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Monday 11 March 2013
Auf wiedersehen Albarracin
Ok, so we ended up staying in Albarracin a bit longer than we expected, 5 weeks in fact! Almost enough time to send all my projects for the area. With the weather making us feel like home (4 out of the 5 weeks typical English weather!) we've managed to climb pretty much every day, this was a major struggle some days as the snow is somewhat off putting when you can't feel your fingers and your toes feel like ice blocks! But perseverance is the key, more hunting for dry problems and brushing snow off top outs to allow for a dry ascent in the morning soon became the norm.
After 5 weeks of friends, BBQ's and copious amounts of climbing it's time to move on; so here's a few of the best photos from our time here, some of the best ones are courtesy of our good friend Ixi who's photography skills and crag knowledge will be missed, until we meet again in Germany...! Also our good friend Andy aka 'Squiff' has just launched a website of his climbing activites; and with another 2 months left in Albarracin we expect even more great ascents : ) check out his climbing here.
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Now, in one of my first posts from here in Albarracin I mentioned getting close to an 8a called Cosmos, if anyone was holding their breath for the ascent they'll surely be dead by now (sorry!) but on our last day I was given a great leaving present of the ascent : ) finally!! However in true Spanish climbers style the time I did it a local came and sat square in front of the video camera as I began to top out, I could have killed him! No worries though, I've repeated things several times for videos before so that shouldn't be a problem. Or so I thought! But thankfully an hour of attempts later with the camera sat at a different angle and with Kay blocking off the locals I managed to get another ascent on film, luckily they both sat together quite happily : ) the second angle was nowhere near as good for the lower section, just the top out! The video can be found here...
So now we've finally made our way back up north, heading for the area of Cervia; near El Cogul where we visited prior to Albarracin. We're almost there now as I write this and it feels like Spain should already, 20+ degrees when we woke up this morning and clear skies and sunshine all day, making Kay a very happy camper!
For those of you with 15mins to kill here's the summary of ascents from the last 5 weeks : )
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1 comments:
Good to see your enjoying some great climbing, well done on some difficult climbs.
Happy Birthday for the 13th, have a great time and have fun. X