Route Number: 1935

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Inaugural Stack

Location: Sea Stacks and Pinnacles
Grade: D  
Length: 25m
First ascent: Dennis Helliwell, John Whittow and Boyd Jack 30/04/55
Route Description:

 At Mullans Point Malin, Gr 453581.  This stack has two arches, is connected to the mainland at low tide, and looks like a seal, when viewed from the clifftop. Descend by grassy rake to the East, across bouldery beach, at low tide, under big overhanging wall, to pillar separating the stack from the mainland.  Around the back of the pillar and scramble diaginally up grass to exposed arete, and over saddle to the top.

This was climbed on the first ever meet of NWMC, as per the club log. Climbed again  8/11/09 by Alan Tees and Bill Magowan.


Photo of Route
1955 Route - Climbed again 54 years later!
Comments

Alan Tees - 25/04/2010
Climbed again by NWMC party 55 years to the day (almost)of the first ascent. The metal cylinder left on the top in April 1955 was not found! Rust could be a factor!

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