First Post

What's this blog all about then? I've always wanted to spend a year bouldering and forgetting about all other forms of climbing. The weather in my home of Ireland has been really bad this summer so there's been very little climbing. However, our winters are usually dry and mild and traditionaly are the bouldering season on the emerald isle - so I thought I'd do it this year: I'll train, I'll boulder and I'll blog about it. Here it is - my bouldering blog. (Don't forget to bookmark it).

What's been happening so far, I've been working on a training schedule which I'll post later and I've been down in the Co Clare doing some surfing and a little bouldering in Doolin. It started raining though so I didn't really get much of a session but I shall return. For those of you not from Ireland this country is really, really small. You can never be more than 78 miles from the coast. Doolin, on the other side of the country, is about a 3½ hour drive from where I live. The rock is really sharp limestone which high friction and the setting is amazing. Its right on the coast of the Atlantic above the waves. I'll post some photos later.

My most frequented bouldering venue is Glendalough where hopefully I'll be visiting this weekend. Just so you know the banner above is me on a Glendalough problem called The Rails which goes at about font 5+ (V1 I think).

So, I've started my blog. *phew*