Rock-climbing Training Course

This year we're trying to expose more people to the amazing activity of rock-climbing. For this purpose we are running a half-day tasting session for people that have never tried to rock climb before. This means that people that have an interest in rock climbing, but have never done it before are going to climb in a supervised environment, under the watchful eyes of some more experienced climbers. The main purpose of the session is to give people a feeling for what rock climbing is about before committing more resources to it, such as a training course or specialized gear.

The half a day session is to be held on Saturday the 21st of May in the fantastic crag of Ballyryan, on the west coast of Clare, which has some stunning views of the Atlantic and the Arann Islands. (check out this link for some description: http://wiki.climbing.ie/index.php/Ballyryan )

Meeting place will be at 9:00 at the Roslevan car-park, Ennis to car-pool to Ballyryan; alternatively if you want to make your own way to Ballyryan you can meet us there at 9:45. The club will be providing all the necessary equipment: helmets, harnesses, ropes or other accessories. In regards to clothing just bring something you’re comfortable to be climbing in and suitable for the weather conditions (we’re suggesting no jeans though as they’re quite restrictive when it comes to movement). Shoes are important, so try and bring something that is as tight as possible (without hurting you of course), trainers can also be used.

This session is weather permitting (hopefully it will not rain that day), so if that week-end is raining it could be postponed for a later date.

So if you want to come around give us a shout:

Radu Toma radu.o.toma@gmail.com ; text/call 086-3204373.

Eoin Cleary eoincleary@ireland.com ; text/call 086-2572792

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