This short article is to introduce “Sierra de Gredos” to the Colmcille Climbers. In September 2024, I had the pleasure of spending two weeks in Sierra de Gredos, a mountain range two hour drive west ...

Saturday 31st May at Fairhead or is it Benmore? This is a follow up to Colmcillers at Fairhead Meet May 2024. This year for one reason or another there was no organised boulder field tour which was ...

There was a strong desire to get to Fairhead after the weekend of the Malinbeg Climbfest 2025, as the weather was due to be good. So we decided to go to Fairhead on Saturday 10th May and camp ...

Swells 0.2M was the forecast, and it was mostly right.  That persuaded Iain Miller and I to shun the choice of landward approaches to the Music House, in favour of a leisurely paddle in, to get ...

It  has been a year full of activity since the 2023 AGM November 4th in Newcastle. Club Membership grew to 64,  with 44 Full and 20 Associate members. 3 Mountain Log editions had ...

Many assembled at the Great Southern Hotel on Friday.  I was rescued from an historic tour of the town, (and hypothermia), by the arrival of Jack Bergin and Carol from Waterford, to the warmer ...

To The Enchanted Mountains. A personal account from Alan Tees. Photo: Gully on Gran Encantat Thursday 22nd August  We drove to Waterford to stay with pals  -mountaineer Jack Bergin and his ...

The forecast was poor to dire. Even worse, there was a 2 day  Rave at the Seaview, so no climbing and no sleep either. Margaret Quinn and I joined them on Saturday, at Port a Doris.  It ...