Category: Ix-Xaqqa
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New bolting initiative at Xaqqa Valley
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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Wied Babu and Xaqqa Valley cleanup in a day!
The idea for this particular cleanup came from Richard Abela on the occasion of Clean Up the World Day 2004. Richie together with the members of the MRCC, the Cospicua Venture Scout Unit and the cooperation of the Zurrieq local council, started the day rigging up a rope and pulley system in Wied Babu with […]
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Cleanup of Xaqqa Valley, March 1996
The man who decided that he preferred insurance money over the luxury of driving around in his flash Merc had long since been convicted of attempted fraud. He had long since been charged by the Courts with removing the offending vehicle from the bottom of this beautiful valley. But let’s face it, not too many […]