Year: 2013

  • New 7b Sport Route at Honey Buttress – Virgin Bolter!

    New 7b Sport Route at Honey Buttress – Virgin Bolter!

    What a fantastic day for climbing yesterday, after the dreary weather we’ve had. The MRCC gang made the most of it with a great crowd of people turning up to enjoy the sunshine. The beauty of Honey Buttress is that it has trad and sport climbs, both easy and difficult. While I warmed up on […]

  • Two new routes at Crucifix Cave & top anchors on Monolith Buttress!

    Roland led his new sport route clean, which he still has to name. This is an excellent line, about 23m in height that Roland and I had spotted and top-roped a couple of weeks ago, then bolted over two sessions. It starts on the right side of the column of Encore just before the second […]

  • The MRCC gang clean Monolith Buttress!

    The MRCC gang clean Monolith Buttress!

    This crag has excellent beginner routes but was rarely climbed because of the rubbish and because it was a trad lead to make anchors at the top. A team of MRCC members met up and spent a few hours clearing away rubbish at the foot of the crag and especially the whole area to the […]

  • Beginners session and bbq at Wied Babu…

    Beginners session and bbq at Wied Babu…

    A great turnout of beginners, lots of new faces and everyone tried their best to get up some quite tricky routes and pushed to their limits! Accompanied by music and a bbq to round off a sunny and wonderful day out.

  • Climbing and Cleanup Event at Xaqqa Valley

    Climbing and Cleanup Event at Xaqqa Valley

    The MRCC just held its second Club Climbing Session in March, this time combining it with a much needed cleanup of Xaqqa Valley. More than 20 club members helped with the cleanup making it a pretty international affair with over 10 different nationalities represented, spanning the globe from Columbia to Pakistan! As many of you […]

  • Rock Climbing Feature in Air Malta’s Inflight Magazine

    The new Air Malta magazine Bizzilla’s first (January 2013) edition features rock climbing in an article written by Andrew Warrington with images by David Simmonite, Claudia Ziegler and Andrew Warrington. Thanks to Blue Media and Sarah Kennard for featuring this article in the first edition of Air Malta’s revamped inflight magazine Bizzilla, and for their […]