mournes

made an arduous but worthwhile day trip to the mournes bouldering. on binnian. on the slog in from the car i formulated a ratio of climbing to travelling time on which you decide if a day trip is worth it. mournes worked out at about 6 1/2 hours round trip from door to boulders which has got to be some sort of limit. the rock lived up to my distant memories of it and lent itself to some lovely problems, with quite a few giant tantalising blank pebbles. south tor had less but a nice intro to the rock and line type. north was more expansive. tried triggers, felt like it would go if we were the other end of the season. tried several lines which weren't mentioned in the mournes guide the assumption being the guide wasn't trying to be exhaustive. rued not having shoes with toe integrity as there were many lovely slabs made for tip toeing up. some scary looking top outs. would like to trip back but would have difficulty not overnighting.


the left line is a 7a for growed ups, horrific looking mantle top out. the right line is a project i think.