[Dave Flanagan]

According to this link http://www.mountain-expertise.co.uk/Hard_Rock_CLimbs.html Spillikin Ridge in Glendo is in Hard Rock, I never knew that. Can anyone tell me if there is there much about the route, any photos?
I'm sure Ken wouldn't mind if someone send me a photo of the relevant page?

[SA Chris]

I've got the second edition (1985) and it's not in the main list

The list on needle sports website has "to be added to next edition" so I suspect that website sourced their info from there but just got lazy and left out the footnote

[nai]

going in the next edition according to this:

http://needlesports.com/NeedleSports/hardrock/hardrocklist.htm

although i remember reading that ages ago so that may now be the current edition

[Dave Flanagan]

Thanks lads. Bit weird that.

[SA Chris]

going in the next edition according to this:

http://needlesports.com/NeedleSports/hardrock/hardrocklist.htm

although i remember reading that ages ago so that may now be the current edition

"Current being" the 1992 edition?

http://needlesports.com/NeedleSports/hardrock/hardrock.htm

I'm pretty sure it's not in there, not sure if another edition is planned.

If it was in HR I would have probably had a crack at it when I was there!

[Dave Flanagan]

If it was in HR I would have probably had a crack at it when I was there!

Well it's definitely going in IR.

[SA Chris]

Sound intriguing! You don't rest do you Shout if you need the usual help!

Also pondering further, If it did make it into a new edition of HR it would be a shame to include a solitary Irish route, considering some of the fantastic routes on the west and north coasts that could go in too.

[Dave Flanagan]

Thanks Chris, will be in touch, early days yet.

It would be very token to include just one route.

[nai]

Thanks Chris, will be in touch, early days yet.

It would be very token to include just one route.

Which woul dbe easier to get to - Old Man of Hoy or Spillikin Ridge?

[Dave Flanagan]

Don't know the details of the Old Man but Spillikin is less than an hour's drive from the ferry port in Dublin with maybe a 45 minute walk on top of that. So 4 hours from Wales?

[SA Chris]

Thanks Chris, will be in touch, early days yet.

It would be very token to include just one route.

Which woul dbe easier to get to - Old Man of Hoy or Spillikin Ridge?

Depends where from and how you intend to get there. What's the relevance?

[slackline]

Which woul dbe easier to get to - Old Man of Hoy or Spillikin Ridge?

Depends where from and how you intend to get there. What's the relevance?

They're both "isolated" routes that require a bit of travelling to get there I'd imagine.

[SA Chris]

Well so are many routes in HR (depending obviously where you are located), not sure why these two were held up for comparison.

Dragon and Gob, the Scoop and S Ridge Direct for example all have relatively difficult access.

[slackline]

Well so are many routes in HR (depending obviously where you are located), not sure why these two were held up for comparison.

I don't know either, that was a guess based on the suggestion that travelling 4hrs to do one "solitary Irish route" would be a shame

If such ventures are standard fare for Hard Rock it wouldn't seem out of place (but would miss some other great climbs in Ireland).

[nai]

In response to Dave's token gesture comment and being unfamiliar with SR, I was curious whether it was an outlier when compared to other HR routes.  Hoy was the most extreme example I could think of (although maybe it's not) needing hours of driving, two ferries, prebooked taxis and a fair approach walk.  Getting to SR seems a breeze in comparison.

[SA Chris]

Ok nai makes sense now. It's a 20 min flat walk from car park, then 10 mins uphill. Roadside compared to some Scottish stuff.