Year: 2015
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Not So Trad Southern LGBT Climbers in Malta!
Not only did they enjoy a great week of climbing both trad and sport routes around the islands (with a little sea level traversing thrown in for good measure), on their last night they had a whip around and left a generous donation towards the MRCC Bolting Project. This money will be used to pay…
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New Bolting Stuff
A batch of new Raumer 316 marine steel bolts and lower-offs for installation by the MRCC Bolting Team and enjoyment by everyone! Thanks to all those who came to our Club Climbing Sessions – your contributions helped make this possible, and to www.mcadventure.com.mt that funded the difference between donations and invoice 🙂 thanks also to…
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Unexpected surprise !
Yesterday a group of MRCC stalwarts went to Gozo for some rock-hitting and were delighted to meet with a living legend of this sport: Stefan Glowacz! Stefan made a quick dash to the islands to do a photo-filming reportage for his clothing company, Red Chili. Those photos will appear in the new Red Chili catalogue…
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Improving the infrastructure!
Aylwyn and Andrew spent the afternoon improving existing and installing new top anchors on some of the routes on the tower. New anchors on routes 7, 8 and on Predator, abseil ring installed on route 10 to make for a safer descent from all these lines. Such a great place to climb with all those…
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New Bolting Activity
For the fun of anyone who likes mid-grades (around 6a) 🙂Climb carefully, as this crag has a pattern of falling things (last thing that fell today was a pliers!), so wear a helmet at the base and also while climbing. Also some rocks may fall while the crag gets more traffic… a big one is at…
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New Multi-Pitch Route at Ix-Xaqqa
This is a fun line I had originally led trad (at night?!) last year with Michael Muller. I later decided to convert to sport because of poor gear at the starting pitch. Between work commitments and bad weather it has taken a while but I installed the final 9 bolts (28 bolts + 3 chain…