Year: 2011
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More Bolting Work Done on Wied Babu East
Despite the heat, the MRCC Bolting Team spent a morning improving the infrastructure of Babu East side crags with the installation of Lower-offs (LOs) and a newly bolted line close to the Leaning Block. Andrew Warrington and Mike Caffrey got an early start and headed into the valley before breakfast, spending until around midday (when…
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Happy between the sun and the deep blue sea…in Babu Zawn
The MRCC opted to move closer to the sea for last Sunday’s climbing session, in the Wied Babu Zawn area. It is quite a long scramble down under the crags of the West side to finally reach the Zawn, which offers the opportunity for sea level traversing, DWS (some hard lines) and multi-pitch routes, both…
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The MRCC visits Continuation Wall
A few MRCC members chose to attempt the well-known but less frequented Continuation Wall E1 5b last Sunday, which is one of the few multi-pitch routes on the island. They were not put off by the daunting approach to this mega-classic route – a long abseil down two ropes tied together! The group of 8…
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A day out in the wilderness at Fomm ir-Rih
Except for the occasional solitary fisherman, few people venture out onto the edge of the cliffs at Fomm ir-Rih, which overlook the open sea and the island of Gozo to the right. Last Sunday, a few MRCC members picked this place for their weekly climbing fix. They headed to Ras ir-Raheb, starting on Spezz Wall,…
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A lively morning down in breezy Wied il-Għasel
The MRCC once again returned to Mosta Valley last weekend, to hide from the sun’s increasing intensity at Honey Buttress. Quite a number of climbers turned up for this week’s event and led most of the routes on the crag. Andrew Warrington started off on Fly With Me VS 4c, then Marlon, Caroline, Cheryl and…
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LOs inserted and bolting work done on Honey Buttress
After the morning’s climbing at Honey Buttress, Andrew Warrington and Edward Sciberras spent the afternoon scrambling all over the face of Honey Buttress to install LOs and bolts to improve the infrastructure there. Lower offs (LOs) have been installed as follows: Fly With Me – 2-bolt LO Qaghaq tal-Ghasel – chain & screw-gate LO Honey…