The WAFF 2012 is tonight, 30th of March at 8pm. (Doors at 7pm) in Vicar Street.
I don’t know how many of you attended last years Wee Adventure Film Festival but if this years is anything like the last it is well worth a look. Although production quality on some of the entrants could have done with a bit of a polish, they still managed to get you psyched on the feeling of adventure and exploring the unknown. Films last year covered all areas from a snow covered Wicklow to Aussie bikers breaking themselves. This years offering look to top that. The event is tonight and tickets can be bought at the door. I would recommend attending and who knows? You may become inspired and it’ll be your film that… Continue Reading...

The human body was not made to live at 18,000 feet. Oxygen is so scarce at that altitude that few plants or animals can live. For the climber the thin air fogs the mind, makes small actions arduous and keeps cuts and infections from healing. Even the most sedentary activity of all, sleeping, is severely disturbed in this alien environment.

Due to the wind, cold or a smelly tent companion and long day climbing, many people don’t sleep very well at high altitude. In my experience I would have vivid dreams, feelings of being suffocated and normally wake feeling un-refreshed. There are a lot of more important changes that occur in the sleeping stages at high altitude that make sleeping difficult and uncomfortable.

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There will be a talk on Adventure Racing on Thursday 1st March in Basecamp at 7.00 pm. It will be given by experienced adventure racers. We are hoping to get as many adventure racers there as possible. We hope to use it as a night to promote AR in Ireland. People can also meet other people and form teams….. There will be more info about this shortly!!!!! We also hope to get some virgin racers there too so we can introduce them to the wonderful sport.

The Shamrock Adventure race is a 24 hour event with a mix of navigation, mountain biking, trekking, paddling and lots of surprise extras. Aimed at seasoned adventure… Continue Reading...

We’ve had a number of requests for bolting equipment lately, and it’s often a little tricky to explain to a customer why we refuse. While bolts do have a legitimate place in certain very specific circumstances, the risk of irresponsible use and the continuing ‘murder of the impossible’ is just too great to allow bolt kits to be easily and readily available. Bolting should only ever be carried out by extremely experienced climbers who are educated in such matters, fully aware of the impact and permanence of their actions. We plead with anyone considering making a route ‘safer’ or ‘more accessible’ to take a moment to read this article by leading alpinist Colin Haley about Maestri’s compressor… Continue Reading...

In four years, I progressed from being a hotel worker in Edinburgh to climbing the highest points in North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Antarctica. I have climbed Mont Blanc, Mera Peak – Nepal (21247 feet), Shishamapnagma – Tibet (26289 feet), Lahkpa Ri – Tibet ( 23114), Zermat and all the 4,000 meter in Switzerland , Chou you – Tibet (26906 feet), plus climbing in Patagonia ,Peru, India, Pakistan, Iran, Jordan Wadi Rum and Lebanon. However, my determination did come at a cost.

I learned a lot but I had some accidents which could have cost me my life,I fell down about 100 feet in a crevasse on Shishapangma [in Tibet] and seriously damaged… Continue Reading...