One of the great pleasures of this Albarra trip was being reunited in the forest with Eoin McNulty, Eoin was with me and J on our first trip there together many moons ago, he was buzzin' to back after all those years and his mind was dead set on revenge. Holy shit that lad can hold a grudge, he never forgot falling and failing on the classic roof Techo Don Pepo 7A or the whopper corkscrew dyno Gorillas 7A+. Full of determination, grit and equipped with new assured flashy moves and stronger fingers, he went to town on these problems and sent them both impressively in his week long stay. He scorched through Techo Don Pepo without a single error, tension all the way and didn't put a foot wrong as they say, Gorillas took him a while longer as he continually threw himself at the pinchy ledge, greasing off and bouncing onto the mat, he was considering giving up with time running out on his trip and with snow and frost about stifling the conditions. Eventually he summoned the minerals and latched that ledge, he fought his way through his nemesis top out and found himself on a highball slab finish that should have been easy, however it was coated with slippy frosting, I nearly had a heart attack watching him sketch up that slab but he got the job done ... never cross this lad he will find you and he will take his revenge !! :)
Heading to the blocks in a dreamscape of snow
After Eoin went home The Ladz arrived !! :) Daragh, Adam and Jake on his first ever climbing trip. The trip was in full flow, every morning we would have lazy bacon and egg breakfasts with, funk choons playing on Spotify and unlimited coffees from the coffee machine in the hostel. Psyche and shitetalk were at a premium and everybody was giving their all to the sandstone. There was cold damp, frosty weather and snow, spirits remained bone dry and there was lots of sends. The forest was a dreamscape of snow, it was a sight to behold. Jake was climbing out of his socks to smash his first 6Bs including the classic Obra de Arte roof and a gem of a roof he found with no name which we dubbed Shickading 6B. Daragh was sooo close to sending everything he tried but he kept coming up just short or falling at the last hurdle, frustration crept in but he kept battling away like a resilient boss and on the last day of the trip, in the dark with thrashed skin, a broken body and a super slimey wet topout he managed to pull Zarzamora sit 7C+ out of the bag, what an Epic last minute desperation send, I never seen the likes of it and it showed strong character !! Adam was on the form of his life, this little lean as fuck warlord crushed all before him, a lovely ticklist was amassed including La Fuente 7C and his first ever 8A Zombie Nation, as he literally flew through the air to latch the final jug on Zombie Nation it was a moment of pure savagery and of dedication paying off, I was well proud of him !!
Snow all about the forest
The ladz ... what a legendary crew !! :)
J-Mo was inspired and had a super start his campaign, he annihilated Rammstein 7B in his first session on it, then he flew through the air like some sort of a blurry co-ordinated musclebeard to do the magic second generation dyno, O'Dynamismo 7C, next he turned his attentions to a diamond of a line called Rude Man 7B+, this is a great line of crimps on a leaning wall with great power moves between them. He tried an failed on this line last trip so was out for the revenge send and it didn't take too long as he did it on his first sesh using the Adam Ondra's tried and trusted technique of screaming like a teradactyl.
Eoin eating his favourite Albarra snack ... chorizo and raw onion !!
Evolution 7C in a snow cover La Fuente area
We were having such a good trip and there was plenty more action to come and if you don't believe any of these tall tales take a look at this epic VIDEO that Adam edited, good vibes and sick lines all the way ...
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