Rock Climbing 27th May 2012 - Hen Mountain

[LandyLiam]

it was indeed an impressive hex placement   


first an easy starter on "common arete (M)"
i did my first lead climb, although it was really more of a scramble



alan at the bottom



scrambling over the top onto the next route



"high noon (HS 4c) " alan leading, nowhere to place protection!



a nice gulley here  "Struggle Gulley (S 4a)", again nowhere convenient to place proptection, i let alan lead 



then i followed when safely on a belay



coming or going?



then onto "escalator", Big E leads



Neil belaying (his first time out on rock)






abseiling back down, the normal way



the not so normal way






and just as we were leaving allyc turned up

[Allyc]

class fotos guys,,, hen is a great mountain, fantasic day for it, yas didnt miss much at the barbecue, cudnt get it lit,, only had 3 matches, haha     

[Mourneman]

Excellent photos,maybe take a wee trek along the Letrim lodge trek this week,the Western Mourne's are really nice

[Eamonn]

Alan showing us how it's done



Liam Leading Escalator

abseiling



Liam looking happy

[alanrsv]

Great photos and a great day's climbing