I’m back in Scotland now and although it’s good to be home (especially as I am still ill!) I am missing the rock and the people we met during our trip! 5 weeks was a long time to spend in one place, and the combination of camping in a tent during cold nights and doing [...]
Two days ago I woke up, lazed around the campsite until 1pm then walked up to the crag. This was the day I wanted to tick off my 8a+ project “Dolce Vita”, and from my first try the session before I had worked out all the moves, but felt as though it would take time [...]
Hey guys! The last few days have been very busy indeed, well except for yesterday which was a very rainy rest day! We drove to Gap with our group of Irish friends and spent the day there to avoid the soggy campsite - after the disappointment of discovering that our favourite boulangerie was closed, we [...]
Hey guys! Back on a lazy rest day today at the campsite so just a quick update on how things went yesterday. Once again I turned on the aggression and managed to tick “Bourinator” 8a on my second attempt this year (had two or three goes last year but never got past top boulder problem) [...]
Hey guys! After an “interesting” party the other night, the crew were feeling a bit jaded but a few still managed to have a good day at the crag! Yesterday was a great day, I managed to do my project “Carte Blanche” 8a on my 3rd try and Jacob managed to get “Les Colonettes” 8a [...]
Hey guys! Another rest day for us, and a very well-earned one I’d say! The last two days of climbing have been pretty intense - projects are becoming increasingly achievable and things have been going well on the on-sight front. On Tuesday, despite being teased about my matching checked shirt and trousers (the ones that [...]
Salut! The campsite has been swamped with Brits over the last few days, as Ed, Sam, Luke and Ethan arrived a few nights ago. More are to come in the next few days, and I’m really looking forward to seeing everyone Today is a rest day, and we planned to go swimming in a gorge [...]
Yesterday was a good day! I managed to tick my first major project this trip - “Petit Tom” 8a. I first tried this route last year and made it an objective to complete it at some point! As we only spent 12 days here last year, I didn’t have enough time to focus on it, [...]