Tuesday, 7 June 2011

Andy flashes his first 8a+

We have been in Rocklands for a week now, and even if my ticklist isn't anything special, except I've been doing a wicked barbecue every night, and I reckon that is where Andy is getting all his power from.

Today we headed towards Sassies, a sector that has quite an interesting approach. Note to others, you will scratch the shit out of your cars, well me and Andy have a rental so we don't really care, except I think you could hear me swearing as far as Clanwilliam today on the approach.

added note: Just to clarify things up, as somebody doesn't know how to read between lines, of course we care about the rental car as the damage will come out of our wallets.

We arrived to the crag quite late, and started of with some roof climbing, me flashing the easiest 7a in the world, felt more like a 6a+, Andy warmed up with a nice 7b+ next to it, got some nice beta and spend the rest of my day on it. I got a flapper on my big toe from the other day, and it is giving me some trouble when I have to but weight on my left foot.

Andy continued to try out Pinotage 7c+, and climbed it on his third go. I went back in to my cave, and it didn't take long when he came back smiling, he had just flashed his first 8a+ (Shosholoza) and quickly flashed Paula Abdul 7c+ after that.

We left the crag before it started to get dark, so we could get our barbecue going again. Now it's time to drink a couple of beers, relax and gather strength for tomorrow. We haven't decided where we are heading, but on the way back to our cottage we had a quick talk about heading towards the sector where Sky 8b+ is located, so maybe there will be more news in the near future.

ps: I'm really sorry about my grammar, but been here and spending time on a computer is a crime.

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