab left of '''EVENING LIGHT to a foot ledge, finish leftwards on big holds.'''
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CLIMATIC BREAKDOWN HS
 
CLIMATIC BREAKDOWN HS
  
''Barry Watts, Audrey O'Toole,'' 25th April 2021
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''Barry Watts, Audrey O'Toole,'' 23rd April 2021
  
 
GRETTAS STRUGGLE VS 5a
 
GRETTAS STRUGGLE VS 5a
  
''Barry Watts, Audrey O'Toole, David Brosnan,'' 25th April 2021
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''Barry Watts, Audrey O'Toole, David Brosnan,'' 23rd April 2021
  
 
[[File:SL Left.jpg|600px|File:SL Left.jpg]]
 
[[File:SL Left.jpg|600px|File:SL Left.jpg]]
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'''WHO NEEDS HOT ROCK HS'''   
 
'''WHO NEEDS HOT ROCK HS'''   
  
'''Barry Watts, Audrey O'Toole, Brandon O'Toole, 17th April 2021'''   
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'''Barry Watts, Audrey O'Toole, Brandon O'Toole, 16th April 2021'''   
  
 
Climb the pocketed slab left of Trust the fairies.   
 
Climb the pocketed slab left of Trust the fairies.   
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GO BIG OR GO HOME HS
 
GO BIG OR GO HOME HS
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Barry Watts, Audrey O'Toole, Tom Van Rensberg 22nd April 2021
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Barry
  
 
Climb the cracked wall between Fairy Flakes abd Airy Fairy  
 
Climb the cracked wall between Fairy Flakes abd Airy Fairy  

Revision as of 18:42, 2 May 2021

The hill North of Mullach Mor is straddled by many rocky buttresses, the largest buttress (Upper Buttress) is on the South side just below the summit Lower Buttress is 150 m further South West. Approach by the red path from Cooloorta trail, maps for the walking paths and trail head are available to download from the Burren National Park website https://www.burrennationalpark.ie/. Walk along the red path for about 20 minutes following way marks traversing the hillside and gaining height gradually, the path goes through a gap in a stone wall and strikes left or South West for Mullach Mor, leave the path here, walk straight ahead uphill and West for 7 more minutes. Upon reaching the crest of the hill the Lower Buttress should be visible on your right, Upper Buttress is 150m further above and behind. In the picture below the Lower Buttress is the cliff at the bottom of the marked rectangle while the Upper Buttress is in the marked rectangle

File:Sl Rua.jpg

Lower Buttress

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SELF ISOLATION D
Audrey O'Toole, Barry Watts, Brandon O'Toole, 12th June 2020.
Wide crack on the far left.

SOCIAL DISTANCING VD
Barry Watts, Conor Warner, 21st June 2020.
Crack behind the large thorn tree, there are also good holds and gear placements left and right of this crack,

TIRIG VD
Conor Warner, Barry Watts, 21st June 2020.
Start up COVID CRACK for 3m's, step left and climb the wall on good holds.

COVID CRACK VD
Barry Watts, Audrey O'Toole, 12th June 2020.
The next obvious crack 3m's right of SOCIAL DISTANCING,

C19-REUNION VD
Conor Warner, Barry Watts, 21st June 2020.
Bridge up the walls of the gully right of COVID CRACK.

File:SL L M.jpg

HERD IMMUNITY S

Barry Watts, Audrey O'Toole, 15th April 2021

Climb the right facing corner with a tricky start.

THE IDES OF MARCH S
Barry Watts, Conor Warner, 21st June 2020.
Take the wall and crack 1 m right of a right facing corner.

CANADA CRACK HS

Barry Watts, Audrey O'Toole, 15th April 2021

Climb the groove right of THE IDES OF MARCH and finish up the right slanting crack.

MASKED UP VS 5a
Barry Watts, Conor Warner, 21st June 2020 (1 rest point).
4 m's right of THE IDES OF MARCH a thin crack starts 2 m's above the ground, climb this, crux in the first 4 m's.

MANDATORY QUARANTINE VD

Barry Watts, Audrey O'Toole, 15th April 2021

Climb the chimney right of the thorn tree to a samll ledge and contune up the crack above,

LOCKED IN VD
Barry Watts, Brandon O'Toole, Audrey O'Toole, 12th June 2020.
Wide crack 2m's to the right MANDATORY QUARANTINE .

SHOTS FOR ALL VD

Barry Watts, Brandon O'Toole, Audrey O'Toole, 15th April 2021

Climb the crack 1m right of LOCKED IN to ledge, finish up crack to the left.

File:SL L R.jpg

MAIRE RUA S

Barry Watts, Brandon O'Toole, Audrey O'Toole, Mata Van Rensberg, 23rd April 2021

Climb the clean slab left of EVENING LIGHT to a foot ledge, finish leftwards on big holds.

EVENING LIGHT D
Conor Warner, 18th June 2020.
Cracked wall 2m's left of THE LOWLANDS.

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

CLIMATIC BREAKDOWN HS

Barry Watts, Audrey O'Toole, 23rd April 2021

GRETTAS STRUGGLE VS 5a

Barry Watts, Audrey O'Toole, David Brosnan, 23rd April 2021

File:SL Left.jpg

Upper Buttress

WHO NEEDS HOT ROCK HS

Barry Watts, Audrey O'Toole, Brandon O'Toole, 16th April 2021

Climb the pocketed slab left of Trust the fairies.

TRUST THE FAIRIES 15m VD
Barry Watts, Geraldine Murphy, 16/6/2017.
Takes the crack beneath the big boulder, about halfway up move left to left to tackle the easier crack line.

FAIRY FLAKES 15m S
Barry Watts, Geraldine Murphy, 16/6/2017.
Takes the crack line in the middle.

GO BIG OR GO HOME HS

Barry Watts, Audrey O'Toole, Tom Van Rensberg 22nd April 2021

Barry

Climb the cracked wall between Fairy Flakes abd Airy Fairy

AIRY FAIRY 15m VD
Barry Watts, Geraldine Murphy, 16/6/2017.
Climb the right slanting wide crack to a ledge, continue straight up.

CAT SCRAPES

EXPLODING KITTENS

File:SL_rRHS.jpg

DIVIDE AND CONQUER 10m VD
Conor Warner, Barry Watts, 20/9/2019.
4m’s 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.

BOFEY QUINN'S COULOIR 10m HS
Barry Watts, Geraldine Murphy, 16/6/2017.
Climb the inverted V right of the bay.

SAMBA BY THE RIVER GORT 10m S
Barry Watts, Geraldine Murphy, 16/6/2017.
2m to the right of BQC climb the rib on the right and enter the wide crack.

THE GREAT FLOOR FOOD ADVENTURE