Photos- Michael Reardon: Life Without Limits. HOPE???

clipped from www.freesoloist.com My Climbing Pro Blog (every two weeks) presented by Climbing Magazine http://www.climbing.com/exclusive/problog/michaelreardon/ ." Chris and I The area around Dingle is one of the many pathways to understanding the traditions and lure of Ireland. The residents speak fluent Gaelic and I’ve discovered over the years that their knowledge of history extends back to the dawn of time better than any history book could provide. The written word has been around for centuries, but it is the oral traditions passed through the ages that provide depth to this cultural preserve. So many climbs, so many days. Sea Stacks on the Coast One Small Part of the Gap of Dunloe The Sandstone "Granite" Another Sunny Day in Ireland Giving Jim the Beta on "Hole Patrol" ! Feb 5 During the winter months, the Atlantic pounds furiously against the walls and regularly sweeps hundreds of feet up on the land. This action during the earth’s life has solidified the gneiss and cracked the bands

Michael had arrived Ireland about a month back, to climb the island's cliffs and "reacquaint himself with the land of his ancestors." He blogged on his website, "Chaos follows me everywhere. I arrived in Killarney, Ireland, barely rested from the ten-hour plane flight, and surprised my friend Con Moriarty by showing up two days early. Big smiles and bigger hugs came from everyone at his outdoor shop. It had been too long since I last shared a pint with everyone."

It wasn't a fall but a wave that took the free climber at the bottom of the cliff face at Dohilla he'd just scaled. After the accident, Con Moriarty told an Irish TV news station, "Reardon had just finished a climb and was standing on a rock shelf at the base of a cliff when a wave hit him from behind, knocked him on his back, and carried him out to sea."

Independent reports that a photographer who was with Michael when he fell into the sea tried to throw him a rope, and the climber responded to calls. The photographer t