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German Alpine Club Panorama article about Malta

Climb Malta — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:18:00 +0000

In October 2009, Andi Dick, editor of DAV Panorama, which is the bi-monthly magazine of the German Alpine Club (DAV), was brought to Malta through the efforts of the MTA’s Sports and EFL Segment executives. I was asked to prepare a program of climbs and provide any information Andi needed to write about climbing in […]

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Installation of Lower-offs (LOs) on Piton Route

Climb Malta — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:58:00 +0000

Piton Route on Great Face slabs at Xaqqa Valley has been fitted with 3 abseil-points/stances. The route can now be abseiled in three sections and lead using the new placements as stances. From the start it is 15m to the 1st stance, 30m to the 2nd stance and 30m to the top anchor (all distances […]

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Ix-Xaqqa access ladder

Climb Malta — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:03:00 +0000

The MRCC is currently working on making access to a number of crags safer and easier. At Xaqqa valley, the lower part of the descent to the sea was tricky at the best of times. When the sea is coming in on the prevailing Majjistral, the rock becomes treacherous, splattered with salt and rime. The […]

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Installation of new Lower-offs (LOs) on Wied Babu west side crag

Climb Malta — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:01:00 +0000

The Maltese Falcon; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; West Side Story; High Noon/Sly Goon; & Bogies Wall/Toqbi now each have a 316 stainless steel snap-link LO installed. When you reach the top of your climb, simply clip in and your belayer can lower you down, no hassles with finding belays and collecting them afterwards!

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Blue Grotto Promontory has two new sport routes

Climb Malta — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:11:00 +0000

Two new fully bolted sport routes have been established at Red Wall, adding to the already outstanding selection of climbs on this magnificent wall. Rum Line 5c 35m is a new bolt route established by Andrew Warrington and Andy Hooper over the Christmas holidays 2010. It was marked, drilled and bolted on the 29th December, […]

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Red Wall Promontory

Climb Malta — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:06:00 +0000

Earthquake Corner has finally been cleaned of all those corroded alloy bolts that were a liability and an eyesore on this beautiful climb. The climb has been restored to its original trad configuration and shall be left this way. The ring at half height has been left in place because it is necessary for abseiling […]

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Terry’s Cave

Climb Malta — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 19:14:00 +0000

..The famous Gary Gibson route 1500 metres received a much needed cleanup of its LO by Andy Hooper. An old corroded alloy hanger and rusty stud were removed along with an old resin bolt with a dubious looking screw-gate attached. This leaves in place the screw-gate LO installed recently by the MRCC. There is also […]

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Twin Caves bolting update at Ghar Lapsi

Climb Malta — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:16:00 +0000

Le Poseur at Twin Caves has been tidied up and restored to its original state with the removal of unusable bolts that have been replaced with two new 316 stainless expansion bolts to make this radical E3/4 6a lead climb a challenge worth trying. The top of the route also has a 2-bolt LO installed […]

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Le Poseur bolting update at Ghar Lapsi

Climb Malta — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:14:00 +0000

This classic hard-man route has been tidied up with the removal of the two old, corroded bolts under the roof which have been replaced with one 12mm marine steel expansion bolt. There is a new stainless steel bolt and hanger above the roof to replace the original bolt. This restores the route to the condition […]

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New lines established at Thaiwand Walls

Climb Malta — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 18:17:00 +0000

Despite a wet start to the day, our enthusiasm for the new bolt line on Thaiwand Walls was not to be dampened by the weather. Andrew Warrington, accompanied by the unsuspecting Terezia Uherekova from Slovakia, headed out to the remote cave and abseiled in for a day of rock bashing. The new bolt line had […]

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New bolting initiative at Xaqqa Valley

Climb Malta — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:31:00 +0000

Sacrificing a day of climbing, the MRCC Bolting Team headed out to Xaqqa geared up to make a difference. During this session, the following jobs were completed: The damaged ring over The Problem was replaced by a 2-bolt resin Lower-off (LO) which is ideally placed for abseiling, belaying from above and below and also allows […]

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The MRCC welcomes the MCC

Climb Malta — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:35:00 +0000

Recent years have seen a steep increase in interest in the sport of rock climbing in its various forms and the addition of another club to join the MRCC and the GCA (Gozo Climbing Association) in promoting the sport and providing activities and facilities to nurture this interest is very welcome. We are sure that […]

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