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PETER GEOGHEGANhas never been one for the great outdoors, but an adventure weekend in the mountains of Co Down might change his mind

‘I’VE BEEN CLIMBING since I was six,” says Ian, our amiable instructor at Tollymore Mountain Centre, as my girlfriend takes her first, tentative steps on the climbing wall. “My dad rented a climbing frame for my birthday, I loved it and here I am 25 years later.”