Welcome to the official site of the
Malta Rock Climbing Club (MRCC)
The MRCC is Malta’s longest established climbing club, its members being some of the islands’ most passionate and committed hard-core climbers. The club regularly organises events and initiatives, and is responsible for some of the islands’ major climbing projects.
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Further maintenance work done in Wied Babu
After the usual climbing session one fine Sunday afternoon in March, Andrew Warrington and Roland Sultana got down to some further work in this popular climbing area. Regular maintenance of bolts and lower-offs is a priority in this area, which has seen an increased number of climbers recently. Proper screw-gate LOs were installed on Kleen…
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Twin Caves offer shelter from unpredictable weather
6 climbers defied the rainy weather last Sunday and scrambled up to Twin Caves in Ghar Lapsi for some more climbing practice. This well-chosen location offered decent shelter from the sporadic rain showers and intimidating thunder. Marlon Vassallo, Miriam Gauci and Cheryl Aquilina all top roped Rat Race E1 5a, whilst Edward Sciberras successfully completed…
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Xaqqa Valley’s much needed clean-up
7 long years have passed since the last MRCC Xaqqa Valley Clean-Up in 2004 and Xaqqa was once again crying out to be cleaned up. A group of volunteers gathered in Xaqqa last Saturday, all equipped for the task ahead, and it took them all morning to clear the valley of the curious variety of…
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Annual BOV climbing event gaining in popularity
Several members of staff at BOV have once again had the opportunity to try their hands at rock climbing last Saturday the 12th of March, this time in Ghar Lapsi. This is the third consecutive year that the MRCC has organized such a taster session for BOV, and it has gained so much in popularity,…
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The sun shines again on Babu West
Yesterday turned out to be another good day out for the MRCC climbers who met at Babu West to enjoy the sunshine and great company. It was a very productive day for the climbing team. The new route bolted by Andrew Warrington and Kurt Caligari on 29th December has finally been led by Andrew Warrington.…
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Fat Boys on the Blue Grotto promontory retro-bolted
Another great Red Wall classic, Fat Boys E1 5b has been converted into a sport route making it a much more amenable climb since it is rife with loose blocks and doubtful looking rock for its bottom half. Over two afternoons of hard bolting and even harder jumaring, Andrew Warrington drilled and inserted 11 bolts…