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NEWS: Second Ascent of Historic Dùn Briste Sea Stack by Iain Miller

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 UKC News 13 Sep 2016
Dùn Briste with Iain on the summit, 3 kb25 years after Mick Fowler, Nikki Duggan and Steve Sustad summited in 1990, Irish sea stack fanatic Iain Miller has made the second ascent of the 45m high Dùn Briste - or 'broken fort' - sea stack, 50 metres off the north Mayo coast at Downpatrick Head, Ireland, with partner Paulina Kaniszewska. Although intending to repeat the original route Doonbristy MXS, Iain discovered a new line which he has christened Chaos Theory XS.

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 teomalchio 13 Sep 2016
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It would be interesting to know more about the building remains on the top. By who, why and when they could have been built. And how the people got on top in ancient times... (are there traces of ladders? Fishermen where used to climb scary cliffs, but to build something I guess they had installed something more safe...)

Sorry for the ignorance, but I know nothing about seastacks
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In reply to teomalchio:

'The stack has a remarkable history, having separated from the mainland relatively recently in 1393 following a major storm. People left stranded on top of the stack were reportedly rescued by a ship's ropes and the remains of buildings in which people were living on the night of the storm are still visible today on the flat summit of the stack.'

People were living in the houses on the mainland before it separated, so they ended up stranded on the stack.
 philhilo 13 Sep 2016
In reply to teomalchio:

It would have been a headland originally when people would have settled on it, then holes would have developed through the peninsular. Storms would have kept enlarging these arches until they finally collapsed leaving the sea stack as we see it today. Pretty well the same process for all sea stacks.
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 teomalchio 13 Sep 2016
In reply to Natalie Berry - UKC:

sorry, I just watched the video *blush*
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 David Alcock 13 Sep 2016
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What is the final unclimbed one called? Or is that a secret...
 malk 16 Sep 2016
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daredevil absails..
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3789030/Don-t-look-Ad...
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