Loophead - Shannon Estuary View by C W Glynn, 9117, 23/08/03

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B> West Clare - One of Ireland's Best Kept Secrets promoted by Kilrush Chamber of Commerce</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" West Clare One of Irelands Best Kept S"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="loophead_shannon_estuary.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Loophead Peninsula Shannon Estuary"><B><IMG SRC="1230e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A><B>   </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>     </B><A HREF="loophead_glynn_9116.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Loophead Shannon Estuary View by C W Gl"><B><IMG SRC="1240e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A><B>  </B><A HREF="loophead_glynn_9118.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Loophead Shannon Estuary View by C W Gl"><B><IMG SRC="1250e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="121d2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <B>Loophead Peninsula -Shannon Estuary View</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> LOOP HEAD</div> <div> There is a stack at the tip of Loop Head which forms the north side of the Shannon Estuary. You will not believe the access details.</div> <div> <B>Lover's Leap Rock 170 feet XS 5c</B></div> <div> <B>Also known as Diarmuid and Grannia's Rock.</B></div> <div> Detailed access: Drive the car to the edge of the cliff (this can be exciting) and abseil from the car into the deep narrow channel separating the stack from the main cliff. Swim across and traverse round rightwards to the east end of the seaward face. </div> <div> The climb is in three pitches with the top pitch forming the crux. You traverse right from a ledge on the east arete and then pull through overhangs to reach and climb the final wall.First ascent: Mick Fowler, Steve Sustad, June 1991. </div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Loophead - Shannon Estuary View by C W Glynn, 9117, 23/08/03</div> <div> <IMG SRC="b2735a80.jpg" border=0 width="565" height="424" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>