Birthdays

Hey all

Thanks to you all for mine and lucys birthday wishes. we both had amazing days.

for lucys we went down to the river and set up a slackline over it then spent all the day in 30+ degree sun falling and jumping in the river + having great fun with our friends. Does it get any better?

Tala last injection

Great news for tala Tomorrow is her last injection she is looking so much healthier compaired to when we started the course of injections so fingers crossed she is all sorted now,

She has also now started liking the water more and is swimming of her own accord after being pushed in a few times :)

Photos

Hey all a few photos from yesterdays wander in the valley,

All is amazing here its really starting to feel like home we have a large group of friends in the car park here so every evening is great to sit around chatting and chilling, ive just met a checz guy called jurkan whi plays chess real well so we have played a bit and looks like will be playing a fair bit now which is cool.

We have now been in rodellar for 37 days which is crazy as it seems like only yesterday that we have arrived here and there is still so much more to be climbed and explored, amazing deffinatly my favourit place by far,

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes i had a awsome day we went climbing in day. then lucy cooked me a nice birthday meal. then we went to the climbing refuge bar and chatted away the night brilliant day thanks to all for making it like that for me.

anywho heres the photos

Snake

WE have seen lots of weird lizards and some small water snakes since we have been in spain but yesterday was amazing on the way back from taking photos in the valley with tala i stumbled accross these 2 snakes playing on the main path through the valley from the village, not sure what they are a prize of a high five to whoever figures it out :)

Project sent

Hey all

I just sent my project for my first 7c+

Had another 3 goes on monday which all ended in a fall from the last hard move the same as before, one of these came agonisingly close when i caught the last hold then my feet both came off and i couldnt hold it and fell, i knew then that i could do it, but also that i needed to step back and have a few days climbing other things.

Today i was going to have a onsighting day but managed to pull a lump of rock off a route the size of 5 bricks and it shook me up a bit so wasnt feeling super good for the onsighting, so decided to have a play on Via viciosa.

I put the quick draws in and it went first time today my 9th attempt in total, was so happy it felt really controled and dare i say easy this time, so stoked, on to El delphin next another 7c+ up the underside of a huge archway, its amazing. photos to come soon.

7c+ project

Hey

I have a new project in rodellar its called "Via Viciosa" no idea what i means in english :) its a very short and bouldery 7c+ in the Boulder jon Cuava sector. it is 12 metres and consists of about 16 hand moves with a fair amount of foot moves aswell.

I have had 4 days where i have tried it so far, the first was a quick play to see how it was i decided it was a good clmb to try. second day i figured out all the moves and felt happy that it would go once it have the sequences memorised, After this day i felt so achey for a few days think that i must have been working really hard, The crux on this particular climb is near the top and is about 7 moves that are really hard.

3rd day i tried to climb it, first go i came off at the middle of the crux as i wasnt warmed up correctly, the second and third try i get agonisingly close falling on the last hard move before the finnishing jug, a quick ajustment of my feet and i have a better sequence for the moves, im also knacked and feel super drained, decide to come back the next day

Day 4 i pull onto the rock and go for it decide to climb super quick and not chalk just go for it, it goes well im climbing smoothly and fast. then i fumble the crux clip and waist loads of time getting the rope clipped a few more moves and im off, 2nd go today i pull on and the easy moves at the start feel really hard, i get to the crux and feel my body tension faiding away. i slap wildly at a hold and then im off hanging in space, this climb really takes it out of you, i decide to come back after a rest day and try again, today is that rest day so i will keep you posted,

Photo update

Hey all

Finaly got round to taking the camera into the valley to get some shots, decided i would bring the zoom lense and stalk out hte vultures. There are mahoosive vultures and eagles here with wingpans of over 3 metres, they are always circling over head when your climbing. i spend 40 minutes waiting in the sun and see 0 vultures, dejected i move on to the valley looking back yup theres about 7 circling where i was sat dam them dam them.

Heres a few shots of the valley and of david climbing at Egocentrismo. i found him on my wanders such an inspiring cliff

BUSY car park

Hey all

Sorry for no updates for a while i got a few here so here we goes,

Your remember we said that easter was pretty busy with the car park full of vans all the time, well here we goes rodellar car park when busy. were on the far left.

SI