With July being wetter than an otter’s pocket, there were high hopes for the August meet on Cruit Island. It delivered in spades, not just […]
Cracking Cruit – Sept 23
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COVID-19 Update September-2020
We are in the middle of all this pandemic. Let’s be clear and certain about one thing – COVID is killing people. The status in […]
REMEMBERING ERNEST BRACE (13/9/45 – 30/5/20)
REMEMBERING ERNEST BRACE (13/9/45 – 30/5/20) Helen Condon writes: My first impression of Ernie turned out to be wrong. He had the look of a […]
In Memory of Terry murphy
Terry Murphy – 1948-2020 A member of the old Spillikin club and of late, the Irish Mountaineering Club, Terry Murphy sadly passed away in June […]
16 Nov: Annual General Meeting
The AGM will take place at 6pm on Saturday, 16th November 2019 at: The Glendalough Hotel, Glendalough, Co. Wicklow, A98 X9C1. Any Members interested in serving on […]
An epic traverse of the iconic Matterhorn.
by Roger McMorrow Matterhorn: Lion-Hornli Traverse (Lion: AD+ III+ 650m, Hornli: AD III 1,220m) There are few ridges in the world that are as strikingly […]
The Alternative Burren Way
by Barry Watts Drawing some inspiration from climbing challenges such as No Sleeps till Bakewell and the Dalkey Forty, Conor Warner and I decided to […]
Fair by Name, Daunting by Nature
Trip Report 2019 IMC Fair Head Meet by Michal Samsel For those who don’t know what Fair Head is – Fair Head or Benmore (Irish: […]
With George in the Alps
by Michael Lunt An extraordinary account of the Alpine adventures of two friends over three seasons sixty years ago… and their chance encounter with four […]
15-17 Nov: Members' Weekend
We’re trying something new this year: kicking the AGM out of the city and into the mountains as part of a “Members’ Weekend”! There’ll be […]