A few more pics!

The Full Monty (crux move)

The Full Monty

Topping out the Tickler

Gutted!!

Dislocated my right shoulder the other day, so am heading back to the UK on Wednesday! Am really gutted!

Scream!!!

A few pictures of 'Scream' taken by Adam Lincoln. Notice the left hand volkan! Nice!

A Good Day!

Power of Landjager

Its pretty warm here at the moment and I slightly sprained my wrist the other day so I am having a few rest days. I did my wrist falling off 'Power of Landjager'; arguably the best line at Hueco. I managed the hard swing move but some how got insanely pumped and fluffed the top. My wrist isnt too bad though and I will definitely dispatch next time.

I had a rest day after injuring my wrist and it felt fine to climb on yesterday. I learnt how to do the gaston move on 'Full Monty' and dispatched that which was brilliant. A four star V12 in Hueco, sweet! It is strange though cause as soon as I learnt the movement it felt easy (as always I suppose)! We had a lot of pads with us so we got on 'French Tickler'. The problem climbs a really beautiful, orange wall on crimps and gastons with very few feet. After a few goes of foot slippage I dispatched; as did Adam and Lee. Angie was also very close to the second female ascent. She will definitely dispatch if there is time before she leaves.

Next to the 'Tickler' is a very crimpy problem called 'Swiss Crisp Mix'. I had no real interest in this but seen as we were there I thought I would give it a flash go. After all the difficult climbing I found myself at the top on what everyone said was a jug but felt very much like a sloper to me. Using a very contorted and bunchy sequence I eventually rolled over the top to discover I had over shot the jug! Oops! My second V10 flash; joining the ranks of Ben Moon and Irish Si who Jamie informed me had flashed this problem too!

By the end of the day my wrist had swollen up nicely and I could barely put on my shoes. Today it feels a little better though so fingers crossed!! Unfortunately it means i missed a tour to East Mountain where there a few things I want to try. About three weeks till I head to Bishop, I best get sending!!

Super Bowl Sunday!

The Flame, V11.

Rest day today, so its super bowl watching day! Had a good session on 'Full Monty' the other day and probably should of done it! This is one of hardest 12s I have seen and definitely one of the best lines in Hueco. Next time!!

Had another good day yesterday on East Mountain. Flashed a cool V9 called 'Man Gum' and did a seldom repeated highball V10 called 'Whispers of Mortality'. Two hard roof moves, followed by a big rose move at the lip and then a high crimpy wall climb. I was hanging on for dear life on the wall and bruised my tips (hopefully going to repeat it and get it on film).

One of the best lines I have seen in Hueco and very stiff for the grade. This will make the Brits happy as most people think Hueco is soft! In my opinion it is the same as everywhere; some hard, some standard and some soft for the grade!

Off to the bar!!