Hey Guys Sorry for keeping everybody in the dark these last two weeks, in truth I have been a little lacking in inspiration to write a blog. I haven't ticked anything since doing my 8c "2x30" - the day after I did it I got on the 8c/+ variation "Pati Noso", almost ticking it on my second time on the rope! But after getting that high point on the route I also pierced a hole in my pinkie, which then made climbing through the crux impossible for me… This was really frustrating seeing as how I had made such a great... Continue reading

YAASSSSSSS!!! So I've finally ticked my first 8c :D To be honest, probably from a severe lack of trying more than anything. I haven't really been focussed on ticking 8c, I prefer to consolidate a grade before jumping ahead of myself. This style of attack at climbing improvement in my opinion is much better than simply throwing yourself at harder and harder climbs, so this 8c for me came at the right time. I had just climbed my 13th 8b+ of the last year (a good consolidation number :P) and it was definitely time to step it up a notch. The... Continue reading

Hey Guys Things are definitely heating up now! The weather has taken a bit of a change, from being pretty darn cold to swelteringly hot. Of course its always possible to climb in the shade, but what we've been finding is if you climb in the shade in the evenings, after the rock has had been heated up for the whole day, it still isn't perfect conditions. I would gladly be getting up at 6:00 am to catch the perfect temps, but thats not so easy when your belay partner is Andy "still on bar night shift sleeping patterns" Latta (thats... Continue reading

Hey Guys Yesterday I did another 8b+ called "Mr Cheki". This route is in a sector called Can Pigui Pugui, a place I have visited only a few times out of the many weeks spent climbing in Siurana over the years. Although this is one of the more popular venues for those climbing in the f8's, it never struck a chord with me. Probably because of the relatively short nature of the routes there. I have always been one for big, impressive lines that cover lots of steep terrain in wild dramatic settings. El Pati for instance is somewhere that really... Continue reading

Hey Guys Our first week is through in Siurana already : ( It seems that every morning I wake and hope that the trip isn't going as quickly as it seems, but trips always do. Its getting to that point now that Andy and myself are noticing our movement on rock is improving and routes we previously saw as being a little out of reach are indeed closer to possibility than we imagined. Andy onsighted his first 7b yesterday, "Decidit en petit comite" at Can Piqui Pugui sector. He made it look pretty easy and I am positive that its nowhere... Continue reading