Then went and did The Bone People in gideon quarry. Reminded me why I love that dolerite wall in Gideon, must do more new routes there. Realised I never went back to climb my fully bolted 25m overhanging dolerite arete proj after too much time spent equipping/new-routing in 2010. Will be hard 7-something and one of the very best around.
Anyway I figure I've got at least another 4 years of rabidly territorial behaviour based on current precedent...
... we spent 3 hours waiting by the side of the road for the garage to drain the tank (and my wallet) and refill with diesel....
A great week- amazed myself by ticking a 7a within a week of starting sport climbing again. The hardest part for me was just regaining confidence, getting back into relaxing on the lead and focussing on my strengths rather than weaknesses. I think the best training I can do for my trip is just to go sport climbing all the time. Two months to go and I feel like I can climb harder in that time.
exceptional stupidity on my part meant we spent 3 hours waiting by the side of the road for the garage to drain the tank
I'm almost embarrassed to post, I've had such a crap week.