- A a lot of things happened since the last time I wrote here.
First bad news… My friend and main climbing partner Peter, got himself seriously injured and is out for the season (or at least first part of it).
I don’t want to get into the details but let’s say he won’t be doing any jamming anytime soon.
This unfortunate event really puts things in perspective. It’s not more than a month when we were cruising on sunny rock of Costa Blanca, and now we have to redefine the plans for the first part of the upcoming summer season.
But before summer comes there is some winter business to be had. Derek, my oldest climbing partner suggested we take advantage of recent cold spell and check out the north facing crags and mountains of Scotland.
Since we’ll be driving we have packed a lot of gear, including camping equipment. All options are on the table.
We are actually on the ferry from Belfast as I write these words, on the way to our next adventure.
The plan is to get to Scotland tonight. Get to Kilmarnock (1.5h drive) and spend the night there. Next day we want to keep driving north and perhaps find a climb (Salamander Gully (III/4) at this crag looks like a promising, 1/2 day option) on the way to Fort William.
Then we will have 2 days to climb more, and obviously everything depends on the conditions we find.
Monday is a return home day, with a ferry back to Belfast at 3.30pm
As usual, I’ll try to write daily blogs.
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