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I just spent another week climbing in Europe -- this time, instead of the Costa Blanca in Spain, it was the Hautes Alpes/Haut Val Durance in France. This trip started with luggage problems as well -- but in this case, it was only a 5-hour delay (they came on the next flight), rather than several days.
Once again, the weather was excellent -- we (Noah and I) climbed every day for the past 7 days, doing a mixture of long routes on granite and cragging on a variety of other types of rock (limestone, quartzite, and conglomerate). We did a lot of climbing -- longest day was a 500m (14 pitch) route. I'll definitely say that trying to keep up with a fit young 20-something is a bit more (ok a lot more) work than with many of my usual climbing companions.
I also climbed some harder grades than I thought I could. I was happy with my climbing this week, though I don't feel that I'm climbing as well as this week's grades would suggest. I think it may be either a grade-translation thing, or it may be that grades around Ottawa are a little... tough.
Once again, the weather was excellent -- we (Noah and I) climbed every day for the past 7 days, doing a mixture of long routes on granite and cragging on a variety of other types of rock (limestone, quartzite, and conglomerate). We did a lot of climbing -- longest day was a 500m (14 pitch) route. I'll definitely say that trying to keep up with a fit young 20-something is a bit more (ok a lot more) work than with many of my usual climbing companions.
I also climbed some harder grades than I thought I could. I was happy with my climbing this week, though I don't feel that I'm climbing as well as this week's grades would suggest. I think it may be either a grade-translation thing, or it may be that grades around Ottawa are a little... tough.
