Boulder Competition, Portuguese National Cup – 2008

30 09 2008

This weekend in a small village called Soure occurred the first Boulder competition after the summer holidays. Near 70 climbers participated and here is how it went…

The Crowd waits impatiently for the climbers…

The jury explains the problem (to Rute 2nd)…

The jury insists but the climber (Marisa 3rd) doesn’t belive him…

Isabel Stronger than ever (the winner)…

Rute explaining how the feet should only be used as the last resource…

Marisa: “Come here little hold… I want harm you!!!

The Guys were impressed…

Photographer (Macau) and the speaker (Meco)…

Village people (Mario & Bibs), praying to God that the route setter (Júlio Braga) would give them easier boulders than the ones that girls got…

The day after… Redinha and Buracas

Isabel relaxing on a 6c+ (Fotogénica) in Redinha 

Final Results:

Boys:

1st- José Abreu

2nd- Leopoldo Faria

3rd- André Neres

(5th – Ricardo Belchior)

Girls:

1st- Isabel Boavida

2nd- Rute Delgado

3rd- Marisa Correia





Summer Vacations (Part III)

17 09 2008

Rodellar,





Summer Vacations (part II)

11 09 2008

Riglos,

Route: Tiempos Nuevos Tiempos Selvagens: 6a, 6a+, 6b, 6c, 6c+ (150m), Mallo Pison

The Mallo Fire

The “where is Wally photo”

Climber: J. Emílio

Climber: J. Alexandre

After doing the 6c carrying some weight I had to stretch a little beet before leading the final pitch of 6c+.

You could wander… What is a guy with a boulder t-shirt doing so far from the ground :-)

We decided to put the rope where J. Emílio had the best holds… That’s why we looks in trouble!

Here we were arriving to the car that was no more than 5m from the wall. (Night rapel)

The day after the climb we’ve got the deserved rest.

Next in Summer Vacations (Part III): Rodellar





Summer Vacations (Part I)

6 09 2008

From Lisbon to Baltzola cave are more or less 850 km and, thought it doesn’t look very near, when you (like we) divide the driving effort by the three car occupants it actually feels quite near! I had already been in this cave before and I’m sure it won’t be the last. Here are some photos of me trying White Zombie (the first 8c I’ve ever tried)…

 

Photos by J. Emílio and J. Alexandre

Next in Summer Vacations (Part II): Riglos





Climbing Thoughts has new pages

4 09 2008

Hello there,

I’ve added two more pages to this website:

- Deep-water soloing in Portugal (its the begining of a climbing guide on DWS in Portugal)

- My Slacktime (a photographic report on the good times I will spend with my friends in the slackline)

Enjoy

R.