Did people’s reaction to sharing such a “dangerous” adventure with your son surprise you? Standing on a pinpoint summit over 100 meters above the ocean, 500 meters from the nearest point of land and 20 kilometers from the nearest main road can easily be described as a truly spiritual experience.īW: You made headlines when you took your 5-year-old son sea stack climbing up Sturrall Headland. When I first started, my primary objective was finding previously unclimbed rock, and therefore a summit that has never been stood on before. Uncertainty ensures that you’re guaranteed an adventure. ![]() I began sea stack climbing for the uncertainty of the entire activity. Pretty much everything about sea stack climbing is designed to be an obstacle in your way from unhelpful sea conditions, potentially tetchy weather, sometimes poor-quality rock and the general remoteness of their locations. Climbing a sea stack is like climbing a mountain peak, but instead of snow and ice, you’re dealing with the sea. IM: While sea stack climbing involves kayaking, swimming, climbing, abseiling (rappelling) and Tyrolean traverses in the Atlantic Ocean at the bases of enormous sea cliffs, the allure to climb sea stacks is quite simply the challenge of the unpredictable nature of the environment that they live in. GettyīW: Big angry seas and steep cliffs… what about that combination made you curious to then climb them? Dún Briste sea stack at Downpatrick Head, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland.
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