Ascents of Sopas de ajo

“Which knee-pad do I need?” I ask after watching a smooth send. “Both” was not the answer I wanted since I only own one.

As I’m getting set up, I realize that I actually have none - I left it back in Aus.

Already sandbagging myself, I set off for the flash burn that, despite watching someone else, felt like an onsight.

I’m not sure what I enjoyed the most, but it was a marathon of not finding the holds, spoogy knee-bars, and pumping out.

In the end I punted going to the last bolt - not finding the mega-jug until I was cleaning the route.

This kind of stuff is the reason I came to Spain!

Es una increíble ruta, muy estética, muy dura y seguro con muchos empotres que yo no encontré

Se va dejando hacer y arriba con un buen empotre de pie sale bien el paso. Muy buena

If you want to learn how to place kneebars, this is your line! Kneebaring the first half up and then you enter pretty steep and super pumpy terrain. For me, who is not used to climb steep AND Tufas at all it was more like wrestling But we had so much fun in this line, and definetely learned a lot!

(w qd, 4 tries in 2 days + 1 try last year) A tufa classic in la gran boveda!

Great looking line. Lots of contorting into the tufa system down low. Needed more clothing on to make it a bit more comfortable. Ran out of juice at the top of the tufa system.

Inspired again after watching Owen fumble around wedging himself amongst the tufas as though he was one of them. To no avail. However I was clearly worthy for I gracefully and majestically floated up the twin tufas waiting for a difficult section only to find myself clipping the chains effortlessly.

tufas are hard. jon is a sandbagger.

Tufa!!

Warm up

Bad idea as a warm up but I had to remember all the moves...

I rested at every rest really well and crushed

Got more kneebars in the first 5 meters than in my entire climbing career.

Just an amazing tufa system! So many knee bars and a spicy moves at the end!

Fell before the crux

Fell before the crux again but sorted this out with a double knee bar rest woo! till next time Sopas De Ajo

Muy buena, todo rodillas, acabas utilizando mas las rodillas que las manos. A MUERTEEEEE!

Nonstop tufa action. Fluffed the LAST hard move, right at the top. There goes my golden run on 7b+'s! [2]

During the great tufa seep of 2008