I’ve reported earlier that with the help of the MCC, Stevie Haston has been developing some major new routes in the Dahlet Qorrot area. His wife Laurence, who is an excellent climber and has climbed 5.13b/ F8a herself, as well as being an accomplished professional photographer, is currently in Malta and has been checking out…
Merry Christmas Everybody!
The Malta Climbing Club committee wishes all members and their loved ones as well as climbers everywhere all the best for Christmas and the New Year, may all your dreams, hopes and projects become reality, may you climb a grade or two harder in 2013 and achieve your personal and climbing-related goals, or at least…
More new routes on Gozo by the Hastonator
I went to Gozo yesterday to meet up with Stevie and check out some of his new lines at Dahlet Qorrot. It started out really well, the weather was sunny, the sky was blue. The sea was rough during the crossing, but that was ok. Only problem was he was out of coffee so our…
Wied Qirda cleanup – the story continues
Project, text and pics by Stephen Farrugia An overcast Sunday morning saw a handful of MCC members take on the jungle that is Wied Qirda to resume the work started by Alex Pako, Leta Slipper and myself in September. On our first foray into the valley we had managed to make a sizeable clearing at…
MCC takes children from "Dar Tbexbix" climbing
Sometimes you think you’re giving, whereas in fact you are receiving. I’ll explain. A few weeks ago, club member Alex Pako who is a volunteer at “Dar Tbexbix” (Sunrise Center) a center for “education and social service” in Birgu, asked me whether it would be possible for the club to take some children from the…
Bolting news
Just to update everyone. A few weeks ago I bolted my old trad route “Gates of Babylon” which is on the West Side of Wied Babu. Its now about F5+ . It starts up a short leaning wall to reach a leftward slanting rampline which is followed easily until you can move up…