Route Number: 2317

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Black Mamba * *

Location: Sea Stacks and Pinnacles
Grade: VS 4c
Length: 22m

First ascent: Iain Miller, Wolfgang Schuessler 23/03/11

Route Description:

As you drive down the Port road you can't help but notice a perfect Black Stack sitting about 500m out to sea, this stack is known locally as "An Staca."

Climb the seaward face direct to a steep corner and pull through the corner with the whole world below your heels.

The sea journey to this stack is very emotional.

An Staca, An Port.

Comments

IM - 31/07/2011
Excellent Plinney, what's the details of the Landward arete you climbed? Name of route and troopers involved? :-)

Plinney - 31/07/2011
Great climb. Climbed the arÃªte between the light and shadow shown in the picture above too. Steep all the way but not much difference in difficulty. No real gear placements.

Alfie Conn - 25/03/2011
Cant be Napes Needle. It looks stunning, isnt horrendously polished and there is no queue.

Peter Cooper - 24/03/2011
Hey Iain, that looks good! Is this Donegal's Nape's Needle? It's certainly higher/longer. Any photos to show scale?

Pete - 24/03/2011
A proud beauty.

IM - 23/03/2011
An outstanding journey into the pounding heart of the ocean.