Oh what a sweet sweet place ... walking through the woods smelling the the wild rosemary and pine trees, with a head full of wonder, anticipation and nerves and a little residue from the previous nights vino. Amazing, immaculate walls, pink, orange and blue, sunshine, cool people and a great atmosphere in the bar / restaraunt, Siurana has it all folks !!
Kev, Mikey and meself had an absolute blast on the first leg of the trip. We climbed feverishly everyday and in the evenings we drank far too much wine and had some savage craic !! We met legendary Austrian climber Bernt Kammerlander who was a true character, his fingers are freaky looking, it's like he has 5 big toes on his hands, I told him he should go see a doctor !! He had us in stitches with great stories from climbing with legends like Wolfgang Gullich and Jerry Moffat in the past and had us all enthrawled with new tales of Adam Ondra's latest exploits. It was Mikey's first sports climbing trip and he impressed and inspired me with his courageous climbing and sheer refusal to let go !!
We said goodbye to Mikey on the Monday and I said the goodbye to the gargle for three days too so I could concentrate on the climbing I had been training for. I found a beautiful 6b+ line which started with really hard boulder problem to a rest and them some nice crack climbing into a small roof for the finish. I was really inspired and fired up and after working the start a few times(and still not able to link the boulder problem in one go) and top roping the top of the climb once I tied into the sharp end and sent my second ever 6b+ which was the hardest grade I climbed before the my accident :) I was delighted with meself and it was a sweet way to finish our stay in Siurana ... the next day I had a serious case of ''Font Elbow'' and I began to rest in anticipation of pulling hard in Albarracin, but that's another story !!
I absolutely love this place and I can't recommend it enough to fellow climbers. I have a few lines already picked out to work on when I go back again stronger next year :)
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