DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Continuing on from my post on Monday for Best VS, moving onto the next grade: HVS! Feel free to vote below, the more the merrier!
Note this list is built from the climbing.ie forum list that I started several weeks below. There may be routes missing, so feel free to add them in the comments below…..

Image Credit: Unknown Climber on Sarcophagus, Glendalough, Wicklow. Photo by R Doyle, climbing.ie gallery

- Neal :) -

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Some may remember myself and Steve McGowan ran a quick forum test over on climbing.ie’s forums recently to test the waters as regards the best routes of each respective grade here in Ireland. Originally I was going to make this out as a top 10 list, but since the list was pretty small in some grades, I’m just going to post out a Poll and let people vote! so, to kick it off today, here’s the 1st: VS. Get voting!!!!

To reduce any preferences of my own, I’ve listed the routes in alphabetical order according to crag.

Image Credit: Unknown climber on Prelude Nightmare, glendalough, Wicklow, Ireland. Photo by Conor Murphy. Photo from Climbing.ie photo gallery

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - An interesting post appeared on climbing.ie during the week, and a suitable debate has followed. The author is ‘Arther Aggs’, specifically not ‘Arthur’, any idea who this is? Is it an anagram? maybe, so from now on I’m going to call him ‘Garter Gash‘.

Hi all, just to let you know, and give you warning that you will see me over the winter digging holes at the top of most of the main popular climbs around the quarry. I am going to be putting in some metal stakes for belays. All stakes will be tested for suitability and once finished will be clearly marked and identified as to the details to contact for further information. I hope this will open up climbing without the continued strangulation and suspect dependancy of little yellow bushes.

Garter Gash has proven he’s not a fly by night staker! and come back with some great answers to his critics including the statement:

Consultation will be taken with the MCI, all passing trade in the quarry and the council.

Looking forward to finding out who it is, and your opinion, so get voting YES/NO:

-Robin-

(Image Credits: Both Creative Commons Licensed, Fantastic “B&W of Dalkey Quarry” by Phil Pankov and “Lee at the Top of Dalkey Quarry” by Padraig Woods)