nedelja, 1. marec 2015

Repeating some history :)

Hey guys!
Rock climbing has been the name of the game for the past days and I have visited quite some crags including Osp,Pod kapelco,Ter and Pod reško planino.

First was Kapelca, a nice bouldering place that I visited with Karel and we were syked to try some bouldery lines on cristally granite tipe of rock that brutalized our baby plastic skin, but we managed to climb some lines and the one that stood out the most was Feminist, a nice crimpy line with a powerfull move from a not so bad crimp to the sloppery edge, you can see the video of my ascent on my Facebook profile :)

              Taking care of baby skin :D

Moving on, next destination was Osp, I was climbing there with Miha and we decided to go to sector Nad vasjo which came out as a great decision because we had it all for ourselves while the upper sectors were completely crowded,including with American superstar Linn Hill :)
We warmed up and then I went to try a not so climbed route in Osp called Gad, it's a vertical and slightly slabby 8a that is super cool to climb on, a fizical lower part and a delicate upper part made it one of the best routes I've ever climbed :)
Did it on my second try and then it was time to try Karies, a 8b that both of us had a plan to try and on my second go that day I managed to get the ascent, Miha was very close so fingers crossed for you man! :D
              Weather was great!! :D

And last but definitely not least, there was Ter, and there was Reška.
Ter is one of those climbing crags that I will call my second home this year, so when I went to check it out (I was just too nostalgic since it was like forever since my last visit) I couldn't really explain to myself how this place brought such a big smile on my face, I knew that Im not gonna be climbing on it that day cuz it was freezing, but just to see it again and touch some holds was just like waaaaaaaaaa :D
                                  *.*
After my little reunion, Andro,Karel and me went to check out the masterpiece of Erih Obrez Pod reško planino, I've tryed it already last year but the sun and warm temps made it impossible to climb, so I stoored it on the list of routes that are simply a must climb :)
Now the temps were perfect and I did it in two parts, falling on the last hard move that day. To introduce it a little bit, it's far from a tipical sport climbing route that are "popular" these days, it is rather a old school route with an angle of around 87°, a slab, that has small holds, and some very very bad footholds on which you have to perform with perfection, because perfection and accuracy are a must have in this route.
I came back with Andro the next day and the wind was blowing a bit,temps were great and I was just like: I'll just go for it, the first part is around 7a+, that was my warm up, then you stand on a ledge where you can warm up your fingers,clean your shoes and empty your mind...and then its around 7 meters of game on! :)
I am really really happy for this ascent, as far as I know, only Erih climbed it, and now, after quite some years it got the first repeat with the confirmation of the proposed grade 8a :D
            Andro resting in the crux part :)