"It's not advisable to drink too much strong liquors while climbing in the Alps. If, however, you are going to fall over a cliff, it's advisable to be thoroughly intoxicated when you do so. - Anonymous English alpinist"

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UCD Climbing Wall
The climbing wall is in the UCD Sports Centre. The Sports Centre is at the opposite end of the campus to the main gate. From the library, walk towards the water tower. The Sports Centre is at the end of an open area with trees running up the middle of it. Go downstairs and turn left in the Sports Centre, the wall is at the back of Hall A. Announce your presence to somebody who looks like they're in charge when you arrive.

Meeting Points for Bus Pick-Ups
In the city centre the meeting point is from outside the National Concert Hall on Earlsfort Terrace. The meeting point at UCD is outside the main gate on the N11 access roads. If the event is in Wicklow the meeting point is outside the Montrose Hotel, (Meeting Point A). For all other trips, check before-hand which meeting point is being used. In any case be wary as sometimes arrangements change at the last minute. Meeting point B is at the 46A bus stop on the side of the N11 closest to UCD.

Dalkey Quarry
By Train: It is possible to travel to Dalkey Quarry by bus but the train provides a much better service. The DART is Dublin’s suburban train service. From Dublin City Centre the DART can be taken south for 30 minutes to Dalkey Station, (red spot), where a 10-minute walk leads up to the quarry. From Dalkey DART station, turn left twice over a railway bridge and finally right onto a road leading to Cunningham Road on your right. Walk to the end of Cunningham Road and then turn left up a hill on Dalkey Avenue. You should see a series of flag-stones on your left going up a hill as you walk up the road, (red dots). Walk up these flags and the quarry is directly in front of you. The quarry looks quite overgrown and under-developed from this angle but if you bear right around the first obvious ridge-line you will reach one of the main areas, (The East Valley).

By Car: Head to Dalkey, the entrance to the car park is at the cross-roads of Saval Park Road and Dalkey Avenue. From the car park, (marked P), follow a trail that drops down across the grass slopes in a northeast direction, past a picnic table. The trail then swings right through the trees and enters the quarry at the upper cliffs below what's known as White Wall.


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