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Climb It Welcome to Climb It. My name is Brian Bateson and I provide instruction and guiding throughout Ireland, in rock-climbing, mountaineering and hill-walking.
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From hillwalking in The Mournes to scrambling up Howling Ridge, trad climbing at Ailladie or bouldering in Doolin, this country has everything to offer enthusiastic climbers. I hope that my passion, experience and high quality of training will allow me to share many great days on the crags, hills and mountains with you. Please feel free to get in touch with me if you have any queryies or would like to arrange your next outdoor adventure. Brian Bateson

Lots of assessments running lately, on the hills and in climbing walls. Congratulations to all those who put in the hard...
18/10/2024

Lots of assessments running lately, on the hills and in climbing walls. Congratulations to all those who put in the hard work and earned their pass!



It was a hectic week back to work with courses and assessments. Another MS assessment in The Comeraghs for SEMRA, a CWI ...
05/08/2024

It was a hectic week back to work with courses and assessments. Another MS assessment in The Comeraghs for SEMRA, a CWI training in Dublin, an RCI assessment on The Burren and a 1:1 climbing session too, so it was cool to get out for dinner and pints with friends last night and have a couch day watching the olympics today. The next few weeks look a little less hectic thankfully, time to get back climbing for myself after a few weeks off the rock.

Lots of amazing days at Ailladie with friends lately.
24/06/2024

Lots of amazing days at Ailladie with friends lately.



I took a break at the start of May and headed to Sligo & Donegal with . We hiked a few mountains and some forest trails,...
19/05/2024

I took a break at the start of May and headed to Sligo & Donegal with . We hiked a few mountains and some forest trails, went to amazing beaches, checked out loads of awesome cafes and did the odd touristy thing. It was all class! One of our all time favourite holidays! I dont know the northwest all that well, so we brought book with us and used it like a travel guide. So cool to be a tourist at home, get to hike in new places and get the weather for it too.

I was working in sometimes sunny Dalkey this weekend with teaching Trad climbing and helping these awesome people take ...
07/04/2024

I was working in sometimes sunny Dalkey this weekend with teaching Trad climbing and helping these awesome people take their first steps to leading trad routes. The quarry was full of folk getting out too, good to see the season kicking off between the showers.






After Finland, I met up with in Oslo and we drove to Rjukan. A scenic town in a mountainous region with an amazing hist...
22/02/2024

After Finland, I met up with in Oslo and we drove to Rjukan. A scenic town in a mountainous region with an amazing history and easily accessible ice climbing. Ive done very little ice climbing and had never lead a decent pitch before, so it was cool to hop on lead on easier pitches and top rope some harder pitches. We got lots of mileage in over the 3 days and it was nice to be back at the novice stage again with a new discipline of climbing. Moving above gear on trad can be scary at times, but moving above ice screws is another level. Jono mostly just built snow caves and heckled me while climbing.

Its been an epic tour of indoor climbing walls for work the past two weeks, but now for something very different and a b...
09/02/2024

Its been an epic tour of indoor climbing walls for work the past two weeks, but now for something very different and a bit colder.. 🇳🇴 🇳🇴

Big thanks to

and for having me!






Its been an epic tour of indoor climbing walls for work the past two weeks, but now for something very different.. 🇳🇴 🇳🇴...
09/02/2024

Its been an epic tour of indoor climbing walls for work the past two weeks, but now for something very different.. 🇳🇴 🇳🇴

Big thanks to

and for having me!






Winter Mountain Leader Training Done!Psyched to be starting on another Qualification, expanding my understanding of the ...
19/01/2024

Winter Mountain Leader Training Done!

Psyched to be starting on another Qualification, expanding my understanding of the mountains further.

Cheers to Scotch on the Rocks Guiding - Sandy Paterson for the course!

Being a good Instructor, a professional in my industry and maintaining high standards are all strong values of mine.I've...
28/11/2023

Being a good Instructor, a professional in my industry and maintaining high standards are all strong values of mine.
I've always thought being a good Instructor is not just about my existing experience and qualifications, but about regular upskilling, working alongside other professionals, sharing ideas and continuous education.
After a weekend working alongside a number of amazing Instructors delivering a variety of training courses, it was cool to be a participant on a training course myself yesterday.
Thanks to and for organising a great CPD event for . Great to meet other professionals committed to high standards and personal development.



