Rock Climbing Techniques

Smear
Use your feet flat on the rock, stick out your backside and keep your legs straight, using friction instead of footholds, to hold you on the rock.

Crimp
Using your fingertips on small holds. Keep your fingers close together and you can lock your thumb over the top of your fingers to hold them in position.

Hand Jam
Put your closed fist into a crack and turn it sidewards, so it becomes stuck inside the crack.

Layback
While climbing up a crack or corner, put your hands into the crack, turn your body sidewards, so you are pulling sidewards away from the crack. Move your feet as high up the rock as possible, keeping straight legs. Walk your hands and feet up the crack.

Bridging
While climbing up a corner, put your legs apart, one foot on either wall and push off each wall to get friction.

Mantelshelf
As you come up onto a ledge, reach up, put your hands onto the ledge and do a push up, pushing your body upwards, so you can climb onto the ledge.

White Water Kayaking Promotion

Discover the fun and excitement of White Water Kayaking, in a safe location, with qualified instructors.

Learn strokes and techniques, during a two-hour session on the Laune River, near Killarney.

The aim of this promotion is to give flat water kayakers a taste of the next step, give complete novices the chance to paddle a section of river and also to let you know about the various Kayaking Courses on offer.

Date: Sat 20th & Sun 21st Oct

Location: Beaufort Bridge, Killarney to Killorglin road

Price: FREE

Times:
9am - 11am
11am - 1pm
1pm - 3pm
3pm - 5pm

All equipment will be provided.

To book your place please contact info@outdoorsireland.com or 086 860 45 63.

Laune River Kayak Trip

Measuring Distance

Measuring Distance is important for navigating in the mountains as it tells you how long and how far you will be walking for.


All hill walking maps, such as the Ordnance Survey Discovery Series, are covered with a series of horizontal and vertical lines, which makes a grid of boxes.

Each box is 1 km from side to side and 1.5 km diagonally from corner to corner.

To roughly estimate distance between two points, look at how many grid boxes lie between the points. If there are two boxes then the distance is approximately 2 km.


To accurately measure distance between two points, use the millimeter ruler on the side of your compass to measure the distance in millimetres.

On a 1:50 000 scale map 1mm is equal to 50m.
So if you measure a distance of 6mm on your map that would be equal to 300m on the ground.

On a 1:25 000 scale map 1mm is equal to 25m.
So if you measure a distance of 6mm on your map that would be equal to 150m on the ground.

Learn to Kayak Course

Carrauntoohil

Lunch on the summit.

Introduction to White Water

Throw Rope Rescues on Laune River.

Low Brace

The Low Brace is used to prevent your kayak capsizing.
To practice it you need to be sitting securely in your kayak.


















1. Hold your paddle across your stomach.
2. Point your elbows up towards the sky (like a gorilla).
3. Lean your kayak towards the water, as if you’re capsizing.
4. Splash the paddle down onto the surface of the water, on the side that you’re capsizing onto.
5. Using your knees and hips, flick the kayak upright away from the water.
6. As you splash the paddle down, also push it forwards and out of the water.

The hip flick is just as important as the paddle splash. To practice the hip flick sit in your kayak on the water and rock from side to side doing bigger and bigger rocks.

Aug Bank Holiday Hill Walking & Kayaking

Sat 4th Aug Climb Carrauntoohil - Ireland's highest mountain.

Sun 5th Aug Kayak Lakes of Killarney - Explore the inlets and islands of the Lakes of Killarney.

Mon 6th Aug Kayak River Trip - Kayak down the Laune River, through woodland, gentle rapids and ruined castles.

• Come as an Individual or as a Group.
• Book for One, Two or all Three Days.
• No Experience Needed.
• All Equipment Provided.

Prices:

Sat €50 per person.

Sun €75 per person.

Mon €75 per person.

Special Weekend Price, Three Days for €180 per person.

Accommodation and food are not included.

For Guesthouse Accommodation contact Kerry Ocean Lodge, Glenbeigh on; www.kerryoceanlodge.com or 066 9769666.

For Hostel Accommodation contact Aghadoe Hostel, Killarney on; www.anoige.ie/hostels/killarney-international or 064 31240.

On Sat we will be starting at 9am. On Sun and Mon we will be starting at 10am.

For further details contact me on www.outdoorsireland.com or 086 860 45 63.

Paddle Skills

Sit On Top - Paddle Skills Course