Training Log Archive: philm64

Got out of spain only 30 hours late.

flight was supposed to be 1pm, then told 3pm, boarded 4pm, took off 5pm, home 8pm, Tim tett turned up 10pm & said "haven't you got any bread?"

sleep:9 hours.

up 6:30am, at airport 9am, still there 5pm.

flight cancelled.

off to holiday inn, Elche, Alicante.

hit the hotel bar and then passed out 10pm.

Final day climbing - Zoo crag, 6 routes, from 5+ to 6b, all soft for the grade; both of us flashed the lot. despite tired skin/fingers etc.

Rained off. we were knackered anyway.

Abdet - new crag. Dave Harrison was running up here earlier in the year.

5 routes, the 4th, a total sandbag - graded 6a but felt "like E2 5b" (steve's words). Or F6b. see consensus here. http://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/c.php?i=52230

I gibbered & rested & gibbered & whined until I got to the last bit & gave myself a talking to.

Steve nabbed it by the skin of his teeth!

Fail!

Then skipped up the "6a" next door in about 3 minutes each! two slappy 5b moves & ALL OVER.

Good day.

Great day climbing at Guadalest

Multi pitch fun up the huge main face.

Led a three star 6a which isn't hard - but was so much fun.

Massive abseils on my fab new 70m rope to get off.
steve & I moving like a pro team.

Beer.

day 2 of trip.

Nice new climbs on left side of huge cag, including a desperate thin slab 6a+, which I had to dog.

more climbs later, where I felt good then got stuck on a sandbag - thought it was 6a/6a+; actually more like 6c.

binned a carabiner & lowered off and hit the beer.

up 4am, flight to Alicante, hire car, straight to crag 100m from our refugio. https://www.facebook.com/escaladaenguadalest

Did 3 pitches despite head spinning with tiredness, including a 6a we did last year - Jana - quite strenuous!

Steve did 4 routes; I opened a beer & as the sun went down tasted the great taste of euro cragging trips.

early bed & 10 hours sleep followed.