A busy few days, in Wicklow running a Mountain Leader training course alongside , a 1:1 Mountain Leader reassessment and...
15/11/2023

A busy few days, in Wicklow running a Mountain Leader training course alongside , a 1:1 Mountain Leader reassessment and a CWI assessment for a sound bunch of strong climbers in Limerick yesterday. Congratulations to all the strong passes!

Looking forward to some downtime the next few days on a short climbing trip! 🇫🇷🥖🥐




Good craic working on a trad climbing course this week. We lucked out with the weather on 4 of the days and took a couch...
04/11/2023

Good craic working on a trad climbing course this week. We lucked out with the weather on 4 of the days and took a couch day off in the middle for storm Ciaran.

Gráinne and Gabriel were up for it either way and got a solid amount of mileage in over the week. Theres so many facets to becoming a confident independent trad leader, but we had the time to spend to get it right and lots of empty single pitch crags to ourselves.

Im always so psyched to see people progress in the space of a week, from top roping to seconding, to leading smoothly and confidently, ready for new adventures.






A sunny 2 days working in Dalkey quarry alongside fellow members and , running a trad climbing course for . Cheers to ...
14/10/2023

A sunny 2 days working in Dalkey quarry alongside fellow members and , running a trad climbing course for . Cheers to ._tyrrell for assisting too.

10 days on the road between work and play, but glad to be home in Clare now and chilling ahead of an epic weekend of QF rugby, gwan Ireland!


Took an active rest day today and went for a hike up Moel Siabod. Amazing views of Eryi national Park, Yr Wyddfa and the...
08/10/2023

Took an active rest day today and went for a hike up Moel Siabod. Amazing views of Eryi national Park, Yr Wyddfa and the east face of Tryfan. Strong winds at times but it was like a summers day otherwise.


Back home after a fun week up east working with in preparation for the new college term. Amazing weather and a really f...
08/09/2023

Back home after a fun week up east working with in preparation for the new college term. Amazing weather and a really fun bunch of people to work with. After 5 years of working alongside them, it's great to see their continued commitment to safe and enjoyable climbing as a club.






This may be of use to anyone looking to do their REC 3 first aid course.4th/5th Nov 2023, Leixlip. For details email End...
29/08/2023

This may be of use to anyone looking to do their REC 3 first aid course.

4th/5th Nov 2023, Leixlip.

For details email Enda at
[email protected] or go to the recfirstaid.eu website.

3 class days in The Burren working alongside .torr and on RCI assessments. It's always great to work alongside other I...
26/07/2023

3 class days in The Burren working alongside .torr and on RCI assessments.

It's always great to work alongside other Instructors, to learn from them, share ideas with them, and importantly, to have friends to climb with after work.

Well done to all the RCI candidates, putting themselves forward for assessment and doing so well. 🙌🙌



The start of 2023 was a bit hectic, but May and June have been a better balance of work and time off. Days on the hills ...
30/06/2023

The start of 2023 was a bit hectic, but May and June have been a better balance of work and time off. Days on the hills and at the cliffs, downtime, catching up with friends, somedays climbing strong and somedays being a punter. So far a great summer.


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Pretty happy with flash attempt on the lip section. Pretty unhappy when I arrived at the sh*tty move to the gaston. 😆

The hills of Donegal
The hills of Donegal

An excellent weekend spent in Donegal, working with Unique Ascent for Mountaineering Ireland. Perfect weather for a Mountain Leader Assessment. Always inspiring to see the hard work pay off for the assessees. #mountaineeringireland #donegal

Sea Cliff Climbing
Sea Cliff Climbing

Sea cliff climbing is such a unique and adventurous style of rockclimbing and Ailladie in West Clare is without doubt the best place to try it. I provide guiding and instruction for those interested in seeing the Atlantic ocean from a new perspective. Check out Climbit.ie for full information. Thanks to @conorphelanphoto for another amazing job done! #theburren #visitclare #VisitWestClare #doolin

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