Wall Climbing at Muckross Head

I have been to a lot of seaside scenery at county Donegal. Large parts of the county face the Atlantic Ocean so it is quite common to see amazing cliffside scenery here. You could say that it would take something special to impress me now. I think Muckross Head is one of those places. Due to the nature of the rock here and how it was uplifted from the sea, the rock layers here are more or less horizontal. This means that when it rose from the sea, it would also be horizontal, giving visitors an easier time to walk about the area. However, the results of having a cliff form from this kind of layers can be very impressive.

While I was walking around above the cliffs of Muckross Head, I head some kind of noise off to the side, it was a person! It turns out that the person was a wall climber here at Muckross Head. Because of the way the cliffs formed from these layers rocks at Muckross Head, it makes it the perfect place for rock climbing. You can see below how there would be groups of rock climbers at the foot of the cliffs. Like that person just now, they would challenge themselves to climb up the wall. They are probably some kind of climbing club since they all have all the equipment for rock climbing.

I went down for a closer look but I found out that the tide was already starting to come in. By this time, parts of the path to the climbing area can get wet by the strong waves. I had to time my run so that I wouldn’t get wet, taking care not to slip. Just as I was making my way there, the group of climbers were already making their way out of the climbing area. I would not be good to get stranded here because you can’t get back. I’m sure they can climb their way back to the top, but normal people like me would get stuck. There is a natural platform here where all the climbing happens but I don’t know how high the water gets here. So I just hurriedly took my photos and left.

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