Ricky Bell
Traditional climber/Boulderer

An extremely talented young chap born and bred in Belfast. Full name Richard Andrew Bell, he was born in 1983 or 1984, we can’t quite remember, and started climbing with his folks in the Mourne Mountains when he was about ten.

He considers himself a trad climber first and foremost, mainly because Ireland is pretty limited in the sport climbing department (there are no sport routes).

Doesn’t matter because Ricky tells us the trad lines are awesome. On sight climbing is definitely his favourite pastime, though recently he’s got into head pointing (probably because he is climbing bloody hard routes).

Ricky is a cool dude…peace out mate.