The Gap of Dunloe is located south west of Killarney, in County Kerry. It is an area of great importance to Cork and Kerry climbers as it offers many great routes at a good spread of grades, lengths and styles. The friction is generally excellent as is the quality of the rock and the setting is hard to beat. Despite all this it is a relatively quiet venue and as such, information on the climbing here is scarce.
The Gap of Dunloe is very popular with tourists. During the summer especially, jarveys take groups up and down the valley in their horse drawn carts. Because the road is so narrow traffic between oncoming cars and horses can become surprisingly congested. Please be courteous to the jarveys and consider parking at Kate Kearney‟s car park and walking from here (it only takes 10 minutes).
Camping can be had at the Dunloe Golf Course, which is a 3 minute drive from the Gap. Plenty of other options are available locally, Killarney being one of the biggest tourist towns in the country. Kate Kearney‟s Cottage is a charming pub very conveniently situated for some post-climbing food and drink. There are plenty of climbing pictures on the walls and music is played weekly
A good relationship between climbers and locals is essential. Please do not litter in the Gap. Bring home whatever you bring with you, including fruit peels, climbing tape and cigarette butts.
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Autor(es): David Flanagan
Fecha: 2014
número ISBN: 9780956787422
A selective guidebook describing the very best traditional rock climbing to be found in Ireland, covering over 400 classic routes in some of Ireland’s wildest, most beautiful coastal and mountain areas.
Autor(es): David Flanagan
Fecha: 2013
número ISBN: 9780956787439
A comprehensive guidebook describing every major and minor bouldering area found in Ireland, covering over 1,700 boulder problems from Font 3 to Font 8b+.
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