Category: Wied Babu
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Further maintenance work done in Wied Babu
After the usual climbing session one fine Sunday afternoon in March, Andrew Warrington and Roland Sultana got down to some further work in this popular climbing area. Regular maintenance of bolts and lower-offs is a priority in this area, which has seen an increased number of climbers recently. Proper screw-gate LOs were installed on Kleen […]
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Installation of new Lower-offs (LOs) on Wied Babu west side crag
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
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
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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Beginner’s Day at Wied Babu for BOV Social Club
For the third year running the BOV Social Club has asked the MRCC to organise a session on the rocks. The 35 spaces available were filled within hours of the event having been announced on BOV’s internal communications net. Word about the success of the preceding events had spread and everyone wanted a piece of […]
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MTA/MRCC joint bolting project
The initial phase of this bolting project has now been completed, creating Malta’s first Two Kletter Gardens allowing even more climbers to enjoy the joys of sport routes safely.