Two days and a half climbing on one of the best places I’ve ever visited for overhanging climbing…
My list of climbs from the weekend:
Day 1 (Midnight Surf): 5.11c F / 5.12b RP/ “Cell Block Six” 5.12c F
Day 2 (Driveby and BobMarley): 5.12b F/ 5.11d OS / “Blood Bath” 5.12c OS
Day 3 (Motherload): “40 Ounces Of Justice” 5.13a RP, 35m
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Two very nice days of mostly slab and face climbing…
My list of climbs from the weekend:
Day 1: 5.9 F / 5.10 OS / 5.12a OS / 5.12b RP/ 5.12a RP
Day 2: 5.10 F/ 5.9 F / 511.b F/ 5.12b RP
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How likely is it for someone to make friends on the very first day they arrive at a foreign country?
If you are a climber and there’s a climbing gym there… IT IS VERY LIKELY!
Cheers for the guys at Upper Limits Climbing Gym (http://www.upperlimits.com/bloomington/ ), for such a warm welcome!
It makes me feel closer to home.
For me climbing is becoming increasingly more about friendship and sharing experiences, rather than about numbers.
Some new friendships are just around the corner, others are brought to you by plane. 
Me & Miguel Riera
Me & Natalija Gros
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Thanks for the visit, you are always welcome.
Cheers
R.
First and only impressions from Cueva del Diablo (Porto Cristo): Not as high as it seemed, humid/wet rock and… Portuguese cliffs are better!
I have to credit the warmer water temperature, though.
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Climber: João Gago
Photo: Ricardo Belchior
New photo gallery and video @ http://dwsportugal.wordpress.com/
Enjoy
Check the following report about Thailand’s (re)equipment:
http://www.upskillclimbing.com/2011/03/titanium-bolts-answer-for-thailand.html
Inspired by this next words that were brought to my attention by Mário Pulquério…
“Andy Kirkpatrick said it best when he said something about how climbing is
totally pointless; the point in it is to end up exactly where you are stood at
the start via the hardest possible route. In any other sport or, indeed, life
venture, this would be seen as complete stupidity.”
I say this:
As time goes by, it becomes clearer and clearer that climbing is all about me (us climbers) being happy and no one and nothing else (at best, sometimes it can be entertaining for other who see us…). It feels great, but imagine we all only climbed… beside the point that it is not sustainable, it would be absolutely egocentric and without any real contribution to the world we live in… what a wasted existence!
Cheers
R.
