Movin' On Up

A quick update.  I'm in Barcelona now, flying to meet Theresa tomorrow in Paris.  Very psyched!  The only way I could be more psyched is if she had the furries with her and maybe a 32oz drink from QT.

In a weird way it was nice to wrap up one stage of the trip by leaving Rodellar.  That part of the trip seemed a bit snakebit with lost bags, injuries, bad weather, seepage, and oh yeah, I got some sort of intestinal funk for a few days that was highly unpleasant.  Sick and living in a tent = not such good times.  On the plus side the weather has slowly been stabilizing with less rain each day and routes starting to dry.   Hopefully when I get back the area will all be dry but the summer heat won't have arrived yet.   As far as climbing goes, I managed a very nice 35m 12d second try and did a 13a after a handful of tries.  The route has an extension at 13c that I dogged my way up that's doable but one section is wet and nasty.  I may spend some time on this if it's dry when I get back.

My friend Mark from Kennesaw was in Rodellar for a little bit and left yesterday.  He climbed well on the new stone and new style, adapting to tufa climbing in fine fashion.  He finished up his trip in style with a last day, last go send of a 13a at Las Ventanas that was impressive to watch.  Under pressure he was totally solid and left on a high note, George Costanza style.

Sorry but no pics for this post.  I've been avoiding taking the camera due to the unpredictable weather.

Have fun out there!

For any climbers reading this, you might want to watch this video about the dangers of taping open slings.  Be careful!


Safety Video - The Danger Of Open Slings from UKClimbing.com TV on Vimeo.