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Cnoc na Mara

Date:
15.03.2017
Characteristic:
Alpine climbing
Distance:
8.0km

On the lonely stretch of coastline between Glencolmcille Village and the Maghary caves live a legion of guardians to an ancient and little known world. Sculptured by the pounding heart of the wild Atlantic Ocean over thousands of our lifetimes these towering rock sentinels stand guard at the outer edge of our distant shores. They mark the boundary between the moving and the static, these gothic leviathans are the last remains of a time long forgotten. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCRpGiUUAqY Standing at 100m high, 150m out to sea, at the base of a 250m sea cliff and approx 25km from the nearest main road is Cnoc na Mara. This iconic Donegal sea stack lives in the southern shadow of Tormore Island. Cnoc na Mara is a 100 metre high sharks fin sea stack living in one of the most remote, beautiful and unspoilt locations in Ireland. >>>

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Tormore Island North

Date:
15.03.2017
Characteristic:
Alpine climbing
Duration:
12:00h
Distance:
25.0km

There are few places on Earth that can compare to the surreal nature of the coastal architecture that surrounds Tormore Island. This island sits at the southern end of Glenlough Bay at the far western tip of the Slievetooey coastline in South West Donegal. Living approximately 300 meters out to sea from the storm beach at the Entrance to Shambhala, resides this huge island/sea stack. At about 160 meters high Tormore Island is Ireland's highest sea stack and it stands guard over a truly outstanding collection of sea stacks and towers in this very inaccessible and mildly scary location. Surrounding the sea approaches to Tormore are the 100 meters high Cnoc na Mara, Lurking Fear, Hidden Stack and the 100 meters high Cobbler's Tower. This really is a surreal place of giants, the routes to the >>>

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