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Carrauntoohil climb

  • 18-02-2012 8:48pm
    #1
    Jimlad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭


    Hi,
    planning on climbing carrauntoohil in the coming weeks,
    anyone got any tips?
    plan to climb devils ladder...
    thanks


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  • #2
    axri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 ✭axri


    I was there about 3 weeks ago and the scree on the ladder is alot looser now than before so if there are a few of ye keep an eye for falling stones. at the top of the ladder the clay/stones is particularly slippy. enjoy


  • #3
    sparrowcar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,912 ✭✭✭sparrowcar


    Jimlad wrote: »
    Hi,
    planning on climbing carrauntoohil in the coming weeks,
    anyone got any tips?
    plan to climb devils ladder...
    thanks

    Come back down the zig zags. Safer than descending back down the ladder and makes it more of a loop walk.


  • #4
    scriba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 875 ✭✭✭scriba


    I went up (and down) the Devil's Ladder climbing Carrauntoohil last Sunday. To be honest, I'm going to avoid it next time. Going up was fine, there was plenty of loose scree, but it was manageable. Coming down, however, was pretty treacherous. I kept to the sides where possible, but I still landed on my ass a couple of times, and it was dicey. Bring a pole.


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