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Welcome! If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or enter your email: for updates. Thanks for visiting! Photo by Geared Up RTE News have the story on this one: A search is continuing off the coast of Co Kerry for a Dublin man who fell into the sea while walking on the sh[...] Read More »

There is a position for a spa qualified instructor at Westwood Climbing Wall in Dublin, I’m presuming the Clontarf one. If anybody is interested in the position, contact: Eamon Ó Riain West Wood Climbing Wall 01 805 7827 climbingwall.clontarf@westwood.ie [...] Read More »

Photo by Geared Up I got this news before it gets published tomorrow, by then it’ll be too late. Received this from a secret contact within the Irish climbing community involved in the transportation. The boulders are being moved tomorrow, and brought by truck to Dublin Port. Duchas, the Iri[...] Read More »

UPDATE: 11:48: Photos of upturned hull on Reuters.com (On left ‘Related Pictures’). UPDATE 11:45: Confirmation has come in that an Irish man is among the dead. An Irishman is amongst the 57 people who have died after a tourist boat sank off the coast of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf. Accor[...] Read More »

UPDATE 15:17hrs: “Come nightfall tonight the two fishermen will be missing for 24 hours and the sea temperature is six degrees so we have to be realistic, but for the moment we are continuing the search for survivors,” said Chris Reynolds, of the Irish Coastguard. “Regrettably al[...] Read More »

Now that the Donegal Guide is complete and online with 1265 routes, a new feature has been added to the photo gallery. It is possible to associate a photo with a crag in the guidebook. For example, I found a pic of Dunmore Head and I click “Associate with a route/crag”, choose “Du[...] Read More »

Adrian gets to review the Burton MP3 Jacket… over on TechWire So I finally got to review Burton’s Motorola MP3 snowboarding jacket. Okay, so it was just for the evening. Well, actually just for a walk around the Mansion House during a Motorola expo, followed by goons with earpieces and [...] Read More »

Photo by Geared Up A MAJOR incident exercise involving a passenger boat with a capacity for 50 passengers will take place this Sunday, April 2, from 11am to 3pm on Lough Derg, just off Two Mile Gate on the Scarriff road from Killaloe. Killaloe Ballina Search and Rescue wish to inform the public th[...] Read More »

On RTE this morning: An attempt to airlift an injured crewman from a Spanish fishing vessel 225km west of Mizen Head had to be abandoned overnight because of bad weather. Poor conditions forced the Shannon-based marine rescue helicopter to turn back. An RAF Nimrod reconnaissance aircraft had been [...] Read More »

I’m the #1 spot on Google Ireland for the search term aine chambers. Now that’s fame, and a good measure of my Google Juice ability! I’ve also noted, Aine is using Google Adwords… “Aine Chambers Video Guide - A Unique Guide to Sligo Tourism” More of Ms Chambers c[...] Read More »

Suprised Eoin didn’t pick up on this one (we were gonna enter! but me & running haven’t been seeing each other lately with a thesis on the cards.) Congratulations to everyone yesterday who completed the Connemara International Marathon. [...] Read More »

RTE News are reporting that a tanker has lost power off Tusker rock. I found the following stats on the Breaksea. The photo above is of an identical vessel. Deadweight: 1.674 mts Draft: 3.77 Loa: 69.89 Beam: 11.20 Flag: British Class: Lloyds Imo: 8416463 Hull: Double Bottom Built: 1985 Cubic [...] Read More »

I thought this was really interesting. I was researching 90 Mile Beach in New Zealand for an upcoming trip and came across these photos, each from a different persons photostream, each on a different date. Look at the car get dismantled slowly by the sea! December 27th - nebajoth February 3rd - Ch[...] Read More »

RTE News Report a French Vessel grounded in Dingle Harbour at 3am. I’m presuming, by harbour they mean within the bay on this one. It’s the top headline so I’m sure it’ll be on the evening news. Efforts will be made later to re-float a French fishing vessel which ran aground[...] Read More »

I’ve just found what looks to be the new version of the Salomon XA Harriers on their site. The new design looks great with far less material covering the tongue area of the shoe which should make them dry a lot quicker. This was the one flaw in the Harriers which seems to have been rectified.[...] Read More »

Tcal link to a great google maps mashup, Flood Maps… which combine elevation data from NASA superimposed onto a Google Map to allow you to see the flooding occured from a custom sea height rise. Best think I found is, that I’ll be living on an Island. Sweet. Thank god, the ferry to it w[...] Read More »