Well it's been a very leisurely day today, with some nice shady slab climbing to finish. After last nights night climbing, we had a late start followed by a rather nice lunch down by the sea front, where we spotted another dolphin out in the bay.
Around mid afternoon, we made the hot walk up to the slabs of 'Flintstones'. The groups psych was pretty low, which was a real shame as it had some of the best climbing that we'd done so far. Big long pitches of pocketed slabby limestone. And all the routes were in the cool of the afternoon shade! It shouldn't have taken long to walk up to the crag. (Guidebook time is twenty minutes). With a tired group of unmotivated teenagers, the walk actually took one and a half hours - including two first aid stops! Really!!
Having taken so long to get there, we did at least climb until about eight o'clock in the evening, but productivity was slow. The views were pretty fabulous though, looking out to sea and over to the crag of 'Serendippo' that we'd climbed at the start of the week.
It was the perfect climbing temperature and the rock was giving off heat.
Thankfully, the walk back down was quicker. Made it into town for Pizza by half nine...
Placche di Flintstones:
- Flintstones, 5c** (32m x 12 bolts)
- Bam Bam, 6a**
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